Essentially, running in Florida is about getting up early so you don't pass out due to heat stroke. It's also very flat running which I love. I was back with my old running partner, Ashley, for a 6 miler through downtown St. Pete. Our old stompin' grounds, with plenty of water fountains and bathrooms. She and I make out quite well on these runs, so far, I have found $220 while running with her in St. Pete. On Tuesday, I found a soggy $20 bill on the Pier. We treated ourselves to coffee.
I was going to do my track workout on Tuesday but the lovely rain prevented me from going outside. (All I wanted was a few days of R&R on the beach or at the pool and instead, I got 3 days of rain. boooo!) So, I ran my track workout on Wednesday morning. I still haven't mastered the art of track workouts, i.e., not going out too fast. This week's workout was a fun one: 2x400 with 200 recovery, 2x600 with 200 recovery, 2x800 with 400 recovery and 1x1600 (one mile).
I did okay. I ran the mile in 7:13. I'm shooting to run the One Mile Continental Race in NYC in under 6mins. So that time actually bodes well for me.
Thursday, I did yoga at my favorite yoga studio, Yoga From the Heart, and then ran 4 miles.
Friday, 3.5 miles before I flew back to NYC.
Sat, got up and had ZERO desire to run even though the weather was gorgeous. I was dehydrated and my muscles hurt from running my normal pace in the humidity and not stretching properly - yikes! So I ran 11 miles and called it a day. I had to work all day so I took it easy.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
moral support and speed shorts
thank god for Jess, and my speed shorts, on the long run today! I nearly quit but she wouldn't let me. To quote: "you can only quit if you puke". One of these days we'll both feel good on our long runs but for now, the support is appreciated and needed. The speed shorts are just fantastic. if i were stranded on a desert island, i'd want them with me. so, thank you speed shorts and to the designer that made them. I heart you.
Week 5, Aug 16-22
Started this week with waaaaay too many classes. I was pumped to try this new kickboxing gym and go to the beach but the combo created a nasty, pukey feeling on the track. Won't repeat that mistake again.
Wed: 6.5 miles with Jess and the lulu run club. Great run, legs felt great after resting all day. No classes for me today! Ended the evening stopping by the Green Grocer Deli across the street from my apt. Love the dudes who work there - Kaiser and some guys from Mexico (I practice my Spanish with them). Kaiser is a local celebrity - he knows everyone. He also gives away samples of their fruit every afternoon and evening. Jess and I have stopped by to grab some peaches and watermelon after runs. He saw me coming and exclaims, "Still running! All this crazy running! You run as much as I work here!" I explained my OCD with fitness, that I;m training for the NYC marathon and that I work at a store that sells yoga/fitness clothes. He didn't really get it - "all this crazy running!" He laughed and told me to keep eating. I ate a whole raspberry plum in sample sizes. highly recommend it. yummy.
Thurs: Tempo run around lower Manhattan with Jess. We ran 5 with about 2 miles of tempo running at 7:45 pace. Good run, we felt good.
Fri: NADA! yes, people, I didn't do anything all day..except travel to East Hampton to work in the lululemon store out there. no celebrity sightings....although, not sure I'd recognize anyone! Was really hoping for a Real Housewives or some other trashy reality tv star but no such luck.
Sat: Found a new route through Brooklyn. Ran down Court St, across 9th St (UP the Slope - damn that's hard!) and around Prospect Park. Exited at Grand Army Plaza and ran down Vanderbilt to Flushing and then around to the Williamsburg Bridge. That is when it all went downhill for me. Started to feel pretty bad and my legs tightened up. Not a fun feeling. Had to walk a few times. Ran over to Lafayette St and up Summer Streets to 31st St. We had to loop back around lower Manhattan a bit and then I almost took a huge digger crossing Broadway. The road had a dip in it and being so tired, I didn't see it and not picking my feet up, I nearly took a huge digger in the middle of Broadway. Very nice for the pedestrians crossing to say 15 times, "be careful, be careful". Not what I wanted to hear. Thanks for the advice Captain Obvious! I must of looked like a crazy person, dripping in sweat, feet shuffling along, and glaring at the tourists telling me to be careful. however, it was a weird feeling b/c I stopped myself from actually hitting ground so suddenly, I felt like I got the wind knocked out of me!
Then, the bridge was a shit show so we ended up running the whole damn thing just to get off of it faster! So, instead of running 17 miles, we ran 18 miles. looking forward to a coconut water, a bagel and a nap.
