That workout was tough yesterday. My rep counts were supposed to be: 22,30,20,20,28. I was able to do 22,30,18,20,18. I didn’t read that I had to take 2 minute breaks in which I probably should have. I think I would have been able to pump out a little bit more reps if I did.
I think my progress is getting better. I have gotten a little bit stronger and still been able to keep up with the workouts. I just don’t know if I will do it in 6 weeks, but I guess I am ahead of the schedule so I am in some type of advantage. I guess this wasn’t going to be easy so I just have to work at it to get things done.
I missed my workout yesterday for Team In Training on the bike doing some spinning. I wanted to go but my car is having trouble.
It looks like it might rain on Saturday. I am a little bit skeptical though. I don’t like being in the rain running or on a bike. I guess we will see how it goes though.
This is a tough workout. I do believe that I am getting stronger but not like the reps are on the workout. Maybe its just me. The instructions do say that you repeat till you can get to the reps that are shown on the workouts. I will continue to do them but will see how they play out.
I went to my first meeting with the new Team and we talked about a lot of things regarding bikes and other things. I was supposed to go to my first spin class today but my car is acting up. I wanted to go but couldn’t make it. Maybe later this week or next.
I just found out that I couldn’t make the Rock N Roll half marathon. It is the same day as my century bike ride. I wanted to run with my brother. We did a training run together this past Saturday that went really well.
I am running the Rock N Roll Marathon half this year to run with my brothers. If you are looking to sign up before the end of January 2010 then let me know so I can give you the $10 off promo code.
I noticed my brother uploaded his stuff 1st walk on to the garmin website. I know he is going to be stoked and see how his progress improves.
I did another day of 100 pushups. I continued with the Week 3 day 1 numbers to keep me up there. I did a little bit more this time though. The sets were as follows: 14, 18, 14, 14, 20. I was only able to do 14, 18, 14, 14, 10. It was a little bit more this time but I felt sore throughout the whole thing. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be but still tough nonetheless.
I feel that I am strong but its hard to tell if I am getting stronger. I haven’t done any pushups in a long time so it is hard to say where my strength is at the moment.
I am going to sign up for the rock n roll half marathon. My two brothers are doing it and I think it is a good thing we are doing this together as a group. I want to help them out as much as possible. Especially my older brother who doesn’t run at all. I think he needs some help to get him through it since it is his first!
I want to recruit some other friends that may want to complete their own first half marathon or run. I have a friend that might want to do it and so I want to help him out also.
I decided to take a look at the 100 pushups website. I tried the first week. My initial test said that I was supposed to be at week 3. After doing all the sets yesterday, I feel that I need to start this week as a week 1 instead of a week 3. I did my best though. The first day required me to do 14, 18, 14, 14 and 20 for the final set with 60 seconds of rest in between each set.
My legs are still sore but feeling a lot better now since Sunday’s marathon. I need to continue to stretch.
Wow what an experience. The marathon is a tough course especially because when you are training for it. I wanted more out of my body but couldn’t. I didn’t want to go too hard in the beginning and I may have. I was going at a 9 minute pace and I wanted to stay around the 4 hour pace guy. I eventually got ahead but was easily caught at the end along with the 4:15 pace and the 4:30 pace guy. Once I saw the 4:45 pace guy I had to push it. I was at the last quarter mile and saw one of the coaches and he helped me push it till the end.
I would say that the first half of the marathon was what I wanted out of it. The hill at mile 8 took a lot out of me. I was taking it easy there. Once I got down from there I took it easy also. It was good though because around mile 12 I had to go to the bathroom bad. I was busting the farts and I had to go pee. So I found the nearest porta potty and released all that I had and I was back on the road in 2 minutes. I knew I lost some time but I was ok. I felt the pain in the foot and I could deal with it. I think I have been running with shoes that have been tied to loosely. I tried to tie them later on around mile 14 and it helped. I think the damage was already done though and it was not too bad. I felt my left calf was tightening up and kept me from going as fast as I liked.
I think around mile 18 was where I hit the wall. I wanted to finish already. I kept at it and I didn’t stop. I knew a lot about this course and I wanted to go more at it. The run to La Costa Ave was tough. It was a long stretch and running with the half marathoners helped a little bit till we had to separate and I had to go farther down. It was a lonely race at this point with only the marathoners there. I remember before the turnaround the 4:00 pace guy passed me up. I couldn’t keep up with them.
