Well, we all got the crud!
Lots of napping, TV, meds. I had hoped for three hours of napping today (for Nathan and I too!), but Isaac only slept for two. Better than nothing, right?
Countdown to 2011 update
by amyDespite the fact that I’ve been going to bed by 10:00, taking my vitamins and drinking my water, I have a cold. It will pass quickly, right?
I’m thinking positively!
I ran 5 miles today. 1 mile warm-up, 1 mile at 8:52, 1/2 half mile recovery, 1 mile at 8:45, 1/2 mile recovery and than 1 mile cool-down. It was hard. I’m doubting my ability to finish the 5k in under a 9:00/mile. It’s one thing to do it for a mile or 2, but for 3 miles? I don’t know.
I had a good day with the kids. Isaac is talking more. He is starting to repeat lots of words. So fun to hear his little voice (except when he is screaming).
A little of this and that
by amyI was so tired when my head hit the pillow last night. All that time in the sun wore me out! My alarm went off far too early. I snoozed it once before getting up to get ready for my morning run. Because this week was a taper week (a planned cut back in miles), I only had a 4 mile run this morning. I’ve been running Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, but I’m switching that next week so that I can be on a good schedule for the week of the race in August. Instead of my long run being on a Sunday, it will be on Saturday.
Speaking of my running schedule, this is what I’ve been doing:
3 runs a week. (after this next race, if I’m feeling good, I’ll increase that to 4). The first run is a short 2-3 mile easy run at about a little more than 2 minutes/mile slower than my race pace. The second run is some sort of speed work. It’s usually 5 miles in total and starts with a warm up mile and ends with a cool down mile. The three miles in the middle are where I really push myself. One week I did mile long repeats at a certain speed with half mile recovery running in between and another week I did 3 miles at a little slower than my race pace, but much faster than my “easy run” pace. The third run I do is a “long run”. That’s run at an “easy run” pace. The purpose is to build endurance and strength. So, it’s not about finishing it as fast as I can, it’s about getting my body strong enough to sustain running for a longer period of time. My long run this coming week will be 7 miles.
If you’re interesting in seeing the caluculator for training pace, check out the McMillan running calculator. You need to enter a recent race time and it fills in the rest.
On my non-running days I cross-train by biking or walking.
I’m also working on the 100 push-ups challenge. I’ve finished the first two weeks. I started it last fall and didn’t complete it. This time I’m really working at it. I just finished my test for the end of the second week. I did 21 push-ups before collapsing on the floor. That’s girl push-ups, by the way! I have only attempted the modified version. It’s a fun challenge. It doesn’t take a lot of time and doesn’t require any special equipment.
I was really disciplined with my eating and exercise last week, but my weigh-in was not good. I was up almost 2 pounds. I was bummed, but I don’t think there was anything I could have done. Next week should be really good, right?
We enjoyed having Nathan off work this last week. I’m going to really miss him when he’s off to work tomorrow. We love having him around! He has also been working hard at watching what he’s eating and working out. He biked 15 miles one day! I’m very proud of the work he’s doing.
I guess that’s all for now. I’m feeling sleepy!
I’m running!
by nathan
I’m back to running. Training for my 2nd 5K, which will happen here in town in August. It’ll be fun to run places I know.
Today, though, I am quite proud of having run all the way around the lake. 4.3 miles in a 66 minutes. Not bad…
Running Update
by amyI thought I would work on a post about running and my diet progress while I’m uploading photos to photobucket so you can see the farm photos. I don’t know why they aren’t working from Picasa, but sometimes it doesn’t work right. Oh well.
I’m up to 193.6 miles for the year. I’m actually quite a bit behind my lofty goal I had set at the beginning of the year. I still feel good about my progress though. On Friday last week, I got up and I ran 6 miles. It took me 1 hour, 13 minutes and 50 seconds. It wasn’t setting speed records, but I was proud of my accomplishment. I ran for 6 miles. Less than a year ago, I couldn’t even run a quarter mile. Now I can run for over an hour without stopping! When I set out on Friday, I wasn’t sure how far I was going to go. I took a route that went all sorts of crazy ways, but since I was wearing my Garmin I didn’t have to worry that I would have to remember every street because it calculates and maps everything for me. There was a point when I turned down one of the country roads that I thought to myself, “What have I done? I’m way too far from home!” I was sort of committed to doing the distance at that point. I suppose I could have walked home if I ran out of steam, but I had to get back in time for Nathan to get ready and leave for work on time.
I’ve decided to ramp up my running a little as I prepare for the 5k in August. I have 7 weeks. Nathan is going to run again too and he’s planning to take his training a little more seriously this time.
My weigh-in on Friday was good. I was down .4 lbs. That puts me a little more than 16 pounds from my initial goal and I’m half pound from being done re-losing weight I already lost. Even more amazing was that I managed to control my eating over the weekend after my weigh-in. I have a terrible habit of eating a lot on Friday and Saturday (and sometimes Sunday!). I didn’t do that this week. Yeah for me! I did have a high calorie day today though. I’m putting that behind me though. I’m ready for another good week. We have a family reunion coming up this weekend and I’m sure it will be more difficult to eat healthy with travel factored in. I want to have some good days before we go.
Looks like my photos are ready to add to the previous post. I’m off to bed soon since I have a run scheduled for early tomorrow morning.
