Week 3 Day 3

 I know I skipped day 2. Thursday was a crazy day. I take a walk with my friend and our dogs after work on Thursdays. Then, I had to pick up Noel and stop at the store on the way home. We got home just in time for me to have my class Zoom. During that, I had my camera off as I got ready and drove to a work dinner. Finally, the work dinner was 3 hours, and I didn’t get him until about 10. I was exhausted! I didn’t run. 

Today was day 3 of week three on my plan: warmup 3 minutes, run/walk for 2 miles, cooldown 3 minutes. It wasn’t too bad, for the most part. I went up into the neighborhood next to mine, back into my neighborhood, past the elementary school, and home. I realize about half a mile in that I had talked about changing my intervals but wasn’t sure I did. If I had, it still wasn’t quite right. Forty seconds of walking seemed too long, so I changed it while I was walking. I am now running for 35 set and walking for 35 seconds. It feels about right. I may need to extend the run time a bit. I love that I get to listen to my body and decide what works best for me. I know the intervals will continue to change as I train. I can’t imagine speeding up and slowing down this often during a marathon, but I think it will work for the Turkey Trot and ColderBolder. 

Week 3 Day 1

 

 I didn’t run at all last week, so I’m still on week 3. I’m ok with that because I am doing the ColderBolder the week after the Turkey Trot. I’ll just change my training plan to the date do December 2 instead of November 23.

Today, I did 3 minutes for the warmup and cooldown with 20 minutes of walk/run intervals. Since it is Halloween and I don’t want to run trough trick-or-treaters, I went after I got off work before I had to leave to pick up my daughter from school. I ran up the main road near may house which is basically all uphill. I hate uphill runs. By the time I hit the halfway point, I was struggling. My right side and shoulder were hurting, but I kept going. I figured I need to get used to pain if I’m going to do a marathon in a year. 

Week 2 Day 3

 Today was my day for a long run. That doesn’t mean what it did a few years ago, and I’m still trying to accept that. I am starting over, and that is just how it is. 

What did a long run look like for me today? I did my run/walk intervals of 30 seconds running and 45 seconds of walking for 1.5 miles with my 3 minutes of warmup and cooldown. I chose a route today that was mostly uphill for the first half so that I could go downhill as I went home. It was perfect! Just when I felt like it might be getting too hard, I got to do the easier half. I feel like it gave me just enough of a challenge to help me remember why I want to do this so much. I can’t wait to see what my training does for me as I get closer to the Turkey Trot!

Week 2 Day 2ish

 

Today was week 2, day 2 on the schedule, but I didn’t run Tuesday. I went out for ice cream instead. (I know that wasn’t the smartest choice.) I still did what I was slated to do, though. I did a 3 minute warmup and cooldown with 17 minutes of run/walk intervals. For the most part, it felt good. In fact, it felt so good that I think it is time to change my intervals to run a bit longer and walk a bit shorter by 5 seconds. I probably won’t change it until after my long run on Saturday because I want to be able to do the full 1.5 miles. (It is a bit odd that 1.5 miles is a long run for me considering I did a half marathon a few years ago.) 

Turkey Trot Training

 We are doing a Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving, and I am training before this one. I need to be marathon ready in about a year. Since I have not been running as much as I would like, I am starting with this. 

My goal for the Turkey Trot is to finish the 5k in less than 45 minutes. I am using a training plan on Galloway’s app. Today, the run kind of sucked. I have let myself go in so many ways. I lungs were burning, my heart was pounding, and my lips were numb. It can only get better from here. Right?