GOOD Morning! Sorry I pulled a complete "disappearing act"! I never post dinner because…. I never ate dinner!
After arriving in Orlando at 4 PM yesterday, I plopped down on the couch in a semi-delirious state of exhaustion, yet unable to sleep. I picked up my relatives from the airport at 9 PM (there was a death in the family over the weekend, unfortunately), and I seriously felt like I was drunk driving I was so tired.
I was so tired I never ate dinner…. which was fine because I wasn’t hungry. I added up my calories (as I usually do on long-run days) to make sure I had gotten enough fuel, and I had, so I didn’t feel like I *had* to eat more. I collapsed in bed at 10 PM and called off work in the morning.
Ten hours of sleep + 25.5 miles in 1 weekend = exhaustion!
Needless to say, I woke up STARVING this morning!
I made WW waffles with Hodgson’s Mills InstaBake mix and added in chopped pecans and almonds. MMMM crunchy!
Plus 1/2 an orange…
So, as mentioned, I took the day off because I’m truly not feeling work-worthy. I need to "go into the office" electronically to write a few memos, and then I’m going to crawl back into bed.
Race Plans
Many of you have asked what race I’m planning to do next. Well, unfortunately…. race season is coming to a close right now in Florida. Our race season tends to be Fall/Winter, while most races in the north occur in the Summer. It’s simply too hot to have decent long distance races during the summer. There are loads of 5Ks, but this weekend’s race was pretty expensive ($135 in total), so I need to chill on entry fees for the time being!
Of course, that doesn’t mean I don’t have some fitness goals in mind!
- Increase my strength. I’ve got legs of steel, but weak abs and arms. I’d really like to focus on toning right now, because a strong upper body really does make you a better runner.
- Maintain my endurance. I’m going to continue to run 20 – 25 miles a week, but I might reduce my Sunday long-runs to single digit mileage again.
- Ride my bike more. Meghann is training for a marathon, so I’m going to support her on her long-runs by riding alongside her and handing her water and goo. 🙂
- Get faster…. safely. I’d love to run a sub-2 hour Half Marathon. I only need to shave 3 minutes off my time to reach that goal, so it’s attainable. However, faster paces tend to irritate my knees, so I want to train to be faster without beating myself up.
Some of you have emailed me about training programs, which is AWESOME! Here is a list of my recommended training programs (I’m not going to recommend any marathon training schedules because I’ve never done one!):
5K Training Programs
- Hal Higdon (an 8-week program)
- Couch to 5K (a 9-week program)
- Runner’s World (a 6-week program)
- Jeff Galloway (a 15-week program)
10K Training Program
- Hal Higdon (an 8-week program)
- Runner’s World (a 6-week program)
- Jeff Galloway (a 13-week program)
- Marathon Rookie (a 7-week program)
- Running Times (a 15-week program)
15K Training Programs
- Hal Higdon (a 10-week program)
Half Marathon Training Programs
- Hal Higdon (a 12-week program)
- Runner’s World (an 8-week program)
Happy running! 🙂
I know that you mentioned wanting to get Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred, and I can honestly say that it will help you tone your arms and abs. I got it for Christmas and do it about 3 times a week (sooo easy to fit in at 20 mins a pop) … I know without a doubt that my abs are more toned and it has always the spot that I can’t tone (mostly because I HATE doing crunches).
Also Yoga will help you tone up TONS without realizing it. AND both will help your running!!