march is my month

worked out today at equinox. felt awesome to get out there. did xtraining- all weights- havent done weights in what feels like years. i worked with 7.5 lbers and 10 which isnt too far away from the 10s and 12s i used to frequent. perhaps the 5 lbs i kept using at home when i was ill did keep me in a little shape. i am no where as near as strong as i used to be and i cant even imagine what running this 5 miler saturday will feel like.

even though i did run 2 m no issue (and 1 elliptical) last Sunday the 5 mile loop in the park is slightly more daunting.

Anyway I digress. Looking fwd to elliptical tom am, yoga in the pm, race Sat and spin Sun-- very full wkd but boy does my body need it. weight is steady- like wtf????

I'm Back

February was a rough month. I contracted swine flu, thought I was going to die. Recovered and then relapsed into two separate chest infections. I'm still coughing a full 33 days later but am SO much better.

Have run a few times but nothing to note. Am back on track now and feeling decent enough to pick up the workouts as I continue to heal!

do I have any idea of what I'm doing???

Marathon registration status: Accepted

Daunting. What am I thinking?

hard! why so hard!

last nights run was TOUGH. And by tough I mean almost impossible. I know we all have bad running days, but it's been a while since I had such a horrible one. My legs felt weighed down, I think I need to stretch a bit more.

I managed 3 miles but that was all I had in me. Need to fuel a bit better, I think I was heavy on the sugar and useless carbs both yesterday and over the weekend. Food really is just such an important piece of running.

Tonight I think I am going to spin. I really like the Tuesday night class at NYHRC here in Midtown, great vibe and great music. Plus I have dinner up here, so it makes the most sense logistically.

Tomorrow I need to just wake up early and run. That's enough with this after work BS and sleeping in until almost 9. Especially since Matt wakes me up at 6:55 anyway, might as well get a move on and be done with the workout! I also want to watch Nova tomorrow at 730 pm so again, makes the most sense. Thursday is up in the air. Friday restorative yoga. Saturday am is TNT's first season practice (I'm sure it won't be too tough, or I hope not at least!) Sunday we'll see. We have beer and bourbon Sat night so Sunday might be weights in the pm.

Not a shabby week if I must say so myself!

sluggish

Havent worked out since WEdnesday. ANd havent run in a week.

i did, however, rent an apt and sign a new lease, so I suppose progress was made.

This Saturday marks the first TnT practice so I'm not too concerned because the running will follow.

The plan until then is to run tonight, weights tomorrow, yoga wednesday, weights Friday.
We'll see how that goes!

tonight's workout

despite not getting to the gym until very late the following was accomplished:
set 1 dumbbell rows- indiv arms, 2 sets, 12 10 lbs; triceo ext 10 lbs each hand, 3 sets 12; squats w 10 lbs thrusts, 12/3 sets
set 2- tricep dips, chest press w 10 lbs 3 sets 12, sunnyside ups w 10 lbs weights each hand
set 3- side to side squats w butt kicks, 5 lb punches, 20 total, 3 sets; ;hip flexor ifts, jump squats 3 sets 12
set 4- single leg extension 25 lb indiv legs 2 sets; back pull on machine 25 lbs 3 sets 15
set 5- skull crushers (yes! theyre back!!!) 15 lb bar, 3 sets 15; leg ups 1 set- leg extensions on flr w raised hips 2 sets 15, ball side to side 4 kg ball, 30 times total

45 min total including some basic stretches but nothing much. no running, and yes i realize its a running blog but working 12 hour days leaves me with little time to do much. i do already see a lot of definition in my arms and its only been about a week! i need to keep this up w my lower calories (1600-1900) depending on day and exercise... and then hopefully i'll see the scale move a bit. my knee has been bothering me but im still going to try and wake up early tomorrow and run an easy 3 before work.

we shall see. long run this wk isnt happening. try again next week i suppose. monday anyone?

Decisions

It's really tough for me to run and do weight workouts. I think I'm just one of those persons who needs a lot of rest. I think I always have been in fact.

TnT practice starts on 1/30. While I'm excited I'm kinda not. It's a lot of practicing for a half marathon. Especially when I could be up back at half level relatively quickly (in terms of distance).

I don't want to switch to a whole marathon bc I dont want to. If I do decide to run a whole, it's going to be NYC in November.

So, now what. Do I strength train through say March and then ramp up? Do I work on speed and keep my long runs around 8 miles?

My thoughts are to run 1 tempo run a week, 1 speedwork/hills and 1 long run. More than likely this will be Wed and Sat and then 1 other day depending, prob Tuesday bc I seem to be able to make it to the gym Tuesday and then do yoga. SO that's running Tues, Wed, Sat. OK. Then weights. Monday, Thurs? I think that might work.

Weights Monday, Thurs. Running Tuesday Wed, Saturday. Off Friday, Sunday.

DOne.