kim3339
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- Jul 6, 2010
Hey everybody! I did this in '13 when I ran to help keep me on track w/ my schedule and it helped so giving it a go again this year.
A little bit about me ~ I live in San Jose, CA, just finished 1/2 #28 and NYC will be marathon #3. My race schedule this year has been heavy, but now that NYC training is going on the only this scheduled is DL in Sept. I may add the San Francisco 1/2 next weekend and the RnR San Jose 10k for corral placement in rD races. Outside of running, I'm a huge baseball and college football fan and have a 7 month old white lab, Nola, that keeps me busy. And of course Disney!! Only 2 more trips to DL this year ~ next month for a quick weekend and then race weekend in Sept and then my AP runs out.
I did NY in '13 and the race was incredible and one of the best/most memorable days of my life. If you get a chance to run it, you should. While the race was awesome, my run was horrible. I had a problem w/ my foot pretty much from the start and had to walk the whole thing. And not only that, b/c it took so long to finish, it was late and the temp dropped and guess who got hypothermia. So this year is all about redemption. My realistic goal is 5:15 and my dream goal is to break 5:00. I know people say NY can be a hard course b/c of the bridges and undulation the last couple of miles but I've run a lot in San Francisco and those hills so I think I could do it. I hope I can do it. I also have incentive, b/c my dad is running it as well. I am nowhere near as fast as him (he's done Boston 5 times) but knowing that he's already done and back at the hotel makes me want to get as fast and in best shape as I can. Not that he won't be ready but if he isn't and I finish near his time...
My training plan is 16 weeks and that is today! It didn't start off great this morning, I was supposed to do 4, but I woke up w/ a really bad migrane and bouncing on the road was not in the cards. But today is not a total bust as I have pilates tonight after work. I worked out my plan that has me running 5 days a week (M/T/W/F/Sat) and I'm at the gym M/T/W/Sun w/ Thursday as a complete day of rest. At the gym, depending on the length of the run, I'll do 30 min cardio ~ not hard just to get the muscles moving and strength training and also if I miss a run I'll still be doing something. 2 days upper body and 2 days lower. While training is starting out and lighter, I'm also doing some PiYo, not a lot or following the schedule that came w/ the DVDs just what I feel like.
The one thing that I really need to be on top of this time is stretching; I'm just really bad about that. Not just stretching my legs, but my feet too. After NY, my foot was off and I didn't think much of it, I thought it was turning into Plantar Fasciitis until the fascia actually tore early last year. It took forever to heal and I'm finally at 100%, still not wearing cute shoes (more out of fear than pain), but back to 100%.
The plan for the journal is like I mentioned above, to keep me on track and honest w/ my schedule. Each day, after workouts I'll post how everything went for the day and if any of you lovely disers follow along and comment chat back and forth w/ you.
This week's schedule ~
Tues ~ 5 miles Tempo Run/ Gym ~ Bike and Upper Body
Wed ~ 9 miles/Gym ~ Elliptical and Lower Body
Fri ~ 4 miles
Sat ~ 12 miles
Sun ~ Gym ~ Bike and Upper Body
A little bit about me ~ I live in San Jose, CA, just finished 1/2 #28 and NYC will be marathon #3. My race schedule this year has been heavy, but now that NYC training is going on the only this scheduled is DL in Sept. I may add the San Francisco 1/2 next weekend and the RnR San Jose 10k for corral placement in rD races. Outside of running, I'm a huge baseball and college football fan and have a 7 month old white lab, Nola, that keeps me busy. And of course Disney!! Only 2 more trips to DL this year ~ next month for a quick weekend and then race weekend in Sept and then my AP runs out.
I did NY in '13 and the race was incredible and one of the best/most memorable days of my life. If you get a chance to run it, you should. While the race was awesome, my run was horrible. I had a problem w/ my foot pretty much from the start and had to walk the whole thing. And not only that, b/c it took so long to finish, it was late and the temp dropped and guess who got hypothermia. So this year is all about redemption. My realistic goal is 5:15 and my dream goal is to break 5:00. I know people say NY can be a hard course b/c of the bridges and undulation the last couple of miles but I've run a lot in San Francisco and those hills so I think I could do it. I hope I can do it. I also have incentive, b/c my dad is running it as well. I am nowhere near as fast as him (he's done Boston 5 times) but knowing that he's already done and back at the hotel makes me want to get as fast and in best shape as I can. Not that he won't be ready but if he isn't and I finish near his time...
My training plan is 16 weeks and that is today! It didn't start off great this morning, I was supposed to do 4, but I woke up w/ a really bad migrane and bouncing on the road was not in the cards. But today is not a total bust as I have pilates tonight after work. I worked out my plan that has me running 5 days a week (M/T/W/F/Sat) and I'm at the gym M/T/W/Sun w/ Thursday as a complete day of rest. At the gym, depending on the length of the run, I'll do 30 min cardio ~ not hard just to get the muscles moving and strength training and also if I miss a run I'll still be doing something. 2 days upper body and 2 days lower. While training is starting out and lighter, I'm also doing some PiYo, not a lot or following the schedule that came w/ the DVDs just what I feel like.
The one thing that I really need to be on top of this time is stretching; I'm just really bad about that. Not just stretching my legs, but my feet too. After NY, my foot was off and I didn't think much of it, I thought it was turning into Plantar Fasciitis until the fascia actually tore early last year. It took forever to heal and I'm finally at 100%, still not wearing cute shoes (more out of fear than pain), but back to 100%.
The plan for the journal is like I mentioned above, to keep me on track and honest w/ my schedule. Each day, after workouts I'll post how everything went for the day and if any of you lovely disers follow along and comment chat back and forth w/ you.
This week's schedule ~
Tues ~ 5 miles Tempo Run/ Gym ~ Bike and Upper Body
Wed ~ 9 miles/Gym ~ Elliptical and Lower Body
Fri ~ 4 miles
Sat ~ 12 miles
Sun ~ Gym ~ Bike and Upper Body