Week Two & Three: Sick but Consistent
Wow, maintaining a blog about marathon training is harder than the physical preparation! Sorry, guys. I’ll try to be better a routinely posting. My writing might be falling behind but I guarantee I’ll keep posting pictures. #instagramaddict
Week two started off fantastic. The temperature increased to 15 degrees on Sunday, January 11th. I ran 8 miles in the sun and no wind. I was so excited by the Minnesota winter heat wave that I managed to maintain 7:57-minute per mile pace. My goal is to just finish the Boston Marathon but ideally I would like to run an 8-minute per mile pace. By running marathon pace for my long runs I will increase my endurance and mental stamina for race day.
Then bam, Monday hit and my healthy body started to feel repercussions of the office plague. Limited paid time off and being busy encourages my coworkers (myself included) to come to work sick. Somehow, I started feeling nauseated by Tuesday, January 13th and continue to feel nauseous through Friday, January 16th. I had a mini anxiety attack about being sick but forced myself to take two days off from training and a day off from work. I Slept, drank water and slept.
Sleeping did the trick! I managed to finish week two with an 8 mile run on Saturday, January 17th. However, I kind of wished I was still sick so I could play hooky and skip my half marathon training run the next day.
All that dreading for nothing, 13.1 miles flew by on Sunday, January 18th! 7:57 pace is my jam. The rest of the week zoomed by and I followed my marathon-training plan perfectly. I even forced myself to get out of bed at 5:30am on Thursday, January 22nd to strength train. I finished off the week with a 10 mile run on Saturday, January 19th in 35-degree weather. Numerous people were wearing shorts around the chain of lakes.
I assemble a short list that encompasses the best and worse of marathon training thus far:
The BEST (Give me some more!)
Eating clean = feeing great
Getting back into college shape
Eating tons and tons of healthy/complex carbs
Running w/friends = Paige
The WORST (Is the torture over yet?
No Cookies, Cakes & Ice Cream
Funky smells from excess protein
I pretty much miss unhealthy junk food and sleeping late into the Morning. I hope to more after the marathon but to kick the junk food habit. Maybe only treats a couple times a week and not in the office? Any suggestions?
