It really is hard to find the time to work, work out, be normal, run errands, do laundry etc. I have moaned about this before, but since I've been working a ton lately (let's repeat: A TON) its been harder and harder. PLUS I have reached a tipping point. Once I am consistently working 12+ hour days, I eat substantially more. I use breaks for eating. So now, when I'm tired and my body needs a break, it requests a snack, and me, in my zombie world, allows this. I realized this past Sunday (when I hadnt eaten in 6 hours, had walked all around town and wasnt hungry) that I am perpetually feeding the monster that is boredom/I need a break.
I intend to more conscientious of this new problem. I have gained about 7 lbs since October which is really when I started working a ton. Jan through now has been especially bad and I have had issues trying to lose a single pound.
I should also note that today I ate a glorious bagel. I do intend to run 11m tonight so I thought the 'treat' was appropriate esp given my dinner was grilled veggies. Lunch will be a salad and that will be that. My intention is to leave the office around 5 and head out for a run. I really prefer to run Friday nights (over Saturdays) for a multitude of reasons as follows:
1) You can enjoy the entire weekend if you finish your long runs Fridays
2) I can have wine at dinner Friday
3) Sleepign in Saturday is encouraged, not a problem
4) I sleep better Friday nights!
5) Did I mention, I will have the whole weekend? YIPEEEEEE
Now, just need to get out the door at 5. We have dinner resys at 8:30 so I will have to leave from the office so I brough clothes to change in- luckily we have towels and a shower in the office- as a last resort I would do Equinox too- nice showers.
I am running the MORE half in 2 weeks (as I've blabbed on and on about). In the beginner Hal Hidgeon (I think I'm def not a beginner) the longest run is 10m. In the intermediate plan, you run 12m 1x and 11m 1x, 10m 1x and 9m 1x. I have run 6m then 7.75, then almost 10, then 10.5... hmmm what to run tonight? I am looking to finish not puking, not to have this amazing race....
Friday, March 18, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
That time of year
It's about that time of year as the layers begin to peel off (however slowly) that I begin thinking about running. In fact, my first real race ever was the Scotland 10-k on March 31, 2008 in 1:10:17.
It's amazing to think in 3 short years how much I have accomplished. After that first race I trained myself for my first half which was Gretes Gallop in Central Park the first weekend in October in 2008 (2:20:18, my best time to date).
After that I signed up with TNT and ran my first Marathon- NJ Shore in May of 2009 (5:23:26)
I then entered the NYC lotto, got in and ran in November 2009- less than 18 months after my first 10-k!!! Pretty crazy huh? (4:59:46) What an amazing feeling that was.
Since my first 10-k I have run 24 races with NYRR and 3 marathons (2 NYC, 1 NJ Shore). I also ran a half marathon in San Diego (2:30?) Crazy times!!!
I have not run any runs since the NYC marathon last year. I consciously did not run my 9th run, as to not tempt and tease myself this year into a delusional NYC marathon entry. I want to run this summer, keep up my 1/2 marathon training but I do want to work on speed and effort and being uncomfortable. At the end of the day, I am not happy that my best half marathon time was my first. Sounds kinda crazy.
Bronx half 2010- 2:22:28
NYC half 2010- 2:26:08
Bronx half 2009- 2:27:12
Manhattan half 2009- 2:26:17
In terms of my goals for this half, I would love to beat my Manhattan half time of 2:26. That race was 'feels like below freezing' at the time which was terrible. I do think, that perhaps it wasnt a counterclockwise race as this one is.
It's amazing to think in 3 short years how much I have accomplished. After that first race I trained myself for my first half which was Gretes Gallop in Central Park the first weekend in October in 2008 (2:20:18, my best time to date).
After that I signed up with TNT and ran my first Marathon- NJ Shore in May of 2009 (5:23:26)
I then entered the NYC lotto, got in and ran in November 2009- less than 18 months after my first 10-k!!! Pretty crazy huh? (4:59:46) What an amazing feeling that was.
Since my first 10-k I have run 24 races with NYRR and 3 marathons (2 NYC, 1 NJ Shore). I also ran a half marathon in San Diego (2:30?) Crazy times!!!