Wed: 6.5 miles with Jess and the lulu run club. Great run, legs felt great after resting all day. No classes for me today! Ended the evening stopping by the Green Grocer Deli across the street from my apt. Love the dudes who work there - Kaiser and some guys from Mexico (I practice my Spanish with them). Kaiser is a local celebrity - he knows everyone. He also gives away samples of their fruit every afternoon and evening. Jess and I have stopped by to grab some peaches and watermelon after runs. He saw me coming and exclaims, "Still running! All this crazy running! You run as much as I work here!" I explained my OCD with fitness, that I;m training for the NYC marathon and that I work at a store that sells yoga/fitness clothes. He didn't really get it - "all this crazy running!" He laughed and told me to keep eating. I ate a whole raspberry plum in sample sizes. highly recommend it. yummy.
Thurs: Tempo run around lower Manhattan with Jess. We ran 5 with about 2 miles of tempo running at 7:45 pace. Good run, we felt good.
Fri: NADA! yes, people, I didn't do anything all day..except travel to East Hampton to work in the lululemon store out there. no celebrity sightings....although, not sure I'd recognize anyone! Was really hoping for a Real Housewives or some other trashy reality tv star but no such luck.
Sat: Found a new route through Brooklyn. Ran down Court St, across 9th St (UP the Slope - damn that's hard!) and around Prospect Park. Exited at Grand Army Plaza and ran down Vanderbilt to Flushing and then around to the Williamsburg Bridge. That is when it all went downhill for me. Started to feel pretty bad and my legs tightened up. Not a fun feeling. Had to walk a few times. Ran over to Lafayette St and up Summer Streets to 31st St. We had to loop back around lower Manhattan a bit and then I almost took a huge digger crossing Broadway. The road had a dip in it and being so tired, I didn't see it and not picking my feet up, I nearly took a huge digger in the middle of Broadway. Very nice for the pedestrians crossing to say 15 times, "be careful, be careful". Not what I wanted to hear. Thanks for the advice Captain Obvious! I must of looked like a crazy person, dripping in sweat, feet shuffling along, and glaring at the tourists telling me to be careful. however, it was a weird feeling b/c I stopped myself from actually hitting ground so suddenly, I felt like I got the wind knocked out of me!
Then, the bridge was a shit show so we ended up running the whole damn thing just to get off of it faster! So, instead of running 17 miles, we ran 18 miles. looking forward to a coconut water, a bagel and a nap.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Pukey Feeling
Track did not go so well for me this week. Jess, on the other hand, had a great track workout. I felt like I was going to throw up on our warm-up mile down to the track and i was complaining from the first step -not a good sign of things to come. I'll spare you all now - I did not throw up, but I was on the verge!
The workout was 8x400 and then a 2000 (5 laps). I did 5 of the 8 and had to stop. Felt lightheaded and dizzy and pukey.
I had spent the afternoon at the beach out in Queens and probably didn't drink enough water so dehydration set in and it sucked. Stayed to watch everyone's misery through their 8x400s and then walked back with Jess.
So, after a great day of kickboxing, yoga and the beach, my day ended on a pukey note. Resting on Wed - no classes/exercise for me until 7pm run club.
The workout was 8x400 and then a 2000 (5 laps). I did 5 of the 8 and had to stop. Felt lightheaded and dizzy and pukey.
I had spent the afternoon at the beach out in Queens and probably didn't drink enough water so dehydration set in and it sucked. Stayed to watch everyone's misery through their 8x400s and then walked back with Jess.
So, after a great day of kickboxing, yoga and the beach, my day ended on a pukey note. Resting on Wed - no classes/exercise for me until 7pm run club.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
rest day =kickboxing
Jess and I met on Monday morning to run but we were both tired and it was grossly humid outside - floridaesque. We ran for about a mile and then walked around Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo.
I skipped CrossFit last week and since it is my intention to go at least once a week, I decided to go to the noon class, plus Shane was teaching (www.crossfitsouthbrooklyn.com). It's usually a smaller class and I can baby out of doing heavy weight if I have to. However, today's WOD was made for me! Headstand practice and 20 minute partner rowing competition. Basically, we had to row as many meters as possible in 20 minutes between 2 people, not doing over 500 meters per turn. Whit and I ended up rowing 4400 meters. Kinda felt like I was going to throw up during my last 500 meters.
Later, I met 2 other lulus for a kickboxing class (CKO Kickboxing in Carroll Gardens). You know it's serious when you have to buy your own gloves. Joe, the owner, taught us the basic punches and kicks and we were off. He promised us 10 minutes of jump roping during class and abs. He wasn't kidding. Our rest was in plank pose (military style pushup)! We were all dying but it was so fun and I felt kinda bad-ass walking around with my red boxing gloves afterward. I suck at jump roping though - Rocky would be disappointed.
Ended the evening teaching yoga the rock climbing gym. Arms were exhausted but any lurkers better watch out b/c I throw a mean jab cross combo.
