A boring title but that's the sole purpose of this log. To see me through running my third 1/2 marathon. I debated starting a training log because I don't necessarily need one to keep on top of training and weightloss is a secondary goal. On the other hand, it's nice to have someone else other than my husband to commiserate with me and to whine to.
I am 28 years old.
I suppose my physical stats are somewhat relevant...
5'4"
133.2 lbs this morning
Workout:
6 miles
53 mins (approx.)
This felt good, my pace gradually became faster throughout the run, I was running 5:30 km's about half way through. My HR was on the high side, avg.180 but I still felt good. I'm sure I'll slow down as my mileages get longer.
I am following a training plan provided by Runner's World.
My eats are going to be carb-cycling starting tomorrow. Weightloss is secondary and I think that cycling my carbs around my intense runs is key.
Race date: February 15, 2009
Goal time: 1:55:00 or faster
Do you lift weights at all? I ran a 10K about a year ago, and found it very beneficial to lift weights in accordance with training.
Then again, I'm not a runner anymore, so I'm obviously biased towards lifting.
Good to have you here
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JCool- Yes, I do lift weights. I started NROL for Women a few weeks before I decided on the half but I'm still going to keep up with it. I'm only in stage 2 and the reps are still high: perfect for a runner. Honestly, when the mileage creeps up, it's all I can do to recover for my next run. Right now, I'm lifting 2x/week in order to maintain some LBM.
Tcoy- My race is in Vancouver, B.C. Hopefully I won't race in snow but I'm sure I'll train in lots of rain and the odd snowfall.
Wow, cool! Welcome! Check out the Outdoor Fun forum too, we all hang out in there, but I'll be keeping a close eye on this log. Run like the wind!
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11/09 Training Off - At least workout wise. Football has been on all afternoon but I decided instead to make bread, make banana bread, iron, and clean the floors.
Diet - No carb day. Perfect, considering what I have done today.
All done on the treadmill. I find if I do speedwork outdoors, I have severe sneezing and allergy symptoms for 24 hrs. Go figure. Plus, I wanted to get feel of the pace. Hopefully I'll get a Garmin 305 (the 405 does not fit my wrist) for Christmas. I know 8:34 miles aren't fast for some of you guys, but I was hauling it.
11/11 Taining: 2x10
Squat with push press
Step up
Static lunge
Pushup
I can't remember what else......However, I think the unilateral stuff will be good for my running, I've been told I have weak glutes. Diet:
Low-ish carb. I don't know the exact cal count because lunch and dinner were out. We had Korean so it wasn't like a fat and carb-fest.
12/11
I'll say right now that today's going to suck.
Trainig: OFF Diet: No carbs. Yup, just fats and protein. Looking forward to it.
12/11
I went to a chiropractor and it looks like my right pelvis sits a little lower than my left. So I had that adjusted. Also had active release on my right hip area. That hurt a lot. 8-9/10 on the pain scale. Seriously. My goal is to get to the half without injuries. Really....
Food: Good, I made a carb-less lasagna (ground turkey, cottage cheese, spinach, zucchini slices for noodles) and it was pretty good.
13/11 Training:
2 miles, easy - felt good, a little tightness in right hip where it got worked over and a slight soreness in my left knee which was momentary.
2x10
DB DL
Bulgarian split squat
DB prone cuban snatch
Reverse lunge with reach
Pushups
I was tired so no ab work. Diet:
Low carb
Cals1,321
F38.9
C109.8
P134.7
+ another 100 for my last 20 or so grams of carbs.
Craving: RED WINE
I had a craving for a chocolate stout earlier today.
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I had a craving for a chocolate stout earlier today.
To each their own. Beer of any kind just tastes bitter to me.
14/11 Training: OFF Diet: No carb day...supposed to be, which I did great at until dinner time. Friday nights are our date nights when we treat ourselves to dinner out. So I had: morrocan beef soup with barley and a duck breast salad + 1 glass of wine. It was a syrah, grenache blend. Nice, but not exceptional. Friday nights also tend to be wine nights so we came home and opened a bottle of syrah from oregon that a friend had given us (however, we do have a nice little stockpile of wine). It too was alright. It tasted young.
