Confession time.
A few things, actually.
1. Before my marathon this weekend, I was pretty set on just doing the half. It wasn’t til I got to the expo that I decided I wanted to wear that shirt that said marathon with pride, and decided I’d just do the full even though it wasn’t the best idea.
2. I weighed in today for the first time in who knows how long. The verdict: 153 pounds. I hadn’t seen that weight in…almost a year and a half. This is not good.
3. I’m still hanging around Wes even though we’re pretty clear that we’re not in a relationship. We just spend a lot of time together.
4. Last night was the first time sleeping in my bed in well over a month.
5. I have 20 weeks until my 50k ultra. Scary.
6. I really have not liked what I see in the mirror for awhile. Nothing really fits anymore.
7. I’m 10 pounds up from my lowest weight but it makes such a difference being so short.
8. Once my tattoo is healed enough I’m going to start running, and join that overpriced gym. It just has everything I love in it! Hopefully I’ll be looking better by the end of the month, because I’m going to Miami for 2 weeks starting the 31st.
That dress I was wearing last night?
Was wearing it for a reason. I had a date!
And…it was really fun. So fun, in fact, I “accidentally” slept through my alarm to go run early this morning. Oh well he didn’t mind, and neither did I! Will be going soon. Totally worth missing running with the group this morning.
He was really really nice. And stuff.
Have 17 miles scheduled today.
Active recovery!
I’ve been meaning to try doing the whole active recovery thing for awhile but hadn’t gotten around to it.
So today I had time, so I went and lifted and stuff.
Warmed up with rowing, then did upper body weights.
Followed that with an hour-ish of cardio.
1.55 miles on the treadmill. 17 minutes.
8.6 miles on the bike. 45 minutes.
Biking is hard.
[Also, great job everyone today on your races. You guys rock. Wish I could’ve been there in NOLA. Looks awesome.]
I did okay today.
I went to weight training class. Did my midterm.
Lifted, did upper body.
Did HIIT.
Got ready to go to my second class, it was cancelled, so I went home and took a nap from like 11:30 to 2:30.
Went to A&P.
Went to go meet my running group, missed them, so I went to do the Jack Quinn’s 5k and added an extra mile. 4 miles, 42:something.
After that met with my friend Lauren at Jack Quinn’s, where some people (Johnny, Cheyenne, and Sam) approached me because of my BEER socks that get me friends every time I wear them. Swear they’re magical.
Those people, Lauren, and I ended up going to Old Chicago because we were having fun and didn’t want to go home yet. Stayed until just before midnight. We met at like 6, so it was quite a while with people that I didn’t know well. And also one of the students from my office was there and he came out with us too.
Johnny seemed nice and cute and slightly flirty, but as per usual, no one asked me for my number. He did get my friend Lauren’s number though, also as per usual. I get personally offended when this happens. And I’ve told her, it makes me slightly jealous, I’m usually the one that brings everyone together, but in the end I’m the one that ends up alone. Oh well. Flirting is too much work anyway?
tl;dr: I worked out a lot today and sort of made new friends and believe boys will never be interested in me as a person.
Workout related!
Worked out after my weight training exam. Realized a big reason I am not liking myself is because I have barely worked out in the last week. Changing that because my clothes need to fit.
Warmup: 518 m row, 2:40
Weights:
Bench press: 12-12-10 @ 45-55-60 lbs
Cable row: 12-12-12 @ 55 lbs
Pushups: 3x8
Inverted row: 3x8
Dumbbell Flyes: 3x12 @ 17.5-20-20 lbs
Handstands against the wall: 3x30 seconds
10 queda de rins pushups
I then followed this with 18 minutes of HIIT (30 seconds on/off at 8.9 mph), which includes a 2 minute warmup and 1 minute cooldown.
Good start to my workout week!
This is something I don’t really want to do..
But to get what you want you have to make sacrifices, right?