I have not run any runs since the NYC marathon last year. I consciously did not run my 9th run, as to not tempt and tease myself this year into a delusional NYC marathon entry. I want to run this summer, keep up my 1/2 marathon training but I do want to work on speed and effort and being uncomfortable. At the end of the day, I am not happy that my best half marathon time was my first. Sounds kinda crazy.
Bronx half 2010- 2:22:28
NYC half 2010- 2:26:08
Bronx half 2009- 2:27:12
Manhattan half 2009- 2:26:17
In terms of my goals for this half, I would love to beat my Manhattan half time of 2:26. That race was 'feels like below freezing' at the time which was terrible. I do think, that perhaps it wasnt a counterclockwise race as this one is.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Last week was a blur
Wow. Last week was a mailto:clusterf$%5E@!#%^! It really was.
Wednesday and Thursday were off days at the gym. Varying reasons. Wednesday was meant to be, Thursday I checked into the gym to realize I had no sneaks. Well instead of speedwork, I sped walked (get it- tee hee) to my massage. L-A-M-E
Friday I was meant to go to yoga HOWEVER I was at work from 730a-1030p so clearly there was no time fo that. Saturday I slept in a bit, went to brunch and ran almost 11miles. How proud am I? It's def not my best running, but hell, to even find the motivation after the week I had, was triumph enough. It really was. Because I had no Friday night, Saturday felt way too short. It was a bummer AND I was tired from my run. Clearly.
Sunday I really slept in- 1030! YIKES! And the stupid spring forward time change didnt help. Don't give me any of the 'isnt it nice it's light out when you leave the office?' because its NOT. I don't leave the office. I am still here and its dark. So now its dark when I enter and dark when I leave, fabulous. At least I was making headway on the dark when I enter. SCAM! I will not be happy for another month when the sun is rising pre 645 am as it well should. I made it to yoga on Sunday after a 3m power walk, again very proud of myself.
This am I made it to my trainer for MAX30 which is a great workout and really nice and quick which I like. I also hate trainers who make you do warmups and stretch-uhm that's not worth what I pay you an hour. The MAX30 is 2x a week, $100 a week. It's good. Well for me, supplementally it makes me get another hour of interval/weights so that's uber helpful.
Tonight I am maxing and relaxing solo.
Tomorrow- Up at the crack of dawn to run sprints because I have an event after work. Cocktails. YAY. Diet better be deliciously perfect tomorrow to compensate for the champy I intend to have! I won't stay out too too late.
The plan this week is to run 11-11.5 with less stops on Sat pm. We are going out Friday pm so that should be tricky. Working backwards I hope to make Friday an off day, Thursday I hope to workout with MAX30 and do cardio before. Wednesday is up for yoga. Tuesday is sprints- God help me!
Wednesday and Thursday were off days at the gym. Varying reasons. Wednesday was meant to be, Thursday I checked into the gym to realize I had no sneaks. Well instead of speedwork, I sped walked (get it- tee hee) to my massage. L-A-M-E
Friday I was meant to go to yoga HOWEVER I was at work from 730a-1030p so clearly there was no time fo that. Saturday I slept in a bit, went to brunch and ran almost 11miles. How proud am I? It's def not my best running, but hell, to even find the motivation after the week I had, was triumph enough. It really was. Because I had no Friday night, Saturday felt way too short. It was a bummer AND I was tired from my run. Clearly.
Sunday I really slept in- 1030! YIKES! And the stupid spring forward time change didnt help. Don't give me any of the 'isnt it nice it's light out when you leave the office?' because its NOT. I don't leave the office. I am still here and its dark. So now its dark when I enter and dark when I leave, fabulous. At least I was making headway on the dark when I enter. SCAM! I will not be happy for another month when the sun is rising pre 645 am as it well should. I made it to yoga on Sunday after a 3m power walk, again very proud of myself.
This am I made it to my trainer for MAX30 which is a great workout and really nice and quick which I like. I also hate trainers who make you do warmups and stretch-uhm that's not worth what I pay you an hour. The MAX30 is 2x a week, $100 a week. It's good. Well for me, supplementally it makes me get another hour of interval/weights so that's uber helpful.
Tonight I am maxing and relaxing solo.
Tomorrow- Up at the crack of dawn to run sprints because I have an event after work. Cocktails. YAY. Diet better be deliciously perfect tomorrow to compensate for the champy I intend to have! I won't stay out too too late.