So I've come a long way from OCD tendencies about my diet. Obviously last night's meal didn't work with carb-cycling but I think I'm going to continue with a high carb day today, especially since Saturdays are my long run days and as mileage climbs, I'm sure I'll need to carbs. As a result, I'll lose fat a little more slowly but so be it.
I also borrowed Daniel's Running Formula from the library. It's been a great read so far. I realize that I tend to push myself too hard. As Daniel's puts it, I train in no man's land. IE, my long runs are too fast for an E run but not fast enough for a T run. The long term planning of running is sinking in....ie....I think I'll aim for a PR for a half in May or June instead of the Feb. half.
15/11
Training: 6 miles but I only did 9.5 kms. That's the loop at Stanley Park, a beautiful run FWIW. Did it in 52:34 which isn't bad, it was supposed to be an "easy" run.
Diet: Not so great, I'm not good at getting all my protein in. I had 3 slices of chicken breast deli meat and a protein shake for protein. n addition to some carbs, not too much though. I made an apple pie for the party and then didn't eat any. Plus I had 3 glasses of wine.
Oh well, time to move on. The wrong thing to do would be to say, "Screw it" and throw in the towel. Instead, I'm sticking to no carbs today and then we'll see what my MIL serves for dinner later. I swear, I'm trying to stay on plan!!!! LOL....
17/11 Training: 5 miles 45:40
1 mile warmup and 1 mile cooldown included. Diet: Hi carb day
**However, I've kind of screwed up the protein and carb intake. Both coming a bit under. However, I had an awesome dinner of steak, roasted sweet potatoes and a glass red wine. **
Total
967
F30.2
C106.1
P72.6
Totals excluding wine.
I don't know if I'm just spinning my wheels with my caloric intake and exercise these days.
JCool- Yes, I do lift weights. I started NROL for Women a few weeks before I decided on the half but I'm still going to keep up with it. I'm only in stage 2 and the reps are still high: perfect for a runner. Honestly, when the mileage creeps up, it's all I can do to recover for my next run. Right now, I'm lifting 2x/week in order to maintain some LBM.
Tcoy- My race is in Vancouver, B.C. Hopefully I won't race in snow but I'm sure I'll train in lots of rain and the odd snowfall.
My neck of the woods (sort of-- I'm in Seattle). I hope the weather is decent for your race. I've always preferred to run in (light) rain over heat (the Spokane half marathon in June damn near killed me).
My neck of the woods (sort of-- I'm in Seattle). I hope the weather is decent for your race. I've always preferred to run in (light) rain over heat (the Spokane half marathon in June damn near killed me).
Welcome to the forums.
I **love** Seattle! I agree, I'd rather have light rain than heat. I ran a half in torrential rain and it was awful. I'm just hoping I don't have to run in slush. Thanks for the welcome.
18/11 Training: Yoga 45 mins Squat with push press Step ups One point db row Static lunge, rear foot raised Pushups Diet: moderate carbs
I was pretty tired yesterday. I didn't time the carbs right. At this point, I don't know if the tiredness if from caloric deficit or PMS. I'm going to be disappointed if it is PMS.
19/11 Training: OFF Diet: No carbs. I did okay with this except for: 3 sour patch kids. And some sf/ff yogurt I ate with my Naproxen. Other notes: I feel like crap because it's TOM and my I get super tired, irritable, crampy, back problems. I'm also disappointed that I'm not preggers. And I'm hungry. And whiney. Oh well, life goes on.
20/11 Training: off Diet: off....it should have been a no carb day due to no training but I wasn't going to do no carbs two days in a row and the evening was filled with unexpected errands. (Like helping my dad buy a bike and then going out to dinner with my parents.)
21/11 Training: Date night Diet: Date night
I don't know what to do....do I try to carb cycle as much as possible or do I go for something else? I'd like to give it another solid two weeks to see if I can see some results. OTOH, maybe my calories are too low for the activity I do? Over the week, I'm averaging 1300-1500.