I think I may have to give up beer for awhile. I’ll drink some after the half on Sunday, but besides that and maybe my birthday, I’ll have to cut the drinking. It ruins my progress, it’s like 2 steps forward and one step back. It’s not cool.
So… Yeah. This will be a test of my willpower.
So I always said I had no interest in doing this…but now that I signed up for the ultra, I’ve reconsidered.
This is the course for the Pike’s Peak Ascent..basically it’s the uphill half of the Pike’s Peak marathon, the hardest marathon in the US. 7,815 foot elevation gain.
I figure, I’m going to be training on this trail probably the most because it’s closest to me, so might as well do the race.
I’ve heard it takes people about half an hour slower than what they do in a flatland marathon, just to get to the top.
It’s in August right before school starts, so it’ll be a good gauge for my training for the race in September.
It requires for you to qualify, but you just need a 2:30 half. I can do that.
There’s something about tracks…
That makes me want to throw up. No idea why, but every time I want to I get that feeling.
Maybe it’s the sprinting, but still.
Mile repeats today. 6 miles plus what I walked between miles. All done before sunrise! Yay!
Hey I may have found a training partner!
So that kid I was telling you guys about on Tuesday, that’s blind? Well it seems that he’s looking for a partner for his tri training! He needs someone for his bike because it’s a tandem bike. He’s a lot faster than me but says he’s willing to slow down and teach me.
I told him if he ever wants someone to run with that I’m always free, so it might work out! And we’re gonna be weight training partners. Gonna be fun!
Holy hills.
I thought my neighborhood was the place with crazy hills. NOPE!
Where are the hills? On my college campus across the street from my house. It was crazy. I did 5 miles. Took me an hour and 5 minutes or so. I also made part of my route to go all the way up the steps to our engineering building, which is no small feat, TWICE.
It was dark, it was cold, it was hard, and I got crazy looks from the kids coming out of their classes, but I did it. I stayed in all the well lit areas to be safe, I wanted to run up by the dorms but we have too many bear and mountain lion sightings for me to feel safe there.
Food time!
My splits from yesterday’s long run.
I’m quite impressed that I managed to pick up the pace so much in the second half. You could tell just by looking at the times when I started to feel crappy. My feet kept falling asleep and I was just uncomfortable in general for awhile. Very happy with this run. Glad to be in the double digit long run mileage again!
Finally finished!
10 more miles in the books. Longest run now since October.
I forgot how hard running ten miles is! And it was so hot out! It was like 53 degrees, it was supposed to be windy but fortunately it wasn’t. I didn’t expect it to be so hot so all I brought was my tiny 10 oz water bottle. I had to carefully ration it because my gulps of water when running take in like 2 oz each gulp. The hammer gel I took halfway really helped, the first half of the run felt really awkward and unsteady. It was like I didn’t fully warm up til mile 6 even though I was drenched in sweat by then.
Total time 1:56:55. Still my second best ten mile time. I think I’m gonna be sore from this my legs feel heavy, like “I just did a long run” heavy, which I haven’t felt in awhile. Beautiful.
I’m sure I looked quite miserable at the end, but this girl just finished her first long run in prep for her third marathon!
8 miles. Longest run I’ve done since the last marathon in October.
Also, got a spectacular PR! My goal was 1:30, I did it in 1:28:13!
Happy Becky is happy. And also my arms are a bit numb because it was quite windy at the second half of the run.
I thought I was over this!
I got a cold from some guy like two weeks ago, and a couple of days later I was was exhibiting symptoms that I was getting sick. It seemed to be fading.. Until last night when I just wouldn’t stop coughing and it continued to this morning and I just feel like a sick person.
Boo.
Also, I am SOOOOO SORE. As I predicted. My shoulders from those overhead squats and pullups and my legs from capoeira.
However, I won’t let that deter me from anything. Today’s training calls for 3 miles, and that’s just what I’ll do. And I have a running buddy for tomorrow for my 5 miler! Excited!