The plan this week is to run 11-11.5 with less stops on Sat pm. We are going out Friday pm so that should be tricky. Working backwards I hope to make Friday an off day, Thursday I hope to workout with MAX30 and do cardio before. Wednesday is up for yoga. Tuesday is sprints- God help me!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
it's ONLY tuesday???
I am in shock it's only Tuesday!!!
Sunday I did a Soul Cycle Bands class- My tri's def hurt Monday and this am. Theyre healed now.
Yesterday I didnt make it to the gym- a much needed off day as last week only had 1 off day. Funny enough, I've gained weight this week. Awesome. Where is my tipping point? Clearly I am not over consuming regardless of how many 'cheat' bites I may have taken.
This am I woke up and ran 2.25 on the treadmill. Yes I know I need to do 3-4 on my easy runs, but quite frankly I have not had the time. I have been working 12-14 hours a day. It's really hard. Not only hard to fit things in but its hard physically and its certainly hard mentally.
I got home around 830 today and just couldn't muster the gym. Tomorrow I have my fist 30 min MAX session at Equinox. Basically its 2 30 minute sessions a week for the cost of a personal training session (essentially) The idea is low rest and for me it will act as a weights supplement because I never have the time to fit it in.
Tomorrow I also will have a 3-4m run with my boss. I hope to ditch her and do a tempo run. Not to be rude, but I need me some speed!!!
On the personal front, my computer died today. It was a cheapo one- $399 on Dell back in 2008.... Oh well. Piece of crap! I am so annoyed in general. I am exhausted. Thats all the blog (albeit boring) I have in me.
Sunday I did a Soul Cycle Bands class- My tri's def hurt Monday and this am. Theyre healed now.
Yesterday I didnt make it to the gym- a much needed off day as last week only had 1 off day. Funny enough, I've gained weight this week. Awesome. Where is my tipping point? Clearly I am not over consuming regardless of how many 'cheat' bites I may have taken.
This am I woke up and ran 2.25 on the treadmill. Yes I know I need to do 3-4 on my easy runs, but quite frankly I have not had the time. I have been working 12-14 hours a day. It's really hard. Not only hard to fit things in but its hard physically and its certainly hard mentally.
I got home around 830 today and just couldn't muster the gym. Tomorrow I have my fist 30 min MAX session at Equinox. Basically its 2 30 minute sessions a week for the cost of a personal training session (essentially) The idea is low rest and for me it will act as a weights supplement because I never have the time to fit it in.
Tomorrow I also will have a 3-4m run with my boss. I hope to ditch her and do a tempo run. Not to be rude, but I need me some speed!!!
On the personal front, my computer died today. It was a cheapo one- $399 on Dell back in 2008.... Oh well. Piece of crap! I am so annoyed in general. I am exhausted. Thats all the blog (albeit boring) I have in me.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
another recap
Last Wednesday was an off day for me. Last Thurs am I ran yassos at the gym. Lame yassos, but yassos none the less. I only had time for 3 repeats in order to include a proper cooldown and I ran at a 9:40 pace whereas I used to do yassos at a 9 min pace. The good news is that I was not breathing hard and was not breathing out of my mouth- a nice surprise.
Friday I made it to a 60min yoga class before dinner which was nice. Yesterday was my long run day. I ran 10m in the park. Well ran/walked but still 10m is 10m. I am not sore today (well not yet anyway). Today I am taking a soulbands class at soul cycle which is a cult like spin class in NYC.
If I am bored later I might also hit up yoga.
Friday I made it to a 60min yoga class before dinner which was nice. Yesterday was my long run day. I ran 10m in the park. Well ran/walked but still 10m is 10m. I am not sore today (well not yet anyway). Today I am taking a soulbands class at soul cycle which is a cult like spin class in NYC.
If I am bored later I might also hit up yoga.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Another run, another notch
Last night was my easy 3m run on the treadmill. I"m really getting over the treadmill runs but I was laid up all day with a sore/hurt back. The running didnt hurt it (common question) but didn't help as much as I wouldve liked either. Sometimes it helps, sometimes not as much. I did wear my older running shoes which is a big no no and I felt the difference in my knee for sure.