I skipped CrossFit last week and since it is my intention to go at least once a week, I decided to go to the noon class, plus Shane was teaching (www.crossfitsouthbrooklyn.com). It's usually a smaller class and I can baby out of doing heavy weight if I have to. However, today's WOD was made for me! Headstand practice and 20 minute partner rowing competition. Basically, we had to row as many meters as possible in 20 minutes between 2 people, not doing over 500 meters per turn. Whit and I ended up rowing 4400 meters. Kinda felt like I was going to throw up during my last 500 meters.
Later, I met 2 other lulus for a kickboxing class (CKO Kickboxing in Carroll Gardens). You know it's serious when you have to buy your own gloves. Joe, the owner, taught us the basic punches and kicks and we were off. He promised us 10 minutes of jump roping during class and abs. He wasn't kidding. Our rest was in plank pose (military style pushup)! We were all dying but it was so fun and I felt kinda bad-ass walking around with my red boxing gloves afterward. I suck at jump roping though - Rocky would be disappointed.
Ended the evening teaching yoga the rock climbing gym. Arms were exhausted but any lurkers better watch out b/c I throw a mean jab cross combo.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
pictures...some of my favorite runners
Ragnar Adult Slumber Party team. Ready to race.Below and right: training runs in Central Park with GoodBodyFitness, Carl, Jeremy, Matias, Adam. The girls: Allison, me, Erin and Holly. Jess was in the background, skipping our Central Park March run :)
16 on a Saturday
Yup, just another Saturday for me, getting up at 5:30am to run 16 miles around the island of Manhattan. Checked the weather the night before and was psyched to see that it was going to be high 60s!!!!! What? Cool weather? I love it. For all of you non-New Yorkers, it went from freezing cold, raining to hot, hot, hot as we moved from winter to summer.
Jess and I started at Borough Hall and ran over the BK Bridge, down around South Street Seaport, passing by a few people just walking home from their Friday night out, to the West Side Highway. I personally love the WSH but it's not Jess' favorite place. We ran up to 45th St (where the Intrepid is docked) and then over to Park to run down Summer Streets.
a word about Jess - love her and have known her since my Ham Tech (hamilton college) but she's a good 3 inches taller and, thus, a few steps ahead of me usually so I have to really pick it up to keep pace.
Needless to say, she was killing me this am! We did well and finished the 16 miles in a respectable 2 hr 16 mins. Definitely couldn't run anymore and loved the walk breaks (which I'm a HUGE fan of!)
Went to yoga at work - lululemon Brooklyn (www.lululemon.com/brooklyn). Sasha taught and it was perfect - a nice flow class that opened my hip flexors and hamstrings.
Can't wait for a nap at 4pm when i'm off work! And a bagel :)
Jess and I started at Borough Hall and ran over the BK Bridge, down around South Street Seaport, passing by a few people just walking home from their Friday night out, to the West Side Highway. I personally love the WSH but it's not Jess' favorite place. We ran up to 45th St (where the Intrepid is docked) and then over to Park to run down Summer Streets.
a word about Jess - love her and have known her since my Ham Tech (hamilton college) but she's a good 3 inches taller and, thus, a few steps ahead of me usually so I have to really pick it up to keep pace.
Needless to say, she was killing me this am! We did well and finished the 16 miles in a respectable 2 hr 16 mins. Definitely couldn't run anymore and loved the walk breaks (which I'm a HUGE fan of!)
Went to yoga at work - lululemon Brooklyn (www.lululemon.com/brooklyn). Sasha taught and it was perfect - a nice flow class that opened my hip flexors and hamstrings.
Can't wait for a nap at 4pm when i'm off work! And a bagel :)
Friday, August 13, 2010
Week 4, Aug 9-15
Week 4 is starting off with the complete opposite of a bang....my legs and body were tired from last week so I'm dialing down a bit with the number of classes I do and relaxing more. Deena Kastor takes a 2 hr nap daily when she's training...i'm following her.
Mon: 5.5 miles with Jess. We ran around Brooklyn and then did hill repeats up the BK/Dumbo hill. I then had to run to yoga class since I was late so I tacked on an extra 1/2 mile. Yoga with Aarona at Park Slope Yoga was just what I needed. We did her Basics class and thank god - I don't think I would have made it through a full Vinyasa class.
Tues: Woke up with a slight crick in my neck and was hoping yoga would fix it. Felt great in Robyn's class - she's wonderful with alignment and opening up the hips and shoulders. Perfect way to stretch out before TRACK! and yes, that is how I say it to myself - with a combination of dread and excitement. I have to psych myself up for the workouts. There are a lot of fast people and part of me wants to beat them.
Since Jess couldn't go, I biked down.
Workout: 4x 1200 (3 laps of the track) with 400 recovery and 3x300 with 100 recovery. The Dreaded 1200s!
Went slow on the first one and then consistently got faster over the next 3. However, my group went out so fast on the 300s that I was dying, dying, dying on the last one. The coach said I had bobble-head - meaning, i was flailing all over the place just trying to finish.
