It’s amazing how quickly the time flies when you’re having fun!
Week 3 for my half-marathon training is already here, woot! Woot! But first, let’s put together week 2 progress…
| REQUIRED | ACCOMPLISHED | |
| Day 1 | Rest | Accomplished |
| Day 2 Run/Walk | 3 miles +ST | 3 miles, 15 min. ST attempted |
| Day 3 | XT 30 minutes | 30 minutes |
| Day 4 Run/Walk | 2 miles | 2.50 miles |
| Day 5 | Rest | Accomplished |
| Day 6 Run/Walk | 3 miles | 0 miles |
| Day 7 Walk | 2 miles | 0 |
TOTAL REQUIRED: 8 miles running, 2 miles walking, 30 minute XT, 20 minute ST
TOTAL ACCOMPLISHED: 3.75 running, 0 miles wakling, 30 minutes XT, 10 minute ST
What happened you may be asking? Me too. As I mentioned, the kiddos were sick (really high temperatures) and I had to take an extra two rest days. I also ran another 5k, so I wanted to rest a day before that as well 😉 Don’t you worry, I’m up and running for week 3. I have a cold now, but I’m not letting it stop this girls feet!
Here is Week 3 plan:
Day 1: REST
Day 2: R/W 3 miles + ST
Day 3: XT 30 minutes
Day 4: R/W 2 miles
Day 5: REST
Day 6: R/W 3 miles
Day 7: W 2 miles
Code:
ST Perform 20 minutes of lower body and core exercises (e.g., pushups, squats, lungest, deadlifts, planks).
XT Incorporate one or two days of non-impact cross-training, such as cycling, elliptical, swimming and yoga into your routine to build your fitness and prevent injuries
W Walk
R/W Run/Walk
These guidelines for training are from the Women’s Running Magazine June 2013 edition.
I included my 5k for this week since I took a day off and have already concluded the dreadful 2miles…
Okay, I’m lying.
If you read about my Birthday 5k run, you will know that I was frustrated with the amount of hillS that were involved. Again, hill-S. There were so many and I wasn’t prepared for them at all! So I signed up for another 5k on August 11th called Giddy Up. It’s at a place where I KNOW that hills will be involved so I’m better preparing myself.
(I am a warrior! Plus, I got this new shirt from my mom for my birthday…cute!)
Today was a R/W 2 miles, no biggy but I wanted to push myself so I hit the hills workout on the treadmill. Welcome to a new world. It was after 10pm that my children finally fell asleep (it’s hard to sleep with fireworks still going on outside our door) and I knew I HAD to get some exercise in so I did. I really try not to make excuses for why I can’t workout, really I do!
Within three minutes, the treadmill went from 0 incline to 5. I thought I was going to fall off. It never seemed to go back down, but two minutes later, it climbed up to an incline of 7! I became focused and worked it. It fell to an incline of 5 and I smiled. I never knew I was so happy to see a 5 after a 7. Three minutes later, incline of 9….I was holding on for dear life. Not really, my eyes got big but I still worked it! Twenty minutes later and 1 mile down, I was very proud of myself. HillS will not be a challenge for this girl!
Today, I’m going out with my running buddy for some shopping relief. Sometimes you need to workout stress physically and sometimes mentally. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Let’s finish this week off right 🙂