The race support and people were awesome. I couldn’t get enough people to yell my name and yell for Team in Training. They were along the way throughout the course and I couldn’t be more thankful for their help and support.
Nutrition for me was hard to manage. I brought myself some GU and it helped. I think I needed more salt though. I don’t even know if I hydrated well throughout the course. I think my nutrition was a yo-yo. I think I need to look at some of those things for the next one if I choose to. I felt like the first half was good but the second half I was almost reaching for everything that they could throw at me. If they hadn’t had the GU there to use on the course, I think my marathon experience would have suffered more throughout. I need to take a chance and do a sweat rate test to see my sweat rate is to determine my hydration needs and I should have done that before this race.
I think I felt bad inside as some of my team mates passed me around the 23 mile marker. I was going so slow and couldn’t keep the pace I wanted. In the end I was glad to finish and now I know what I need to do to get a better time.
I went for a run yesterday for only 2 miles. It was cold to me because of the rain. The ground was wet but it was nice. I ran with some warm ups, a long sleeve and a beenie. I liked the short run. I just ran to Pomerado Hospital and back. I thought I wasn’t going to sweat so much but it turns out that I sweated a lot. My whole head was wet.
I just received more money though for my run. I’m glad that I was able to get my goal, now I just have to get across the finish line.
I woke up about 5:30 this morning. I had a good breakfast. Just some cereal. I was out the door about 6:15 and off to Solana Beach. This was a new location for me to start at. It was only 8 miles. It seems so short and even though the group wasn’t as large as some of the other runs, it was a good one.
I seem to be somewhat nervous at the start of the training runs because I know if I join the C group that I will be getting a good workout. I know its tough with them. They are on the verge of where I can try to max out my run. I really can’t keep up entirely but I guess its better than running with the B group at times. I feel like I want more when I run with them. I like to be with them at the longer distances but with the group C is where I go.
We started off pretty mild, not too fast for me. We started off on a little hill into a neighborhood going about a 9 min/mile pace. As the group quickened we were down to about a 8:30 min/mile pace. That was tough for me especially with my issues with my callous and just because I can’t keep up. I feel like when I push myself that I know I am more prone to injury.
The run was fairly good. As we got to the 101 highway I remembered where we were. I have been on this part of the course before. We were running north and then coming back. The downhill was nice but then we met some good uphills. I hate hills because they push my heart rate a lot higher. I tend to slow down a lot and my heart rate just sky rockets. I was glad when we got to the halfway that it was going to be easier because it was going to be more downhill the way back.
I had my fuel belt with drinks and it did come in handy. I knew I was going to need fluids and we didn’t have any aid during this run at all. So I had one power gel and just some gatorade type drinks and I was good. I did fill all 4 of the fuel belt containers but only brought 2 on the run.
I was started to feel my calves tighten up a bit at around mile 3 or so. I was just hoping that it wouldn’t cause any serious delay or issues as I ran back. It did bother me but I kept going. I finally finished and felt good. Now it is only 1 week left.
After the run, I talked with one of the coaches that I have never talked to because she runs normally with the rock n roll group. I was asking her about finding your sweat rate and to help with how to hydrate and take fluids in based on that. I need to do that some time.
I also asked another person about the tri team. I think she was a mentor and I asked her about the workouts and the demand of the training. She said it was 3 coached sessions with 3 on your own with 6 days a week for about 3 months. I don’t know. I want to do it but I think it is tough.
What do you think? Should I do the triathlon? Or maybe the century bike ride?
Another 3 mile run finished. I didn’t really feel up to it yesterday. I just hate running at night and I hate running in the cold. Who does? I should be glad though because there are several other places that people wouldn’t be able to run outdoors or even just be outside because of rain and/or snow. I am kinda lucky to be living in San Diego for the great weather.
It started off slow and I had to warm up a little bit. I think by the 1/2 mile mark I was feeling warm and good. I didn’t want to go out too fast early on and to burn out at the end. I do like the path being short and flat but I hate running in the dark as well. I was able to get done faster than the day before. I have 12 days left till the marathon and I want to keep my legs in condition for it so everything helps.
The garmin watch said I burned about 400 calories.
I ran yesterday for 3 miles. It was a pretty good run. It started off a little cold. It was at 9pm. I only did 3 miles and averaged less than a 9 min/mile pace. It was a fairly decent run but it didn’t seem too bad. I got out there and came back.