Went home and slept!
Wed: Jess and I skipped the morning run and I relaxed -ahhhhhhh glorious. Didn't go to yoga or any other type of class. We ran in the evening, about 6.5, for me.
Thurs: Tempo Day. We've decided to make Thursdays our Tempo Run, which is about 20 to 30 seconds slower than 5k race pace. Since neither of us have any clue what our true 5k race pace is right now (I have an idea) we picked 8min/mile as our starting tempo pace. We are hoping to increase to 7:15s. We took the subway to Bowling Green and ran up the WSH. We did a 2 mile tempo run at 7:45 and 7:44. So, we are faster than we thought. Rewarded ourselves with a smoothie, for Jess, and a beet/carrot/kale juice for me.
Added a body conditioning class to my schedule for the day which was great b/c I got in my sit-ups, push-ups and squats that I conveniently forget about.
Fri: Rest day! Going to restorative yoga at Shambhala after work. Looking forward to resting my legs and having a good Saturday long run.
Sat: long run and yoga
Sun: yoga in Prospect Park and 2 miles easy. That's about all i had in me to do after working and yoga. Ate pizza and enjoyed every bite of it.
mileage: 40.5
classes: 5 yoga classes and 1 conditioning class
Mon: 5.5 miles with Jess. We ran around Brooklyn and then did hill repeats up the BK/Dumbo hill. I then had to run to yoga class since I was late so I tacked on an extra 1/2 mile. Yoga with Aarona at Park Slope Yoga was just what I needed. We did her Basics class and thank god - I don't think I would have made it through a full Vinyasa class.
Tues: Woke up with a slight crick in my neck and was hoping yoga would fix it. Felt great in Robyn's class - she's wonderful with alignment and opening up the hips and shoulders. Perfect way to stretch out before TRACK! and yes, that is how I say it to myself - with a combination of dread and excitement. I have to psych myself up for the workouts. There are a lot of fast people and part of me wants to beat them.
Since Jess couldn't go, I biked down.
Workout: 4x 1200 (3 laps of the track) with 400 recovery and 3x300 with 100 recovery. The Dreaded 1200s!
Went slow on the first one and then consistently got faster over the next 3. However, my group went out so fast on the 300s that I was dying, dying, dying on the last one. The coach said I had bobble-head - meaning, i was flailing all over the place just trying to finish.
Went home and slept!
Wed: Jess and I skipped the morning run and I relaxed -ahhhhhhh glorious. Didn't go to yoga or any other type of class. We ran in the evening, about 6.5, for me.
Thurs: Tempo Day. We've decided to make Thursdays our Tempo Run, which is about 20 to 30 seconds slower than 5k race pace. Since neither of us have any clue what our true 5k race pace is right now (I have an idea) we picked 8min/mile as our starting tempo pace. We are hoping to increase to 7:15s. We took the subway to Bowling Green and ran up the WSH. We did a 2 mile tempo run at 7:45 and 7:44. So, we are faster than we thought. Rewarded ourselves with a smoothie, for Jess, and a beet/carrot/kale juice for me.
Added a body conditioning class to my schedule for the day which was great b/c I got in my sit-ups, push-ups and squats that I conveniently forget about.
Fri: Rest day! Going to restorative yoga at Shambhala after work. Looking forward to resting my legs and having a good Saturday long run.
Sat: long run and yoga
Sun: yoga in Prospect Park and 2 miles easy. That's about all i had in me to do after working and yoga. Ate pizza and enjoyed every bite of it.
mileage: 40.5
classes: 5 yoga classes and 1 conditioning class
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Week 3, Aug 2-8
Week 3:
This week is going to be big - a 14miler for my long run and a whopping 35 miles total. I know that's a bit of a jump from last week's but since I slacked and went to Colombia and went out a few too many times last week, I have a little mileage to make up. We'll see how my legs do midweek and adjust if necessary. FYI: the best way to increase mileage is to go up by about 10% a week.
Mon: Ran 6 miles total. About 5 to get to a yoga class (which kicked my butt, thank you very much Jyll at Shambhala!), 1 mile to get to CrossFit and then a slow 1/2 mile after CrossFit.
That was a bit of a crazy day! I had made a commitment to get to at least one CrossFit class a week and as a store, we agreed to hit a certain number of studios before Aug 15th. Working for lululemon gives me the opportunity to go to yoga and fitness classes throughout Brooklyn. It's actually part of my job! And if you know me at all, you know that this is the perfect job for me!
So, Shambhala was suppose to be restorative but it wasn't; Jyll cranked it up a notch! CrossFit was Clean and Jerks. It was a manageable WOD (Workout of the Day) for me so I was happy. And I got to see the fun CrossFit dudes!
I think I spent the rest of the day laying in my bed.
