moar miles!

Hello friends,

Last week Dave and I went on a 10 mile run, which to be honest I didn't know I was capable of. However, it was really awesome and felt fantastic. It took awhile though approx. 1hr 50 min, so I'm not really on pace to do a 2hr half, but that's ok just as long as I finish I'll be happy!

We did this loop at Stanford around EV then up to the dish, then toward campus to make a loop and a half. I am proud to say that we ate the GU twice and it was not as bad as I thought it was. Definitely going to use it during the half to make sure that I don't crash and actually do finish my first half marathon O.O

After the workout however, I was exhausted. First things first was stretching and a shower to warm myself up --- apparently it's a thing to get cold after exercise? Well it happens to me. Then there was dinner 1 at 4:30, which was a very healthy tofu scramble. Then basically lying around for three hours in a pile of exhausted until dinner 2, which was lentils and quinoa then sitting in front of the TV for a couple of hours until it was a socially acceptable time to sleep (which is really what I wanted to do since 4:30 since I was feeling so out of it), ie 9:30. After like 10 hours of sleep though I felt great, and only partially sore the next day. Overall very good experience.

This past week has been the week of loooonnnggg workouts 1) to get my endurance up and 2) (see one). Well there was the normal speed work out, which was supposed to be a 4 x 1600. It was only a 2 x 1600 because I felt awful (and dehydrated). Actually, my face got all tingly so I stopped and of course googled my symptoms and came up with that I was having a heart attack, stroke or was dehydrated. Thinking back on the day and knowing that the only liquid I drank was coffee... I decided to push away my hypochondriac thoughts and determine that it was indeed dehydration that caused a momentary drop in my blood pressure. Regardless, the workout ended there and I commenced drinking lotsa water.

On Sunday (Saturday?) I did another long work out, a 6 mile tempo plus 2 miles warm up/cool down since it was raining outside so I couldn't do a long run. Then I got on the bike for 20 minutes (which is really all I can stand on the exercycle --- hehe) to get to an almost 2 hour workout. That...my friends is a long time in the gym, good for the endurance but not so good for the boringness.

Tonight was more exciting, I did the weights class (haven't been in weeks and most certainly felt it) followed by a speed work out that was super easy 3 x 800. I think I could have easily done 4 but I was exhausted and hungry and put my legs through a lot of squats already so they deserved a break. Maybe if I'm sore tomorrow I'll cross train on something else, just to get in the cardio workout. On Sunday I begin to taper because that is 1 week to the race!

I can't believe it's so soon! I'm very excited. I will probably start blogging even more as the time draws nearer. But until then... have a wonderful night!