I forget - which marathon are you running? Is the goal still to qualify for Boston with this race or do you have a different target time/pace for this one?
Lisa my boston qualifier is the spacecoast marathon in melbourne. I need to run a 4:00:59 or faster.
Have decided to kick it in gear and gitterdone this year!
Big deficit is over , aggressive training started this morning. Am done with making excuses for myself. Am ready to start pushing it to a much higher gear. The laser focus that resulted in a 5lb weight loss will be the same laser focus that I will now apply to training intensity. I have entered the pain cave some, but truthfully not as far as I need to go. I need to seriously step up the intensity.
I'm glad to see you kicking it up a few notches. I think a while back you were talking about being a heavier runner and being ok with it - the difference is noticeable. Keep up the great work.
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Tom
No "happy hours" makes for a lot of miserable days. - Mahler
thanks tom!! I appreciate your challenge to me last year at this time to get after it. I have just finished another round this year, and my performance is truly improving.
strong weights today--back squats, deadlifts, bench press, core stuff. I think an unassisted pull up and chin up are just around the corner.
followed that up by an equally strong track workout. 4 sets of 800/400. I really pushed it, even as the sun came out stronger and the humidity was stiffling. have decided to finish my aggressive 1000 cal deficit a few days early. I had a nice bowl of buffalo chili with whole grain macaroni, a side of okra and tomatoes, and I have fuji apple chunks and apple cider and cinammon baking right now for dessert. I will still be in a deficit today, but only by 200 cal or so.
feeling absolutely fab at the moment, and I know I will sleep well tonight. toughest workouts I've done in a while. operation step it up and suffer has commenced for real.
Wendy, Thanks for the bra information and good luck in the pain cave. I know that you will be successful at it. I look forward to keeping up with your amazing progress!!
so I feel great, and scale is only 147, and considering how sore my muscles are, TOM and exercise fluid retention, and the 2388 calories and 297 grams of carbs I had yesterday (all planned), I would say that I am right on my goal!! I have to be very very careful to get enough calories and carbs right now in preparation for my 20 miler.
today is a rest day, and will be relatively low calories--maybe 1900 or so, with fewer carbs but not the 100 grams I have been doing, will certainly get closer to 150 or 200 grams today. will see how it all shakes out and how I feel.
am happy to be done with large deficits for a while!!! but gosh, were they worth it. I feel stronger than ever, and am really psyched about my 20 miler. am a bit concerned about shoes--still trying to dial in the optimal shoes.
wow. 2000 cal today and I truly am biologically hungry. I really feel like I am in a deficit. I have started loading with glycerol, so I know that the scale will be up over the next few days. I am confident that I will continue a slow loss over the next 12 weeks.
Fantastic workout with frank. Bench, deads, squats core.am so much stronger out of this deficit. Scale is staying reasonable despite carbs and glycerol. Carb load for tomorrow is packed and ready. I feel really good about my 20 miler!!! So excited!!
Thanks Bree!! Everything really seems to be coming together. My performance goals are affecting my appearance in a positive way too. I have visible hamstrings now!! Quads have been there for a while but I am really getting leaner. I have to admit that I am liking this!!!! form follows function, or something like that.
Thanks Bree!! Everything really seems to be coming together. My performance goals are affecting my appearance in a positive way too. I have visible hamstrings now!! Quads have been there for a while but I am really getting leaner. I have to admit that I am liking this!!!! form follows function, or something like that.
ok, scale is up. I am glycerol loading, carb loading and Premenstrual, so I know it is water, but it is still hard to see it!!!!!! looking forward to my carb load today. will report in on how the intervals go on the treadmill.
Done!!! I can't believe how easy that protocol felt. I really needed to increase the speed to truly make it a depletion workout, but frankly, I have never run that fast on a treadmill and I was scared I was going to trip and fall! Running 20 miles on a fracture from a treadmill mishap isn't the kind of pain cave I need to be in.
Operation carb up has started. Scale weight is scary but I am wearing a fitted yoga tank and fitted running shorts. I look lean, No way have I gained fat weight in one day but still!! Messes with the head.
Poppiepixie, this is easy peasy! And honestly, I know people who say they have trouble with a calorie surplus when it is a "clean bulk" instead of the relative junk load that I am doing today, and really it isn't THAT much food. Even if I subbed the cookies out and increased fruits and veggies, I could easily handle 3k calories and more. If I ever decide to purposely put on muscle, you will likely not hear me complaining about what a burden it is to eat all this food.
Fitone, if I were complaining about how hard it is to eat my surplus today on a message board filled with people who are dieting, now THERE would be some justified hate!!!!
so speaking of bulking, I need to let you guys in on a little secret project I've been working on.
some of you may remember me writing about the power of peers, and my first peer mentor, peggy, who challenged me to take my first running steps back when I was 228 pounds.
I told you I had a new Peggy in my life, she runs in my pace group and has become a really good friend. A few weekends ago, we were in jacksonville on a shopping trip to penzey's spice and lululemon (of course). one of my students told me that lulu's gives a 15% discount to teachers, and that I should take my FSU ID. well peggy's husband george also teaches with me, so off we went with our ID's. well, it turns out, you have to be a personal trainer, yoga instructor, etc to get the discount. I didn't really think much of it until the following Tuesday when I had my scheduled workout with Frank.
Out of the blue, he asks me if I had any interest in doing some personal training and nutrition counselling when he opens his new gym next month. I was shocked, as he had never mentioned anything like this before. It turns out, that during one of our workouts, his equipment broker was there assessing his current set up. This guy knows the industry, apparently. He is Bulgarian, and has studied with many of the weightlifting greats in that country. He was noticing how much my body had changed since the last time he was there, and noticing the rapport I had with the other gym members. Since he is a partner in this new venture, he suggested that Frank consider bringing me on as one of the trainers. Apparently, he told Frank, "I have the look", whatever that means.
So I have to say, I am seriously considering it. I mean, you guys know what a lulu addict I am, and this could really be fun. I looked up the ACE certification, and they also have a nutrition certification, which is truly my passion. I have such limited time as it is, but frank says we can always just run a waiting list if I get too many people interested.
so as I prepare for my 20 mile run, sipping my Havana french press coffee, looking out over my beautiful florida forest, I give thanks for the strong, fit body that I inhabit these days. ain't life grand???
Wow Wendy. That is so cool. Hey, if you manage to snag Oprah one of these days, maybe we can go to the Arnold via her private airplane. Now THAT would be the definition of making it!
NICE!
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