Tues: TRACK! I think the track workouts define my tuesdays now. However, that didn't stop me from going to a yoga class in the morning and then climbing with Jess Yip at Brooklyn Boulders. Love climbing but it is tiring. My quads were definitely feeling it during the track workout.
Today's workout was a long one so my miles were higher than I anticipated.
Workout: 2x 1200, 2x 800, 4x400
Times: 1200: 5:17; 1200: 5:10; 800: 3:33; 800: 3:19; 400: 1:31; 400: 1:39; 400: 1:36; 400: 1:35;
Not sure where that 1:31 400 came (oh, a 400 is one lap around the track; 4 laps=1 mile) from. We started like a crazy killer clown was chasing us! WAY too fast for me.
Wed: 3 miles in the morning with Jess and 3 miles in the evening with run club. Run Club was so fun! We had 11 runners with 8 beginners so we did a run/walk workout. Perfect recovery for my legs after track.
Classes: CrossFit (back squats and a tortorous WOD: 15 box jumps (20in) and 12 dumbbell thursts) and pilates
Thurs: Rest day! Took 2 yoga classes. First one was a very nice flow with Judy at Jaya in Brooklyn. Rode my bike there so I was sweating like a pig before class even started. Second class was Yoga in Prospect Park with Angela Arnold of Bend and Bloom. Lovely outdoor class! Perfect afternoon for yoga in the park.
Fri: I don't even want to talk about this run. Hopefully this will be the worst of all my long training runs. Had to run on Fri b/c of weekend commitments. Jess bailed on me so I was solita. It was hot and humid. Ran 3 miles and was already feeling it/dreading it. At mile 5 I had to stop and stretch and walk it out. (Stopped at mile 3 and 4 for quick sips of water). I have no idea what the temp was but it felt like Florida! I had to stop every mile to talk and stretch my legs. The week's activity came crashing down on my legs and I felt like crap. I was dehydrated, annoyed at myself and tired. On the bright side, I saw two friends on the WSH and got to run on the newly opened Pier 64-66! What matters is that I made it - all 14 GD miles of it. I rewarded myself with a salt bagel WITH butter and cream cheese. mmmmm, so good.
I then worked for 5 hrs - STANDING! So while my plan was to go to a restorative yoga class that evening, it did not happen.
Sat: rest-ish day! lululemon sponsored Salutation Nation so I got up early to work it and then got to take the yoga class. It was gorgeous and probably one of the most memorable yoga classes I have ever taken. We were in Bryant Park (42nd St at 6th ave) in NYC on a Saturday morning. The sun was shining but it wasn't too hot and the teachers, Dechen Thurman and Matthew Lombardo (of Jivamukti) led a fun, hilarious class.
Spent the rest of the day at Central Park with Stacy and Justin. Got about a 3 mile walk in.
Sun: 5 mile run; met up with my fave NYC yoga teacher, Holly Horvath (http://www.hollyhorvath.com) and we went for a run/coffee date. Then I worked all day - standing again.
Week 3 mileage: 39 - a little more than i anticipated b/c of Tuesday's long track workout and Sunday's 5 miler.
Classes: 5 yoga, 2 CrossFit and 1 pilates.
This week is going to be big - a 14miler for my long run and a whopping 35 miles total. I know that's a bit of a jump from last week's but since I slacked and went to Colombia and went out a few too many times last week, I have a little mileage to make up. We'll see how my legs do midweek and adjust if necessary. FYI: the best way to increase mileage is to go up by about 10% a week.
Mon: Ran 6 miles total. About 5 to get to a yoga class (which kicked my butt, thank you very much Jyll at Shambhala!), 1 mile to get to CrossFit and then a slow 1/2 mile after CrossFit.
That was a bit of a crazy day! I had made a commitment to get to at least one CrossFit class a week and as a store, we agreed to hit a certain number of studios before Aug 15th. Working for lululemon gives me the opportunity to go to yoga and fitness classes throughout Brooklyn. It's actually part of my job! And if you know me at all, you know that this is the perfect job for me!
So, Shambhala was suppose to be restorative but it wasn't; Jyll cranked it up a notch! CrossFit was Clean and Jerks. It was a manageable WOD (Workout of the Day) for me so I was happy. And I got to see the fun CrossFit dudes!
I think I spent the rest of the day laying in my bed.
Tues: TRACK! I think the track workouts define my tuesdays now. However, that didn't stop me from going to a yoga class in the morning and then climbing with Jess Yip at Brooklyn Boulders. Love climbing but it is tiring. My quads were definitely feeling it during the track workout.
Today's workout was a long one so my miles were higher than I anticipated.
Workout: 2x 1200, 2x 800, 4x400
Times: 1200: 5:17; 1200: 5:10; 800: 3:33; 800: 3:19; 400: 1:31; 400: 1:39; 400: 1:36; 400: 1:35;
Not sure where that 1:31 400 came (oh, a 400 is one lap around the track; 4 laps=1 mile) from. We started like a crazy killer clown was chasing us! WAY too fast for me.
