August 9, 2011

Today was interval training, I had to run 1/4 mile for as fast as I can with breaks in between, and do this 5 times. At first, I thought that I had to do this for 1/2 a mile before realizing that 400 yards if actually a 1/4 mile and that was all I needed to do. Thank goodness! My first fast half mile was ROUGH. 

Thanks for my garmin, here are my stats for the run:
Warm up for 1/2 mile: 5:16
Lap 1: Running at a fast pace for 1/2 mile - 4:09.18
walking cool down
Lap 2: Running at a fast pace for 1/4 mile - 2:07.50
walking cool down
Lap 3: Running at a fast pace for 1/4 mile - 1:54.57
walking cool down
Lap 4: Running at a fast pace for 1/4 mile - 2:09.14
walking cool down
Lap 5: Running at a fast pace for 1/4 mile - 2:01.42

My total stats:
Total Distance: 2 miles
Total Time: 18:01.15
Average Pace: 9/mile
Average speed: 6.7
Max speed: 9.3
Total Calories: 225
Average Heart Rate: 118 bpm
Max Heart Rate: 187 bpm

Miles today: 2
Total Miles Run for 2011: 58.5

August 8, 2011

Terrible run today! Absolutely awful...maybe I pushed myself too hard in the beginning since I was running to a paced podcast, maybe it was the heat/humidity, maybe I'm still sore from Saturday's 5 miler, but I had to stop at 2.5 miles and walk the rest of the way home. Here's hoping tomorrow's run is better.

Miles today: 2.5
Total Miles Run for 2011: 56.5


Saturday, August 6, 2011
Did 5 miles in Pennsylvania today while my parents went for a bike ride! It was surprisingly pretty easy..it helped that it was a little cool and the sun wasn't out too. My dad took me to a different trail than I usually run at home, so it was nice to have some change of scenery for this one. I did the whole 5 miles in 49:20! Felt very good after this run!

Miles today: 5
Total Miles Run for 2011: 54

August 4, 2011

Good run today! I ran 3 miles in 28:32...I'm really loving finally using my Garmin Forerunner for training purposes. I got this last Christmas and it's been slow-go for me to learn how to use it. I finally sat down and figuted out how to use it and even ran with the heart-rate monitor today for the first time ever!

I don't really know much about heart rate...what it should be? what zone should I be in? what's my resting heart rate? etc. etc.... But from what I'm reading online, it seems like my physical activity heart rate today was supppper high, and I don't know if that means I pushed myself too hard or not. I'm going to have to do some research about how to use this heart rate monitor thing. Looking at this graph it's funny cause the three places where my pace spikes to much slower are so obvious and I know exactly what happened at all three places. 1) I re-tied my shoe 2) Stop light 3) Another stop light

Miles today: 3
Total Miles Run for 2011: 49

Slept in yesterday, but ran 2 miles on Tuesday.


Miles today: 2
Total Miles Run for 2011: 46

August 1, 2011

Well.....my time has arrived. It is time to train for another half marathon!!! I have to say....i've been dreading this. I haven't really run at all since April, I'm soooo out of shape and I just don't know if I have it in me to start training for another half marathon. But I have to say...getting up this morning for a 3 mile run before work was fantastic, and I really hope that this time, I'm back for good. I just feel 10X more accomplished and happy on days that I get up to work out before work, plus it was a gorgeous morning! I usually hate missing getting ready with Chris in the morning but when I came back...he was just waking up!

Here's my motivation for training this time: The Delaware and Lehigh Heritage Half Marathon. It's a gorgeous trail near my hometown and I know that on October 23rd, it's just simply going to be the most BEAUTIFUL race I'll ever run, with all the Fall leaves and cool weather. I can't wait to see the beautiful PA countryside on this run. My partner in crime this time around will be the lovely, Christina!

So I did 3 miles in 31 minutes. I used my new Garmin Forerunner and I'm so mad I forgot to bring it with me today because I wanted to upload my stats and start tracking things. I def. was keeping a slower pace than normal and my knees were bothering me by the end of the run. I'm going to need to ease into things for a few weeks while I get back into shape and make sure that I build up my leg muscle again so I don't put too much pressure on my knees. According to my schedule I didn't need to run today, but I wanted to get a good start to my week, and see how I could handle 3 miles to begin with.

Here's my running calendar for the month.



Miles today: 3
Total Miles Run for 2011: 44

Tuesday, April 26th

I've run 7 miles over the past 2-3 weeks. Got up this morning and ran another 4! I feel like Spring is finally here!! That puts me at 41 miles for the year. Last year at this time, I was at 279 miles!! The interesting thing about this is I haven't gained any weight, my clothes all fit the same. I've really realized it's not the amount of miles you run, it's about eating healthy and maintaining a good balance between eating, cardio and weight training. That is what my focus has shifted to as I head into this summer.

Run today: 4.5
Total Miles Run for 2010: 41

March 14, 2011

Ran outside both days this weekend!! Felt fantastic! (though....I'm out of shape. The first mile was really really rough both days.) I was finally able to try out my garmin forerunner! Despite a big start up time...it takes about 4-5 minutes to locate a satellite, it was very helpful and very interesting to see what my average pace was.  I'm loving that Spring is here and I can do runs like this on the weekends again!!



Sunday, March 13
Run today: 4.5
Total Miles Run for 2010: 30
 

Saturday, March 12
Run today: 4.5
Total Miles Run for 2010: 25.5

March 9, 2010

I'mmmmmm baaaaccccckkk!!! Spring is coming and I am burrsting at the seams to run again., especially since I received my very own Garmin Forerunner for Christmas from my parents and I can't wait to try it out!

revelsport.com

 

I was supposed to meet with my trainer today, but when I got to the gym I just wanted to RUN. So I did 3 miles on the treadmill and it felt really good. He's very flexible with my schedule so I'm going to meet with him again tomorrow. Even though I haven't been logging my miles on the blog here, I've done a teeny tiny bit of running over the past 2 months and am now at 21 miles for the year. (Which is peanuts considering I was at 136 miles by this time last year!!)

So here's my plan: Those half marathon training schedules I've done before are 12 week schedules. I'm now 11 weeks out from my wedding. So, I'm training for a half marathon again....except the Half Marathon..is my wedding. The only time I've stuck to a specific running plan was when I had this schedule in my calendar and stuck up on the fridge. If I did it before, I can do it again, and I'm really not going to be too hard on myself if I miss a run here or there, because it's not about beating a time or anything. My biggest concern is not keeping up with the weight lifting and ab work that I've been doing. Last time I trained, my endurance was great, but I lacked muscle because I didn't keep up with my weight lifting.

So here's to training for another Half Marathon! (only actually...not)

Miles Run today: 3
Total Miles Run for 2010: 21