Saturday, May 26, 2012

5 mile walk because that is what was on my 'training plan'
Leg felt sore after 4 miles and continued to do so all day.
I am really beginning to rethink my marathon, this leg issue is annoying, but not quitting yet.

I need to catch up because i have been having a failure week!
Monday - Nothing at all.
Tuesday - 3 mile walk - all was ok.
Wednesday - 2 miles and my leg would have none of it - so i kept it at 2.
Thursday - 11.6 mile spin - this was a great sweaty pain free spin!! Yay!
Friday - 2 miles - pain free but ran out of time on my slow - 17:30 pace!!!

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Today was officially Week 1 Day 1 of marathon training!!! 4 miles
I was over anxious and did intervals the first 2 miles: walking 3 minutes/running 1 minute for the first mile, then walking 4 minutes/ running 1 minute for the next mile. That caused a definite pain in my right leg. So i walked miles 3 and 4, with just 2 - 30 second running efforts mixed in somewhere.
My leg is not happy. I have stretched, foam rolled, and iced it  and it is still very tender and achey.
The rest of this week i will just walk my schedule - that was supposed to be my plan anyway for now - and see where that gets me by next Sunday.
My time - first 2.1 miles - 30 minutes. Second 2 miles - 36 minutes, but that also included a stop and short chat with a neighbor (3-4 minutes)

Friday, May 18, 2012

Morning walk 3.26 in 51:28 - little bit faster. Nice and still when i went out at 6:30, but by the time i left for work at 9:00, windy and rainy!! here in Utah you never know how quickly the weather can turn yucky, but i have noticed more time than not, if i get a run or walk in early in the morning, i usually have better weather than the afternoon has.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Spinning day - nothing much to report except i got a spin in and a few reps with weights.
Spin 11 miles in somewhere around 36 minutes.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Today was a walk day -  walk 3.28 miles in 54 minutes - it was just over a 16 minute pace. Leg ached entire last half of the walk, so i slowed down my pace there.
But i just checked my Marathon Training schedule, and it starts this weekend. I thought i had already lost 2 weeks but i have not. But the best news is the Epiphany i had earlier today, and i just checked in my book - yep - John Bingham has 4 plans for his half-marathon training and his full marathon training plans. The first level for each is a walking plan, then it has walk/run, run/walk and run only plans. Each plan is the same number of weeks, each plan has the activities similar for each day of the week.
Same number of long miles on the weekend, you just approach the miles with walking or running or the combination of each that you want to do - So here we go. I will follow the 'walk' plan until my leg stops aching, then i will progress to the walk/run and eventually to the run/walk.
Yay! I am excited that i have not lost any weeks and i have a plan i can now do!!
Finally i am Optimistic about this marathon training!!! :)

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Just a spin  of 7 miles in 25 minutes. Then 25 sb crunches. I have really let my eating habits get lazy since i have not been able to run. Hoping to start up running this Sunday.