Wed: 3 miles in the morning with Jess and 3 miles in the evening with run club. Run Club was so fun! We had 11 runners with 8 beginners so we did a run/walk workout. Perfect recovery for my legs after track.
Classes: CrossFit (back squats and a tortorous WOD: 15 box jumps (20in) and 12 dumbbell thursts) and pilates
Thurs: Rest day! Took 2 yoga classes. First one was a very nice flow with Judy at Jaya in Brooklyn. Rode my bike there so I was sweating like a pig before class even started. Second class was Yoga in Prospect Park with Angela Arnold of Bend and Bloom. Lovely outdoor class! Perfect afternoon for yoga in the park.
Fri: I don't even want to talk about this run. Hopefully this will be the worst of all my long training runs. Had to run on Fri b/c of weekend commitments. Jess bailed on me so I was solita. It was hot and humid. Ran 3 miles and was already feeling it/dreading it. At mile 5 I had to stop and stretch and walk it out. (Stopped at mile 3 and 4 for quick sips of water). I have no idea what the temp was but it felt like Florida! I had to stop every mile to talk and stretch my legs. The week's activity came crashing down on my legs and I felt like crap. I was dehydrated, annoyed at myself and tired. On the bright side, I saw two friends on the WSH and got to run on the newly opened Pier 64-66! What matters is that I made it - all 14 GD miles of it. I rewarded myself with a salt bagel WITH butter and cream cheese. mmmmm, so good.
I then worked for 5 hrs - STANDING! So while my plan was to go to a restorative yoga class that evening, it did not happen.
Sat: rest-ish day! lululemon sponsored Salutation Nation so I got up early to work it and then got to take the yoga class. It was gorgeous and probably one of the most memorable yoga classes I have ever taken. We were in Bryant Park (42nd St at 6th ave) in NYC on a Saturday morning. The sun was shining but it wasn't too hot and the teachers, Dechen Thurman and Matthew Lombardo (of Jivamukti) led a fun, hilarious class.
Spent the rest of the day at Central Park with Stacy and Justin. Got about a 3 mile walk in.
Sun: 5 mile run; met up with my fave NYC yoga teacher, Holly Horvath (http://www.hollyhorvath.com) and we went for a run/coffee date. Then I worked all day - standing again.
Week 3 mileage: 39 - a little more than i anticipated b/c of Tuesday's long track workout and Sunday's 5 miler.
Classes: 5 yoga, 2 CrossFit and 1 pilates.
Week 2, July 26-Aug 1
Week 2:
Mon: rest - feeling really tired. learned to listen to my body.
Tues: track: 5x 1k: 4:25, 4:16, 4:13, 4:20, 4:24
7.5 miles total with warmup/cool down
Track felt easier today - more manageable and I kept my times pretty consistent.
-Classes: CrossFit and yoga
Wed: Got up and ran 4 miles with Jess. We did a Brooklyn loop with the BK side of the Brooklyn Bridge for a hill. Ran at 7pm with the run club - about 3.5 miles. Very tired today.
Thurs: Ran 4 miles with Jess and did 5 hill repeats up the Brooklyn Heights hill - pretty steep and about .1 of a mile.
Fri: Chilled with Yogasana yoga (Iyengar in the morning) and Mala yoga in the afternoon. Just what my body needed.
Sat: 12 miles and felt great! did yoga in the store afterwards.
Sun: no running again, just yoga in the store. Lovely day but feeling tired.
Week 2 total mileage: 30.5
Classes: 5 yoga and 1 CrossFit class
Definitely feeling the 2 3o mile weeks. But not overly sore and my legs are recovering quickly.
Mon: rest - feeling really tired. learned to listen to my body.
Tues: track: 5x 1k: 4:25, 4:16, 4:13, 4:20, 4:24
7.5 miles total with warmup/cool down
Track felt easier today - more manageable and I kept my times pretty consistent.
-Classes: CrossFit and yoga
Wed: Got up and ran 4 miles with Jess. We did a Brooklyn loop with the BK side of the Brooklyn Bridge for a hill. Ran at 7pm with the run club - about 3.5 miles. Very tired today.
Thurs: Ran 4 miles with Jess and did 5 hill repeats up the Brooklyn Heights hill - pretty steep and about .1 of a mile.
Fri: Chilled with Yogasana yoga (Iyengar in the morning) and Mala yoga in the afternoon. Just what my body needed.
Sat: 12 miles and felt great! did yoga in the store afterwards.
Sun: no running again, just yoga in the store. Lovely day but feeling tired.
Week 2 total mileage: 30.5
Classes: 5 yoga and 1 CrossFit class
Definitely feeling the 2 3o mile weeks. But not overly sore and my legs are recovering quickly.
