Two-A-Day!

I experienced my first two-a-day.

Yesterday I woke up bright and early before work to head out for a 4.3 mile run. I had a decent pace of 8:05 per mile and felt pretty darn good, especially after being very sick for 2 days. After work it was hot and humid so I went to the gym to run the treadmill. I had planned to run a minimum of 4 miles, max of 6 miles. I made it 5 miles and it was tough! I averaged a 9:00 per mile pace, which is definitely on the slow end for me. I wasn't feeling all that well when I left the gym. I was hot, dripping with sweat and sick to my stomach. I made sure to grab a bottle of G2 as soon as I walked in the door. I thought about the run and what might have gone wrong and I determined it was a combination of errors on my part.

Error 1. I didn't eat enough through out the day. Salad and fruit doesn't cut it! I should know better.
Error 2. I believe I should have waited a couple more days to do this since I had just gotten over being very sick. I was so sick on Monday & Tuesday that I lost 6lbs, so doing my first two-a-day on Wednesday wasn't the smartest move.

Overall, I have to consider it a success regardless of how I felt during and after. It's a success since I have never done a two-a-day and no matter how hard it was, I made it through!

Weekly Exercise

I ran my longest run and total mileage for this year. We are still in January but that's ok. it will only go up from here! Half training starts Monday, February 1st!

Here is how last week went.

Monday: 45 minutes of intervals on the AMT 20% & 6%
Tuesday: 5.01 mile run outside
Wednesday: upper body weights, legs, push ups
Thursday: 6.1 mile run outside
Friday: 2.5 hours of cleaning house, yes that IS a work out! lol
Saturday: 10.10 mile run outside
Sunday: none

Total Mileage: 21.21 miles
Weight: 117.6lbs

5 refreshing miles!

That sums up my run last night. I have been, what you could call, a baby when it comes to the cold. I have not run outdoors since November 26th. All of my running has been indoors on the track or treadmill at the stuffy gym. That is, until last night. I headed out right after work and boy am I ever glad that I did. it felt great to have the cool air on my skin and in my lungs. I carried my mace with me, just in case. I am not a big fan of running outside in the dark by myself. but last night I could have kept going, and going, and going! I stopped at 5 miles though. I didn't pace myself, but I know by looking at the clock before heading out and when I returned, I had an estimated 8 minute mile.

I can't wait to head back outside for a run tomorrow and Saturday morning!

Day 1-3 of week 5

Well, I am into week 5 of my 18 week training. Only 13 weeks and 4 days until the marathon!

Monday was a rest day, which I did not do. I ended up biking for 40 minutes and strength training for back muscles & triceps. I also did push ups and abs once I go home from the gym.

Yesterday I ran 5.73 miles with an 8.22 pace. I felt good through out the entire run. Usually my evening runs can be rough but this one was not. yay!

Tonight I am going to run 6 miles, if it is not storming. If for some reason the storms have not cleared up by the time I get home from work, I will head to the gym to run the indoor track and finish with intervals on the elliptical.

This week I have not had the "I don't think I can do this" thoughts. I am sure they will be back next week though.