I did yoga Sunday night- Loved the class- that was a nice surprise. I had been to so many 'meh' classes that I get turned off of trying new ones- silly me! I loved the kettlehell class and I loved this yoga so thats 2 classes of the say 4 I've tried this year- not too bad!!!
This week's schedule:
tonight- perhaps pilates with a friend and some weights
tomorrow- might have to be off- work starts at 730 and wont end before 8 pm- AND i need an off day this week
thursday- speed work. Yasso's I'm thinking... starting with 5...
friday- yoga/weights?
saturday- 8-9m runs. I ran 7.75m on saturday but was meant to run 7ish. The half is in 4 weeks (yikes) and that was my longest run yet
sunday- soul cycle with bands (scary!!!)
I don't have a speed goal for this half. sad but true. I think I will look to conquer the Bronx half again this year. it IRKS me that it went so shitty last year when I was perfectly trained... damned precursor to the marathon. We shall see. I might sign up for Phila in Sept as well...
Next race: 15k Colon Cancer Challenge on 3/27...
Upcoming longer runs:
Sat 3/5- 9
Sat 3/12- 10
Sat 3/19- 11
Sun 3/27- 11ish (or should I just run the 9.3?)
Sun 4/3- more half
I did yoga Sunday night- Loved the class- that was a nice surprise. I had been to so many 'meh' classes that I get turned off of trying new ones- silly me! I loved the kettlehell class and I loved this yoga so thats 2 classes of the say 4 I've tried this year- not too bad!!!
This week's schedule:
tonight- perhaps pilates with a friend and some weights
tomorrow- might have to be off- work starts at 730 and wont end before 8 pm- AND i need an off day this week
thursday- speed work. Yasso's I'm thinking... starting with 5...
friday- yoga/weights?
saturday- 8-9m runs. I ran 7.75m on saturday but was meant to run 7ish. The half is in 4 weeks (yikes) and that was my longest run yet
sunday- soul cycle with bands (scary!!!)
I don't have a speed goal for this half. sad but true. I think I will look to conquer the Bronx half again this year. it IRKS me that it went so shitty last year when I was perfectly trained... damned precursor to the marathon. We shall see. I might sign up for Phila in Sept as well...
Next race: 15k Colon Cancer Challenge on 3/27...
Upcoming longer runs:
Sat 3/5- 9
Sat 3/12- 10
Sat 3/19- 11
Sun 3/27- 11ish (or should I just run the 9.3?)
Sun 4/3- more half
Saturday, February 26, 2011
This week: a Recap
Well this week I ran 2 cheap miles Tuesday and 3.75 with 2 @10 min pace on Thursday. Today I went out to run 7m and I ended up with 7.75m which would explain why I was so lethargic in the middle- with only 1 gel and an upset stomach in place- it wasnt my best run by any means but it was not the worst ever (hey at least I didnt throw up!!!)
I was meant to meet a friend at engineers gate and I'm not sure how I missed her.
I ran from my apt to Engineers gate counter clockwise and waited for 20 min. I am really still in awe how we missed each other. What did people do without cell phones- it mustve been this way often!
I then ran clockwise on the 4 mile loop but on 97th street, down arou nd and back to 97th street. I stopped quite a bit to walk and to use the restroom- ugh. I ran back to 102 up east drive and then decided not to do harlem hill which was a good idea since i ran 7.75m in total and only wanted to run 7m. Adding in the harlem hill piece wouldve been at least 8.5m and that's a huge jump from my 5.5m last week!!
Overall I feel OK. Just my stomach.
Gorgeous day to run and def the right decision to rest yesterday!
Happy wkd!
I was meant to meet a friend at engineers gate and I'm not sure how I missed her.
I ran from my apt to Engineers gate counter clockwise and waited for 20 min. I am really still in awe how we missed each other. What did people do without cell phones- it mustve been this way often!
I then ran clockwise on the 4 mile loop but on 97th street, down arou nd and back to 97th street. I stopped quite a bit to walk and to use the restroom- ugh. I ran back to 102 up east drive and then decided not to do harlem hill which was a good idea since i ran 7.75m in total and only wanted to run 7m. Adding in the harlem hill piece wouldve been at least 8.5m and that's a huge jump from my 5.5m last week!!
Overall I feel OK. Just my stomach.
Gorgeous day to run and def the right decision to rest yesterday!
Happy wkd!
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