Week 1...kind of
So, I started out with NYRR's 18 week training schedule, intermediate level or something. I figured I needed to up the ante if I'm going to run a solid 3:25.
That training took a back seat to my 10 day vacation in Colombia - I'm not one for sacrificing a south american vacation for running, plus it was week 2...or as I convinced myself later on, my 2nd base week.
So, in 10 day in Colombia, I ran exactly 2x - 3.5 miles each time and guess what? Couldn't care less! I had fun, saw my good friend marry a wonderful man, experienced Cartegena, stalked Gabriel Garcia Marquez, discovered Limonada de Coco, hiked in Tayrona and ate arepas, lots of arepas!
Base Week/Week 1
However, let's talk about my first week of training, henceforth known as base week 1. It was horrible, disgusting and gross! on Tuesday, July 6th, it hit 103 degrees with a heat index of something crazy like 110 in NYC. I felt like I was melting...like running through mud. Ran 5.25 miles that day and there's not much to say about it except, ugh.
Wed: ran 3.5 miles and it wasn't pretty. Don't remember it
Thurs: 4.25 miles, again, hot and gross
Fri: 3-4 miles (didn't write it down) but ran early in the morning with Jess b/c I had a flight to Bogota to catch.
Base Week 2: Colombia!
Very impressed with myself and the rest of the wedding party/friends that I got up and ran 3.5 miles the day after a 12 hr wedding celebration. Love running in Bogota, it's at an elevation, 8,300 ft, so makes for a more challenging run plus there are some good inclines.
Mon: Flew to Cartegena and hung out by the hostal's pool.
Tues: same
Wed: off to Tayrona National Park. Hiked for about 1.5 hrs. I was really prepared for this hiking/camping trip! Flipflops and a dress were my outfit of choice. Oh well, I went barefoot most of the time and channeled John Durant of Barefoot Runners NYC, thinking this is good for my feet; to feel the earth and rocks and such. I made it out alive and with no cuts on my feet!
Loved my 2 days in Tayrona. Spent the days swimming, hiking, lounging on the beach, eating pan de chocolate and daydreaming.
Fri-Sun: back in Cartegena - dancing, walking around, eating. love, love, love.
All in all, a solid trip but not a solid base week 2.
Week 1 of 16 - here we go.
Mon: actually ran! Ran along the beach and saw a different part of Cartegena. solid, humidity filled run.
Tues: landed at 6am in JFK. rested and mentally prepared for my first track workout in....2 years! well, official track workout.
There's a lovely little track in Red Hook (which I now affectionately call "Little Colombia" b/c it reminds me of Colombia - lots of little kids playing futbol, women selling cut up mango/watermelon/payaya with all the fixings and people making out on the grass).
Track: HOLY SH*T! I forgot how awful I can feel after one of those workouts. Also, forgot what pacing is and how to not burn out after 3 laps. I pulled the ultimate rookie mistake: going to fast at the beginning.
track workout: 1200, 800, 400, 400, 800, 1200; I don't remember my times for all but I ran the first 1200 in 4:56 and my last 1200 in 5:26. TERRIBLE! Learned my lesson though.
Miles: 7.5 total (2 mile warm up, .5 mile cool down)
Wed: 5 mile run in Prospect Park at 7pm with Jeremy and lulu Run Club. Feeling the effects of the track workout on my legs
-Yoga class
Thurs: 6.5 miles in Central Park at 7am. I don't know why I do this to myself - agree to run early in the morning the day after a run and my first week training. Anyhow, I agreed/got talked into running with Jeremy in Central Park. Decent run till mile 6 where I died and just wanted to walk!
-Iyengar yoga, 1.5 hrs helped a lot
Fri: no running
Sat: 7.5 miles - was suppose to be 10 miles but I went out on Fri night and had a little too much to drink.... :)
- yoga class
Sun: rest and yoga class
Week 1 total mileage: 30
Yoga: 3x
That training took a back seat to my 10 day vacation in Colombia - I'm not one for sacrificing a south american vacation for running, plus it was week 2...or as I convinced myself later on, my 2nd base week.
So, in 10 day in Colombia, I ran exactly 2x - 3.5 miles each time and guess what? Couldn't care less! I had fun, saw my good friend marry a wonderful man, experienced Cartegena, stalked Gabriel Garcia Marquez, discovered Limonada de Coco, hiked in Tayrona and ate arepas, lots of arepas!
Base Week/Week 1
However, let's talk about my first week of training, henceforth known as base week 1. It was horrible, disgusting and gross! on Tuesday, July 6th, it hit 103 degrees with a heat index of something crazy like 110 in NYC. I felt like I was melting...like running through mud. Ran 5.25 miles that day and there's not much to say about it except, ugh.
