Week 1 – Damn you Chocolate!Week 1 of 52 is already come and gone! I know you are expecting to see a detailed listing of every split I ran, my daily food journal with the every calorie accounted for, as well as a complete listing of each bathroom break… oh no, that doesn’t interest you in the slightest? Figured as much, therefore instead I have summarized my week into; Running, Nutrition, and Strength segments and included a school grade for each. I’m sure glad I didn’t get these grades in school, YIKES!! Running Grade: A With my first goal race coming up at the end of February I decided to jump right into a training plan and I went with the Hal Higdon Intermediate II plan. The reviews were great, it does miss a bit of the quality workouts (tempo, hills & repeats) but it will help in getting my base up. This week I was able to hit all of my runs and tally about 50k. While I felt like I could have done more I know what I “could do” and what I “should do” usually vary, so I am going to trust the process and stick to the plan as much as possible. Now if only training was about just running I’d be set… Nutrition Grade: D Damn you Halloween chocolates and your flashy packaging!!! Other than the fact that I had a thousand mini-chocolates, candy corn and well, pretty much everything else corn syrup based, my meals and snacks were pretty on point. But sugar has always been my struggle. To make things worse, my kids were ridiculously cute last night for Halloween (as you can see) and brought in a candy haul like no other. Fingers crossed I can stay away, because this is completely negating all of my hard work on the road and in the gym.
Strength Grade:F Not much to say here. I didn’t plan it and “shockingly” it didn’t happen. In past marathons it has been my leg strength that has killed me in the later stages. I’m currently writing this in day 2 of week 2 and I have already completed a strength workout yesterday and I have another planned for tomorrow. It’s just going to be getting into a routine and finding the right plan. I have been looking for a runner focused workout routine for a while now and yet I can't seem to find anything. Any suggestions?
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