Today is Tuesday and while that might mean nothing to some of you, to me it means it’s the day I share with you a report on my weekly training. Today has been a crazy, chaotic Tuesday, and I’m finally winding down for the day, so I’m going to make this a pretty short post. (Do I always say that?)
Just a quick piece of background info: I’m doing the Hal Higdon’s “Novice Supreme” 30 Week Full Marathon Training Plan but there’s a little bump in the road with training because I’m heading up to Ohio at the end of this week to visit family and friends, and lucky me, I mistakenly signed up for a ten mile run (the Perfect 10 Miler) rather than a 10K. This translates to my having to build up my Hal Higdon training program so I could accommodate ten miles – basically because I promised myself last year that I would never do another race without training for it so I would quit tearing up my newly-healed body.
I’ll give you my training report for the week – which was week #13 of the modified version of Hal Higdon’s “Novice Supreme” 30 Week Full Marathon Training Plan:
Monday – Rest
Tuesday – 3 miles on home treadmill (time 40:05) – 13:35 / 13:21 / 13:09 – did you see that? 13:09 – best post 8/28/12 accident!
Wednesday – 3 miles on home treadmill (time 40:05 again) – 13:38 / 13:22 / 13:05 yeah, that’s right 13:05! Even better!!
Thursday – treadmill belt slipped and we couldn’t get it back on track. My choices were run in the rain / 95 degree humidity, or not. I skipped the run.
Saturday – 8 miles on home treadmill (rigged and sounded treacherous with all the squeaking and grinding, but working) (time 1:52:17) – 13:34 / 13:52 / 13:47 / 14:07 / 13:45 / 14:12 / 14:37 / 14:20 – BAM! I did it! I didn’t expect to finish, but I”m proud of myself for sure!
I’m not sure if walking around in Miami over 17,000 steps counts as cross-training, but that’s all I have for that. I really need to get on my bicycle and use it on Sundays as my cross-training, or yoga class, or even Zumba….. I’ll figure that out soon.
WEIGHT/EATING: I’ve stepped up my water intake – much better than before, but still not where I want to be – I’ll get there. I’m on the fourth week of staying on track with my eating too. We went to Miami overnight and managed to do pretty well – not perfect, but not like I could have with all that ethnic cuisine available to me! I lost a pound last week, bringing the total to 9 pounds in four weeks. I’m pleased with that.
I’m traveling to my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio and I’m sure I’ll be hitting my favorite local food joints (here I come, Luchita’s!!), so I’m not sure the scale will be my friend next week. Even if I have a set back, it’ll be okay because it won’t be shocking – I’ll just get back on track when I get back home to Florida.
Next week is week #14 of the modified training plan! I’ll keep you posted…..
Until next Tuesday….happy running!
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