Week 12
Once again I had trouble with fatigue and a lack of energy this week. I know I'm getting enough sleep, but I've decided I need to go back and look at my diet. I stopped eating as much fruit as before and I had been trying to eat more calories to fuel myself, but I don't think I was eating enough. At least not enough of the right stuff. After talking to nick and hitting up the grocery store I've been getting back on track the last few days. I'm hoping that my runs this upcoming week will be better now that I've added more fruit into my diet again. Back when I was eating all those dates, way back in week 3 or 4, I was flying through my runs. Hopefully that feeling will return. I've been having crappy-ish tempo runs lately, mainly just feeling tired with heavy legs. It started a few weeks ago- I was slower than what I had been running all season, then got a little bit slower, then a little bit slower each week. I would really like to be back to where I was before.
Other than that- the 32 (first of 2) this week was awesome. My dad and I toured Oshawa/Whitby this time instead of ajax- so a nice change. I am really looking forward to the drop down week next weekend- only 23k!! then 29, 32, 23, and then we taper for the marathon. only like 5 weeks of training left- so exciting!
But its at that point in the training where I start freaking out a bit. for so long the race was 5/4 months away, and now its in like a month and a half. crazy.
anyways- wish me luck on my tempo run! my dad and I are doing our last week of hills tomorrow- can't wait for that.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Week 11
Week 11
It felt really good to get back into my routine this last week considering I had been slacking on my schedule the last couple weeks due to basically feeling crappy.
My tempo wasn't the best this week, but I still finished under 36 mins for my 6k, which I was happy with.
And I 've figured out that my marathon pace will hopefully be a 6:30 pace. which will bring me in between 4:30-4:40 (which I'm well aware is a lofty goal- that would be more than half an hour off my first time, which is HUGE!- realistically, I'll be happy if I break 5 hours). I've run that pace and faster (and slower lol) dozens of times but I wanted to try it out on my 10k steady and see how it felt. After giving myself a couple kms to get into the groove and warm by body up (it was first thing in the morning) I got into the pace and actually ended up just naturally running a lot faster- like 6 and a little below. So I'm hoping because doing 6:30 felt like slowing myself down so much that it will feel comfortable to hold out over the long distance. But there isn't really anyway to predict how I will perform on race day. I'm hoping that as I've been training and eating better this time around, my body will react better and I won't be so tired as early on. Last time I felt weak and tired and bloated right from the beginning. I'm hoping to feel more lean and energetic this time around- I think my vegan diet will be very beneficial in this goal.
On a sad note, Micah True (also known as Caballo Blanco) was found dead last week, he went out for a run and never came home. He's an amazing trail-/ultra-marathon runner who dropped off the grid and was the only white man ever accepted into the Mexican tribe of the Tarahumara Indians. He has a large role in Christopher McDougal's memoir Born to Run which I talk about in one of my posts from back in January. Not only his is death sad news it also reminds us that everyone, not just runners are mortal and we never know if one day when we walk out of our houses we will never return. His death is being greatly mourned in the running community right now.
"That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running was mankind's first fine art, our original act of inspired creation.” -Born to Run.
“Know why people run marathons? …Because running is rooted in our collective imagination, and our imagination is rooted in running. Language, art, science; space shuttles, Starry Night, intravascular surgery; they all had their roots in our ability to run. Running was the superpower that made us human — which means its a superpower all humans posses.” -Born to Run
Rest in Peace Micah True. May your spirit be free to forever run.
It felt really good to get back into my routine this last week considering I had been slacking on my schedule the last couple weeks due to basically feeling crappy.
My tempo wasn't the best this week, but I still finished under 36 mins for my 6k, which I was happy with.
And I 've figured out that my marathon pace will hopefully be a 6:30 pace. which will bring me in between 4:30-4:40 (which I'm well aware is a lofty goal- that would be more than half an hour off my first time, which is HUGE!- realistically, I'll be happy if I break 5 hours). I've run that pace and faster (and slower lol) dozens of times but I wanted to try it out on my 10k steady and see how it felt. After giving myself a couple kms to get into the groove and warm by body up (it was first thing in the morning) I got into the pace and actually ended up just naturally running a lot faster- like 6 and a little below. So I'm hoping because doing 6:30 felt like slowing myself down so much that it will feel comfortable to hold out over the long distance. But there isn't really anyway to predict how I will perform on race day. I'm hoping that as I've been training and eating better this time around, my body will react better and I won't be so tired as early on. Last time I felt weak and tired and bloated right from the beginning. I'm hoping to feel more lean and energetic this time around- I think my vegan diet will be very beneficial in this goal.
On a sad note, Micah True (also known as Caballo Blanco) was found dead last week, he went out for a run and never came home. He's an amazing trail-/ultra-marathon runner who dropped off the grid and was the only white man ever accepted into the Mexican tribe of the Tarahumara Indians. He has a large role in Christopher McDougal's memoir Born to Run which I talk about in one of my posts from back in January. Not only his is death sad news it also reminds us that everyone, not just runners are mortal and we never know if one day when we walk out of our houses we will never return. His death is being greatly mourned in the running community right now.
"That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running was mankind's first fine art, our original act of inspired creation.” -Born to Run.
“Know why people run marathons? …Because running is rooted in our collective imagination, and our imagination is rooted in running. Language, art, science; space shuttles, Starry Night, intravascular surgery; they all had their roots in our ability to run. Running was the superpower that made us human — which means its a superpower all humans posses.” -Born to Run
Rest in Peace Micah True. May your spirit be free to forever run.
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