In other news, I had to end the week with a run on the treadmill because of the stupid snowfall. Blech! Quickly you will learn that running on a treadmill for me is like...well, the ultimate torture. You go nowhere, you see the same scenery, I just don't trust the accuracy of those machines and did I mention, you go nowhere?!
I decided to change up my whole training plan after much research for the past couple of weeks and I feel like this could work out well to get me to my goal. Of course, I have to implement the plan but as of late, I am feeling really positive and dare I say, excited for this challenge if racing a half marathon. I have to keep saying it out loud so don't mind me.
Week 2 of training for the half marathon looked like this:
I should probably stop saying "training for the half marathon" because I'm not actually training for the race just yet, just working on my base fitness right now.
Sunday: 2.05 mi @ 9:19 pace (easy run day)
Monday: Rest - back was hurting, went to Chiropractor & just iced
Tuesday:2.26 mi @ 9:14 pace - back pain gone (iced like it was 100 degrees out)
Wednesday: 1 hour Yoga session
Thursday: Rest/ice
Friday: 2.27 mi @ 9:21 pace (?slower than easy run day), ugh!
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: 3 mi @ 917 pace (on stupid treadmill)
As mentioned above I have switched my whole training plan around, so to begin, my training week will now go Mon-Sun. This week I will also be incorporating some weight lifting and x-training on the Precore machine and stationary bike. Tentatively, my week looks like this:
|
M
X-train
Precore/bike
30 min
|
T
2 mi
|
W
Yoga – 1 hr
|
R
2 mi
|
F
2 mi
|
Sa
X-train
Precore/bike
30 min
|
Su
3 mi
|
This may be my last week of running 2 miles for the bulk of my run days. It all depends on how my back is feeling for the week...fingers crossed
Be blessed
J