Hi there Naive,
I just had an opportunity to read your training log and I just wanted to encourage you and let you know that you are not alone in your troubles in TTC (I totally know what a let down it is every month). I also struggled with infertility for years (we were told for years by all the experts that we were fine and until we actually did IVF did we find out what the problem was - my eggs) - I'm 34 now but started trying at 25 and at 30 after 2 failed IVF's we decided to adopt - we now have 2 beautiful boys (locally in BC and both were newborns) that are the most amazing little guys ever. Hopefully my story doesn't discourage you but give you hope, we found the more we talked about it the more we realized there are so many people around that were experiencing the same thing, lots took at least a year to get pregnant. I trained for a 1/2 marathon when I was 28 and always was wondering if my training was causing the problem too (which obviously for me it wasn't and my doctor said it shouldn't especially if you already have done that type of activity before). Have a great date night! Do you live in Vancouver? I'm in the Valley.
Hi there Naive,
I just had an opportunity to read your training log and I just wanted to encourage you and let you know that you are not alone in your troubles in TTC (I totally know what a let down it is every month). I also struggled with infertility for years (we were told for years by all the experts that we were fine and until we actually did IVF did we find out what the problem was - my eggs) - I'm 34 now but started trying at 25 and at 30 after 2 failed IVF's we decided to adopt - we now have 2 beautiful boys (locally in BC and both were newborns) that are the most amazing little guys ever. Hopefully my story doesn't discourage you but give you hope, we found the more we talked about it the more we realized there are so many people around that were experiencing the same thing, lots took at least a year to get pregnant. I trained for a 1/2 marathon when I was 28 and always was wondering if my training was causing the problem too (which obviously for me it wasn't and my doctor said it shouldn't especially if you already have done that type of activity before). Have a great date night! Do you live in Vancouver? I'm in the Valley.
Thanks. It is a real let down when it doesn't happen month after month. I think part of it is that everyone in my circle of friends took no longer than 4 months to get pregnant. I realize it's still within normal range (this is cycle 10) but it still really sucks. The other part is how it plays a role in your marriage. Oh well, I guess it's just time and patience.
I live in Burnaby, so close enough to Vancouver since you're way out in the valley.
21/11
Date night was okay, by my own fault, I was still kind of disappointed that I wasn't preggers yet and there's only so much your husband can say or not say to make you feel better. I'm kind of tired about talking about it. I also get really sensitive and almost depressed around my period. Enough that I was on Prozac for a few months on the advice of my doctor. But then I stopped in February because we decided to try to conceive.
22/11 Training: Long run. It was planned as 7.5 miles but ended up at 9.5 miles. We took a wrong turn. LOL.
Diet: Goal is to get protein to 100g and then whatever carbs I feel like. . I did burn 900 calories!!!!
23/11 Training: Recover from hangover Diet:See above...actually I didn't eat too much because my stomach couldn't handle a real amount of food until dinner.
24/11 Training: DB DL
Bulgarian split squat
Prone cuban snatch (or something like that)
DB chest press
2.6 miles @ 10 min. miles on the treadmill
I had planned on doing 3.5 but my right shin/ankle starting acting up. I thought maybe it would go away but it didn't. Since this is a recovery type week I figured I would take it on the safe side and I stopped. I don't know if it's the treadmill my body doesn't like. I do put it at 1.0% incline.........Hopefully any semblence of pain is gone by tomorrow.
Diet: Moderate carbs....protein intake is looking good. Weight: On its way down after TOM.
My friend is also running the half but she's aiming for 1:40 finish...I'll be happy with sub-2 hour.
23/11
Training: Recover from hangover
Diet:See above...actually I didn't eat too much because my stomach couldn't handle a real amount of food until dinner.
My Sunday was a lot like this too!
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I made an apple pie for the party and then didn't eat any. Plus I had 3 glasses of wine. 
We took a wrong turn. LOL.
. I did burn 900 calories!!!!
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