Jul 11, 2012

Half Marathon Training Updates

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I woke up today and I there is only one word (okay two words one phrase) to describe me.

Hot Mess.

I don’t really know why either. I had my usual 7ish hours of sleep (what I would do to make that 8) but I was just a mess. My alarm actually went off early so that I could get 3 miles in but that just didn’t happen. It was one of those… alarm goes off.

You laugh out loud.

And you go back to bed sort of mornings. Apparently I am not made to run in the morning. I am going to get my hair done tonight so I knew I wouldn’t have time so I wanted to get it in but apparently this will be a night off.

Thank goodness I ran on Monday!

My Hal Higdon app has been a bit of a let down actually. It is totally inflexible. It has Mondays always being your day off (along with Fridays) and has cross-training on specific days that is not Tuesday and Thursday (which is when I need it) so I am just not happy haha.

So here is what I gather from it though…

  • 2 days off a week
  • 2 days of cross-training a week (or a shorter run)
  • 3 days running a week

And the schedule seems to do this…

  • Week 1: 10 miles (3, 3, and 4)
  • Week 2: 10 miles (3, 3, and 4)
  • Week 3: 12 miles (3.5, 3.5, and 5)
  • Week 4: 12 miles (3.5, 3.5, and 5)
  • Week 5: 14 miles (4, 4, and 6)
  • Week 6: 11.1 (4, 4, and 3.1) *this week you should compete in a 5K*
  • Week 7: 16 miles (4.5, 4.5, and 7)
  • Week 8: 17 miles (4.5, 4.5, and 8)
  • Week 9: 16.2 (5, 5, and 6.3) *this week you should compete in a 10K)
  • Week 10: 19 miles (5, 5, and 9)
  • Week 11: 20 miles (5, 5 and 10)
  • Week 12: 8 miles during the week with rest on Thursday and Friday then RACE DAY 13.1 miles

So I think I can accomplish all of that on my own schedule. I’ll just have to make Monday, Wednesday, and one weekend day my running day (except for today, I think I’ll run after Crossfit tomorrow to get my other 3 in) Tuesday and Thursday my cross days and then Friday and the other day of the weekend my rest days- probably Sunday so I’m not resting 2 days in a row. Or just mix up a week day run with that.

Boo for an app that doesn’t let me customize it but I think the strategy and timing is still right on so I’ll do the best I can with it.

That post I wrote the other day… about you being better and things not actually getting easier… is really resonated with me right now. I found myself looking at that 12 week schedule and going oh well I think by week 6 I WILL BE BETTER. I have never broke a 7 mile funk so week 8 is actually the week I am looking forward to the most. And then of course race day.

When I will take my body to a place it has never been.

Hmmm. Sounds a big Christian Grey to me. But you get the picture. *insert laugh from Tim here because he has been waiting for the moment I reference our dear 50 shades*

So yea I think I will print myself out a training “schedule” knowing that flexibility is crucial here. Not every day is the same for me which I typically love however… the most stuff I have on my plate (oh you know work, grad school, wedding stuff, and being a good fiancé) the more structure and planning I need.

Alright that’s all I have for today. Oh the inspiration of running from the desk of Jaci Laney.

But in case I’m not inspiration enough, here is some actual inspiration. More of this juicy goodness can be found on my pinterest page which you can follow me on by clicking on the link above!

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May 1, 2012

Drunk Princesses Read Too

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That creative title… that is the name of our book club. Yes, I am in a book club. My first ever book club which I think is pretty awesome.

Kara and I have both been a little well obsessed with The Hunger Games recently. I.LOVE.KATNISS. So much that I had to make it a choppy sentence and in all capital letters. I love her so much that the other day when Tim turned on the TV while I was reading I excused myself and Katniss from the living room because the TV was bothering “us”. So I read the first book and loved it and it was in perfect time to see the movie in theater with Kara which was amazing.

 First book=Freaking awesome

So after the movie I went right out to get the second book, Catching Fire. I had some serious trouble putting that one down. I found myself thinking about Katniss and company at work. in the car. in the shower (hmm is that weird??). and everywhere else. So as soon as I got home I started reading until there was nothing left to read. Well that is until I purchased the third and final book. You can’t read the last 2 chapters at different times you have to do it at the same time because you cannot possibly stop after they start to set you up for a huge surprise ending.

Second Book= My Favorite

So then the third book magically ended up at my house (or I purchased at the store- I can’t remember which one) and I jumped right in. I kept texting her and requesting that she catch up quickly because I wanted to talk to someone about it! The third one was probably my least favorite of the three but that by no means implies I didn’t love it because I did. But maybe I wasn’t totally obsessed.

Third Book= Still pretty awesome

But all of this reading and sharing thoughts with Kara and friends at work who have been reading the books it made me really want to read more popular books to discuss with others.

Then Kara sent me a text that said we should start a book club.

And that is when the magic happened! We started a book club. We started a book club with 2 members. We started a book club with 2 members that had 2 very key things in common…

  1. We like to read
  2. We like to drink wine

So after some careful consideration (that lasted about 3 text messages) we decided on the name Drunk Princesses Read Too! Probably self-explanatory but we like wine and we  like to read and combine that with the fact that we are princesses it just seemed to make sense.

Then I realized that a lot of people like to read and drink wine and have wanted to be in a book club! So my mom wanted to be in the book club and then Rose also wanted to be in the book club! So now our group has grown into lots of princesses who like to drink wine and read!

My general review: The author is just great. Similar to how I felt like the Harry Potter books, it wouldn’t even matter what the story line was because the author was so good at telling the story. The details were so descriptive you thought you were there. Hell I started to think it was real life which is obvious by the fact I thought I was going to get shot with a bow and arrow during my trail run. I wanted to get to know the characters and I could not wait to get home so that I could read!

And now I am moving on (sorry Katniss- I will always love you)…

May’s book of the month is the very popular “50 Shades of Grey”

Here is what I know about the book so far…

  1. It is like a porno
  2. Everyone is reading it
  3. People are embarrassed to read it on airplanes in front of other people so they are very grateful for the kindle and i-pad (neither of which I own)
  4. Guys and girls alike love this book

So I am pretty excited to read this book! I need to go get it by at least next Tuesday evening when I will be in a flight for a while. I love love reading on planes- it makes the time go by so much faster. I also love reading regular old school books- I don’t have to power it down for take off or landing. Sometimes old school things are better.

Do I want a kindle? YES. I am not an alien. However, since I can’t afford one right now, I pretend that regular books are the best way to read a good book!

I’ll let you know at the end of May what I thought! Hopefully I’ll have some photos of the book club wine night meeting.

 

  • Have you read The 50 Shades of Grey? What did you think?
  • Are you in a book club? 

 

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