Marathon Training: Week 1/37

Day 6 02/21: Cardio day today! We got to the gym a bit late and only had enough time for a thirty minute workout and I made it count. In thirty minutes, I hit 3.00 miles. It took some fast running in the last 5 minutes, but I hit my goal. I only ended up walking for 5 minutes of that 30 with 3 of those 5 being a brisk warmup.

Day 5 02/19: Chris and I got up early this morning and went to the gym. It was so hard to drag myself out of bed, but I made it. Lifting in the morning wasn’t as bad as I expected to be and we got a good workout. I prefer whole body exercises that tend to focus on balance just as much as lifting. I am the biggest clutz in the world so any help I can get in this realm is a good thing. Also, I hurt.

Day 4  02/17: 30 minutes on the treadmill and got in 2.86 miles. I count warm-ups as part of my time. My usual warm-up is a 2 minute walk at 3.8 mph. I had to walk twice for one minute each after the first 10 minutes and then after 5 more minutes.

Day 3  02/16: Today was a lifting day and I did a short 1.5 mile run at a quick pace (for me) of 6.5 mph. Not a great workout, but I went!

Day 2  02/15: I made it to the gym today. Right at 5:30pm.
Pace: 4 miles in 45 minutes, run-walk
Music Styling of Lily Allen – not the best running music but I just got it over Christmas and wanted to try it out.
Short-term Goals:

1. Just go to the gym regularly (it is so snowy, and Chris is so snuggly)
2. Run steadily (on treadmill) without walking for 25 minutes
3. Achieve a pace of 5 miles in 45 minutes.

Day 1: I am running in the Chicago Marathon this year with the PAWS Chicago team. I am both wholly excited and scared at the same time. Today was supposed to be my first day of training. Instead I slept in, made vanilla roasted pears, and when I finally did don my running shoes, the gym was closed. A classic start to anything for me.

Maybe I should just call this day Marathon Training: Day 0.5. Tomorrow can be day 1. Chris has promised me that we are going to get up and go to the gym tomorrow at 7:30am. Check back as I chronicle my marathon training, hopefully with a better start than today. I’ve got nowhere to go but up!

October 10, 2010. 26.2 miles. Chicago. Puppies.

Watch me run, just like this-