Wed: ran 3.5 miles and it wasn't pretty. Don't remember it
Thurs: 4.25 miles, again, hot and gross
Fri: 3-4 miles (didn't write it down) but ran early in the morning with Jess b/c I had a flight to Bogota to catch.
Base Week 2: Colombia!
Very impressed with myself and the rest of the wedding party/friends that I got up and ran 3.5 miles the day after a 12 hr wedding celebration. Love running in Bogota, it's at an elevation, 8,300 ft, so makes for a more challenging run plus there are some good inclines.
Mon: Flew to Cartegena and hung out by the hostal's pool.
Tues: same
Wed: off to Tayrona National Park. Hiked for about 1.5 hrs. I was really prepared for this hiking/camping trip! Flipflops and a dress were my outfit of choice. Oh well, I went barefoot most of the time and channeled John Durant of Barefoot Runners NYC, thinking this is good for my feet; to feel the earth and rocks and such. I made it out alive and with no cuts on my feet!
Loved my 2 days in Tayrona. Spent the days swimming, hiking, lounging on the beach, eating pan de chocolate and daydreaming.
Fri-Sun: back in Cartegena - dancing, walking around, eating. love, love, love.
All in all, a solid trip but not a solid base week 2.
Week 1 of 16 - here we go.
Mon: actually ran! Ran along the beach and saw a different part of Cartegena. solid, humidity filled run.
Tues: landed at 6am in JFK. rested and mentally prepared for my first track workout in....2 years! well, official track workout.
There's a lovely little track in Red Hook (which I now affectionately call "Little Colombia" b/c it reminds me of Colombia - lots of little kids playing futbol, women selling cut up mango/watermelon/payaya with all the fixings and people making out on the grass).
Track: HOLY SH*T! I forgot how awful I can feel after one of those workouts. Also, forgot what pacing is and how to not burn out after 3 laps. I pulled the ultimate rookie mistake: going to fast at the beginning.
track workout: 1200, 800, 400, 400, 800, 1200; I don't remember my times for all but I ran the first 1200 in 4:56 and my last 1200 in 5:26. TERRIBLE! Learned my lesson though.
Miles: 7.5 total (2 mile warm up, .5 mile cool down)
Wed: 5 mile run in Prospect Park at 7pm with Jeremy and lulu Run Club. Feeling the effects of the track workout on my legs
-Yoga class
Thurs: 6.5 miles in Central Park at 7am. I don't know why I do this to myself - agree to run early in the morning the day after a run and my first week training. Anyhow, I agreed/got talked into running with Jeremy in Central Park. Decent run till mile 6 where I died and just wanted to walk!
-Iyengar yoga, 1.5 hrs helped a lot
Fri: no running
Sat: 7.5 miles - was suppose to be 10 miles but I went out on Fri night and had a little too much to drink.... :)
- yoga class
Sun: rest and yoga class
Week 1 total mileage: 30
Yoga: 3x
NYC Marathon
I'm always excited about the prospect of training for a new marathon. I see it as a way to provide structure and discipline to my life. my friends might laugh at that, considering that I'm a fairly strong, disciplined person already. However, left to my own devices, I would love to sit around all day and be lazy. Thus, paying for and telling the world that I'm going to run 26.2 miles on such and such a date is all the motivation I need, especially during a heat wave in NYC.
After qualifying for the Boston Marathon in 2008, I decided that running a 3:40 wasn't so bad and that I'd like to qualify every year. My goal already was to run one marathon a year for as long as my body is healthy, the time constraint just gives the goal a bit more juice and makes it less of a "to-do" list.
I qualified at the Hudson-Mohawk Marathon in Oct 2009, after missing the 3:40:59 mark by 6 seconds in the 2008 Marine Corps Marathon. I qualified with a 3:34 so naturally my next goal was to run a sub 3:30. That goal has now become: 3:25.
My training is all about the numbers 3, 2, 5. I will share my training, the trials and tribulations, the joys, the highs, the lows...whatever, i'll share my runs and hopefully inspire a few of you out there to create your own goals, whether they be for running, life, career, health or personal.
After qualifying for the Boston Marathon in 2008, I decided that running a 3:40 wasn't so bad and that I'd like to qualify every year. My goal already was to run one marathon a year for as long as my body is healthy, the time constraint just gives the goal a bit more juice and makes it less of a "to-do" list.
I qualified at the Hudson-Mohawk Marathon in Oct 2009, after missing the 3:40:59 mark by 6 seconds in the 2008 Marine Corps Marathon. I qualified with a 3:34 so naturally my next goal was to run a sub 3:30. That goal has now become: 3:25.
My training is all about the numbers 3, 2, 5. I will share my training, the trials and tribulations, the joys, the highs, the lows...whatever, i'll share my runs and hopefully inspire a few of you out there to create your own goals, whether they be for running, life, career, health or personal.
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