Helllooo there, everyone! First of all, thank you all so much for your congratulates and kind words on the news I shared yesterday. Love you all!
Sorry I didn’t post this morning like I usually do.
I ended up studying till my eyeballs fell out of my head and then fell asleep at 9:30. I could NEVER pull an all nighter.
I was up at 4:45 this morning to be at school by 7:30, and then finished my final at 9. Now I am done! Best feeling ever.
The face of a happy camper.
Now I have time to decorate for Christmas and get into the holiday spirit!
I woke up this morning with pretty sore legs from my weights session yesterday.
I had a run scheduled for today, and only had 30-45 minutes that I had to get done.
I wasn’t sure how I would feel so I just went with how I was feeling. As I mentioned before, I am following the Jeff Galloway training plan.
He looks like a cool dude.
And apparently he likes to put his thumb up a lot in pictures.
The main thing about training is to have two maintenance runs (Tuesday/Thursday) and one long (Saturday).
He suggests to make Thursday the race pace practice run, and use Tuesday to utilize his walk-run-walk strategy.
Looks something like this:
- Run-walk-run ratio should correspond to the
pace used. Here are suggested strategies:
9 min/mi: run 4 minute/walk 1 minute (4/1)
10 min/mi: 3/1
11 min/mi: 2:30/1
12 min/mi: 2/1
13 min/mi: 1/1
14 min/mi: 30 seconds/30 seconds
15 min/mi: run 30 seconds/walk 45 seconds, or
run 20 seconds/walk 40 seconds
16 min/mi: run 20 seconds/walk 40 seconds
17 min/mi: run 15 seconds/walk 45 second
I’m already over a month into my training and haven’t done this once, oops.
I’m not usually a walk-run-walk type of girl, I’d rather just run the whole thing and be done with it.
Today seemed like it would be a good day to try it out since I was sore. It definitely made time FLY by. But I finished a 4.5 mile run in about 43 minutes.
Not too bad, but not my fastest run for sure. That is including my warm-up as well. I’m not really sure how I feel about this approach yet.
I usually stay around a 9 minute mile, sometimes higher, and sometimes lower throughout my run.
I think that is a good pace for pushing myself, but not sprinting, and not too easy either.
I’m also not really sure what pace I should run on race day, if any runners have any tips?
Hopefully I will have a recipe up sometime this week, so watch out!
If you are into running, what do you think about this walk-run-walk idea?
When does your break from work or school start?
What is your workout today?
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That is a gorgeous pic of you rockstar!
I am in complete agreement with you – I’d MUCH rather just run it straight than do a walk/run, but maybe I’ll have to try it and see how it goes one time! I really don’t think I’d be into it, but you never know until you try right? Maybe it’d make me push myself faster and harder on the run part since I knew I’d have a minute or so to breathe afterwards? Hmmm… food for thought
Thanks girl!
So psyched you’re done w/ finals! Congrats! Time for holiday fun! I LOOVEEEE the holiday spirit
Electra @ Vanilla Bean Lean recently posted..Legs, Waffles, Sun, Sand and Mountaintops!
That is EXACTLY how I approached it! I ran faster on the parts knowing I had a walk break. Thank youu!! I love it too
LOVE it! Great minds think alike
Electra @ Vanilla Bean Lean recently posted..Legs, Waffles, Sun, Sand and Mountaintops!
um first off— YAYYYYY for you doing the disney 1/2 i am so so jealoussss!!!!
second did you know you are absolutely GORGEOUS!! like really tho…your dreams of being a model girl are so freaking attainable GO FOR IT!
and third about the run walk…i feel the same way i rather run right through but i have done run walk when the runs are sprints–> basically a speed type of workout!
anyhow girl you are AMAZING!!! love you<3
Emily@RunningPerspective recently posted..what working out has taught me
Seriously, how are you so sweet?!?! Love ya too girl!! I never thought of it as a speed workout, but I agree it is since I was faster on the run parts! xoxo
gothextramile recently posted..A New Approach
Soooo I am running that half too!! But I have not been running
tsk tsk. I’m going to get started tomorrow, swear!
alyssa – fashion fitness foodie recently posted..Wish List
Yayy! Maybe we will see each other:D You will be fine.. one day back into running and you’re good !
gothextramile recently posted..A New Approach
Check this out:
http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/index.php/site/calculator
Email me if you have questions.
Matt @ The Athlete’s Plate recently posted..Healthy On The Go
This is great. Thanks so much!
that is amazing you signed up for a 1/2!!!!!sorry i didnt comment earlier! you will love it and rock it and be addicted! honestly for my first half i didnt worry much about pace , i just sort of hoped to finish and i ended up naturally falling into a 9ish min mile pace… the energy and excitement makes you go faster than you think you can!
Mallory @ It’s Only Life recently posted..The Boynton
Thank you so much! yeah, I’m mostly just looking to finish! When I did my 5k, I ran SO much faster than I even thought
I already love running so i’m sure my addiction will blow up even more ;D
I used to avoid walk-run at all costs because I didn’t think it ‘counted’–> so dumb! I love it now and it definitely helps both mentally and physically. When I do runs over 7 miles, Galloway is my go-to! My workout this morning was a 4-miler run and upper body weights! Have a great day and yay for being done!
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Great workout!! I used to not think it counted either.. so silly !
I used to run straight through all my runs but now that I’m doing distance runs I’ve been doing run/walk it really makes a difference, I finish a lot faster. I usually run for 8 minutes and walk for 1!
lets do our long run together!!!
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