I've started looking at my training plan and noticed that TrainingPeaks has made a few changes. The most significant one is a weekly interval run. This will be every Tuesday. I haven't done intervals, really I haven't done speed work, since I trained for my first marathon in 2012. It's my fastest marathon to date. Could there be a correlation? Yes, I'm sure there is!
When I ran my first marathon, I used a Garmin. It fell completely apart and now I wear a Suunto Ambit2. The features are slightly different, but it's a much sturdier training partner. I decided to give intervals a try yesterday. I set it up for 6 intervals of 2 minutes each with 1 minutes rests. I can do distance or time, and decided to go with time for now. I have to make the changes through the desktop software, but as long as I do it the night before a run, I can pretty much do any kind of interval I want.
So how did yesterday's run go? Surprisingly well!
Interval 1: 0.25 miles -8:07 pace
Interval 2: 0.23 miles - 8:44 pace
Interval 3: 0.25 miles - 8:07 pace
Interval 4: 0.23 miles - 8:36 pace
Interval 5: 0.27 miles - 7:30 pace
Interval 6: 0.25 miles - 8:02 pace
I know that is extremely slow for some and super speedy for others, but I was really happy with those numbers! I just need to get them more consistent. My only complaint is that the Suunto doesn't count down before the next interval starts, so I have to pay a little more attention during my rest intervals than I want. I'm sure I'll get use to it. For now, those 2 minutes went by really quickly.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Mid-June Update
It's been too long since I've done an update! 2015 has been an interesting year so far. Some good, some not so good. I set a bunch of goals at the first of the year, let's just see where I am today:
Running
1 - Run another marathon. I registered for the Revel Canyon City Marathon on November 7th and I'm really excited about that! True training starts on July 19th. I reapplied my training plan in TrainingPeaks and noticed some changes. I'm really planning on working on my pace this time, I neglected speed work last year big time!
2 - Improve my pace. I really haven't gotten much faster overall, but I am working on running fast downhill. This is important since most of my marathon is downhill. My fastest downhill mile is 7:53. I have a new route that is 8 miles - 2 miles up, 2 miles down, 2 more miles up and finishing with 2 miles down. I did it for the first time last Sunday. My downhill miles were 9:05, 8:53, 8:36 and 8:35! It wasn't easy, and I'm definitely planning on doing this route some more.
Mileage
I want to cross the 2,000 mile mark again this year. I am currently at 871.60 miles. I had a slow start due to the flu in January, but I've slowly been gaining momentum:
Cycling wasn't listed in my goals, but I have really upped by riding lately. I've been riding the trail and riding on the street and I'm seeing a lot of improvement! I rode 13 miles this morning then came home and ran 2 miles with Les.
Weight and Health
I'm currently 13 pounds over my goal weight. My doctor wants me to lose 8 pounds. So goal number one is dropping 8 pounds, then I'll work on that additional 5.
UGH!! This has been the worst part of my year. I've lost about 20 pounds and gained about 20 pounds! It's one pound up, one pound down. I have been so diligent in my eating and tracking everything, I'm not sure what to do anymore. I'm actually only 2 pounds overweight for my height, but that's higher than I want to be. I'm not giving up, and am hoping that eventually my body will respond! It seems this lovely thing in life called menopause has meant metabolism pause for me.
I will say that I'm feeling really focused and good about my activity lately. Even though I'm not officially training, I just want to make my workouts count. I'm healthy and injury free, so in spite of a non-budging scale, I'm calling it good!
Running
1 - Run another marathon. I registered for the Revel Canyon City Marathon on November 7th and I'm really excited about that! True training starts on July 19th. I reapplied my training plan in TrainingPeaks and noticed some changes. I'm really planning on working on my pace this time, I neglected speed work last year big time!
2 - Improve my pace. I really haven't gotten much faster overall, but I am working on running fast downhill. This is important since most of my marathon is downhill. My fastest downhill mile is 7:53. I have a new route that is 8 miles - 2 miles up, 2 miles down, 2 more miles up and finishing with 2 miles down. I did it for the first time last Sunday. My downhill miles were 9:05, 8:53, 8:36 and 8:35! It wasn't easy, and I'm definitely planning on doing this route some more.
Mileage
I want to cross the 2,000 mile mark again this year. I am currently at 871.60 miles. I had a slow start due to the flu in January, but I've slowly been gaining momentum:
January 101.58*I really couldn't have hit exactly 200 miles in May if I tried - that just happened!
February 150.43
March 127.00
April 175.71
May 200.00*
June (through 6/17) 116.88
Cycling wasn't listed in my goals, but I have really upped by riding lately. I've been riding the trail and riding on the street and I'm seeing a lot of improvement! I rode 13 miles this morning then came home and ran 2 miles with Les.
Weight and Health
I'm currently 13 pounds over my goal weight. My doctor wants me to lose 8 pounds. So goal number one is dropping 8 pounds, then I'll work on that additional 5.
UGH!! This has been the worst part of my year. I've lost about 20 pounds and gained about 20 pounds! It's one pound up, one pound down. I have been so diligent in my eating and tracking everything, I'm not sure what to do anymore. I'm actually only 2 pounds overweight for my height, but that's higher than I want to be. I'm not giving up, and am hoping that eventually my body will respond! It seems this lovely thing in life called menopause has meant metabolism pause for me.
I will say that I'm feeling really focused and good about my activity lately. Even though I'm not officially training, I just want to make my workouts count. I'm healthy and injury free, so in spite of a non-budging scale, I'm calling it good!
Friday, June 12, 2015
Friday Funnies!
This blog is in serious need of reviving. I think of lots of things to blog about while I'm out running or cycling, but come home and get busy doing other things. I'll do an update soon, but I thought these were really funny this morning...
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