Week 1/2-1/8-1st week at training

Sunday:
AM: Ice bath!
PM: Elliptical x 50 minutes
Body pump x1 hour
Stairmill x 25 mins
Abs

Monday:
AM: (lunch hour) easy 3 mile run (Training for National 1/2 begins!)
PM: Abs/calf raises

Tuesday:
AM: Alarm FAIL
PM: Track workout: 6 miles total. I'm was not too concerned about time tonight, since it's just my 1st night back in 3 months, so I did not document time tonight. Legs felt good, especially the ankle. Now my quads, they will be sore tomorrow! (I am currently icing.) Apparently my left quad atrophied too, out of sympathy for the right leg! haha
1 mile warm up
1x1200
600 recovery
1x800
400 recovery
1x400
200 recovery
1x1200
600 recovery
1x800
400 recovery
1/2 mile cool down.

Wednesday:
AM:
PM:Body pump x1 hr
easy 3 miler 9:50 pace
Calf raises

Thursday:
AM:
PM: Tempo: 4.75 miles
.50 mile warm up
1x2400 1st 1200~7:53. 2nd 1200 ~7:48>going off memory of what Coach George yelled out to me.
1x400 easy
1x1200 7:45
1 mile cool down
I'm so out of shape! This workout was tough, and it showed in my body language. Coach George kept alerting me on how tight I was holding my arms while running past him during my tempo. I definitely have not found my "running rhythm" yet, so running sometimes feels like work, so I think that is why my arms were so tense tonight.
This is just the 1st week back to track, so I know this is all temporary....just sometimes hard to see where I was, and where I am today....

Friday:
AM: Rest ( legs are pretty sore from "speed" work)
PM:

Saturday:
AM: Long Run 8miles


Total miles for the week: 24.75 (basically 25)

Training log

I have come to realize I really do not have time to sit and write elaborate blog topics. (sigh) Life is too busy...So I've decided to turn my blog into a training log, instead. I will just be documenting my week's workouts, and may write a brief racing report every now and then.

Weeks 12/19-01/01

Sunday:
AM:Body Pump x1 hour
PM: easy 3 miler

Monday:
AM:OFF
PM:Last Ortho Apt! :)

Tuesday:
AM:Hills w/ CAR ~5 miles
PM:Body Pump x1 hour

Wednesday:
AM:5miles
PM:Abs

Thursday:
AM:Flying to California!
PM:

Friday:
AM: Hot Bikrim yoga x 90 mins
PM:

Saturday:
AM:Merry Christmas!! :)
PM: 5 k tempo. 5 miles total. ( See previous blog for details)

Total miles: 18

Sunday:
AM:I went out with the intention of doing a long run (~8 mils) but the body was not feeling it. So I scratched this long run, and did an easy 3 mile instead.
PM:

Monday:
AM: Hot Bikrim Yoga x 90 mins
PM:

Tuesday:
AM:OFF
PM:

Wednesday:
AM:6 miles
PM:Flying home

Thursday:
AM:Body Pump x1 hour
PM:elliptical x 1 hour

Friday:
AM:
PM:4 mile race: Fairfax 4 miler. 32:32. Avg 8:09 pace. I felt great! My Garmin was waked out, ( it actually read 2.66 miles at the end of the race! Who knows why it was acting up!?) so i just went with how I felt....not a bad time for not training, just coming off an injury and not trying to be "fast". After some training, I want to race a 4 miler and compare times. A before and after if you will. :)

Saturday:
AM:
PM: 8 .5 easy paced miles
Happy New Year! :)

Total miles: 21.5

Training begins now for National Half Marathon March 26th 2011!