REAL MARATHON TRAINING

I have officially started my marathon training. Coke made up a whole training schedule for me and I only have to run 3 days a week which I think is really great. I am supposed to be doing 2 days of cross-training on tuesdays and thursdays to help me get in shape.

I am on week two of the marathon training, and it seems to be going pretty good so far. On monday I ran 4 miles with hills. I decided to get up in the morning and it was actually light enough to run outside, I was so excited because I hate running on treadmills. I decided to go run on canyon road down in the island, I think its my favorite place to run in logan because i don't have to worry about traffic as much. I am so excited because it is really starting to feel like spring. I saw a bunch of animals and it just made my run so much more fun. I saw three dear, two ducks swimming in the ditch and on squirrel.

I feel like I am starting to improve last week when I ran my 4 miles I did it in 48 minutes and this week I did it in 46 minutes. It really helps me to stay motivated when I can actually see some improvement. I would really love to do my marathon running all 12 minute miles. If I can do that I will do it in 5 hours......wow thats a long time to be running.

I need to run for an hour today but I had a test this morning I had to study for so I am going to have to do it after class, hopefully its not raining anymore by then, I would have to go run inside.

Defying Gravity

So I went for a run today, I was making up for the long run I missed on Saturday so I had to run 4 miles, and let me tell ya I was not looking forward to it. So anyways I decided to listen to wicked while I was running, it is kind of listen to musicals because you can picture the story in your head as you run. So I was getting to about mile 2 and starting to feel pretty tired when the song Defying Gravity came on. I recently re-discovered this song while watching Glee and I just love it, it is perfect for running because you just don’t want anything to stop you. I had the greatest rush of endorphins when I was running to this song. I was in the Gym and as cheesy as it sounds for those couple of minutes I felt completely alone and it was wonderful, I think I might of even gotten goose bumps.

I ran the 4 miles in about 52 minutes which I think is pretty good. I know its not fast but I really think I am slowly improving.Getting back into running has been pretty hard for me but I am so glad I am starting to actually enjoy it again. I’m not going to go so far as to say I am looking forward to my next run but at least I’m not dreading it either.

WEEKS WORKOUT

So I did pretty good this last week with my training schedule. There were a couple days where I didn't make it to the workout, but all in all I am pretty happy with the week. Here is how it went

Monday- one of the days I missed

Tuesday- I ran 2.5 miles and then did strength training

Wednesday- Cross training rode the bike for 30 minutes

Thursday- Ran 2 miles

Friday- Cross training, elliptical for 60 minutes

I was supposed to run 4 miles on saturday but I had some friend up for the weekend so I have decided I will run 4 miles on Monday. Monday is only a stretch and strength day so I figure I will have a good stretching session after my run. I am a little nervous to run 4 miles I haven't run that far in a long time but I know it will feel so good after I have done it.

A RUN WITH THE SIS

I stayed at my sisters house last night in Salt Lake, and Coke thought it would be a good idea for us to go on a run together while I was there. She found this 3 mile loop that is up by the Capital Building. I am not going to lie I wasn't excited to go running, it had been more than a week since my last run and I just wasn't feeling it. We started out pretty slow, coke stayed back with me for a while but after about a mile she sped up so she could do her long run and catch back up with me. I was really not enjoying the run till about mile 2, I guess it takes a while to warm up. When I got to the end I was loving it, I felt so good. I ran the last little bit as fast as I could and that always gives me runners high which I just love. I have decided that I need to run outside more, I just don't get the awesome feeling I get when I am outside. After I was done I just felt so good; I was proud of myself for running the whole time and I just felt more confident. Its weird how running can do that for you.

10K TRAINING HERE I COME!

So I started my 10k training today. Coke, my sister, decided that it would be a good idea to train for a 10k before we actually start training for the marathon, and there is just enough time to have an 8 week training program. I printed off a novice training schedule and then I drew up a chart on my white board. I really like having it there because it is a constant reminder of what I need to do for that day.

Today was my first day on the training program. I ran 2.5 miles, I forgot to look at the time but I think it was around 32:00 so really slow. For some reason that I don't understand running on treadmills makes me slower. I know I can just speed it up but when I do I feel like I am going to die! I can't wait till it gets warmer and I can start running outside again. The other thing I hate about treadmill's is that they are so boring, I am always just waiting and waiting for it to be over. Running outside is still hard for me, but I can at least get to a point where I can enjoy being out there. At least by the time I start training for the Marathon it should be warm enough to go outside, I can't imagine running 10 miles on a treadmill.

Christmas Vacation!

So yesterday was the beginning of christmas break! I have decided that I really need to start working out a lot more. DUH Katie! So anyways I got up yesterday and went to the gym my goal was to work out for 2 hours but I ran on the treadmill for an hour. By the end my hips here hurting but I did it. I did 4 miles so they were really slow but for right now I want to focus on just getting at least an hour of cardio in a day. Like I said before I was going to go for 2 hours but i was just tired and I couldn't stick it out. Maybe tomorrow!

a week and I've done it!

Ok so I know in my last post I said I was going to start being better and well I haven't been doing so well. I have been eating better but not eating great but at least there has been some improvement. I finally got up the motivation to go work out this morning. I was going to go running but low and behold it was snowing pretty hard outside, so i had to clean off my car and drive up to campus so I could workout at the field house. I ended up riding a bike for 20 minutes and then I decided to get on the treadmill and jogged for like 20 min. I picked up the pace for the last 2 minutes so I could have at least run 1.5 miles. So all in all not my best run but I don't care because at least I went!