I've been feeling really good about my running since I completed my 8K race on May 4th. I was previously registered for the Run for Water 5K, and the Abbotsford Police Challenge 10K in June. It was going to be my first 10K race, sort of a celebration as it was my first race ever. I decided this week to upgrade my Run for Water to the 10K. I don't want to go backwards in my distances if that makes any sense at all? I enjoyed the 8K and I was pretty confidant that I could have kept on going if I had to. So I bit the bullet and called Run for Water to change my race to a 10K.
I'm quite excited, although a little nervous about it but I've done it now! I was excited to go to Run Clinic and let the ladies know that I had upgraded my race. I also had some other pretty exciting news for them as well. I've signed up for next year's BMO already, and not the 8K. I've signed up for the half marathon! Who is this crazy person?!?!?! I'm a little terrified of the half marathon at this point, but I know that with training for it properly, it will all be good.
It was hot for Run Clinic tonight. I wasn't really looking forward to it as we had 18:2's x2 on the schedule and it was feeling really warm. I made sure to bring lots of water with me and I wore my water belt to hold my water bottle. I told Jason not to turn back for me, if we're doing the same route as last week, I'll turn around when we get to the 2minute walk and I know that eventually they will all catch up with me. http://connect.garmin.com/dashboard?cid=32849932
I struggled a little bit with the heat, and I was finished all of my water before we got back to the store but I'm happy with how my run went. I was able to run for 18 minutes at a time!!!! I remember being so happy a few months back when I was able to run for 17 minutes in total on a run and that wasn't consecutive. I can't believe how far I've come since January!
As it turned out I was almost back to the store before the first group of ladies caught up with me. I circled back and met up with Jason and two other ladies and walked back to the store with them. I have so enjoyed run clinic and these ladies, that I'm really going to miss them when we finish up. The Run for Water is only 10 days away!
I won't be at Run Clinic next week as I'm working late but I'll be excited to hopefully see everyone at the Run for water!
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Monday, February 24, 2014
Harsh Run Clinic
Tuesday's run clinic was harsh. I sort of know why, and after our guest speaker after our run, I know what I did wrong. In order to get to Run Clinic, I have to be up by 430am, so I can catch the first train into work, so I can be on the first train coming home from work in order to make it back and be ready to go at 6pm.
I didn't sleep well Monday night, so I was really tired Tuesday morning. I went to work and I ate my lunch early as I was hungry so it was only 1130 when I had my soup and salad. I ate my veggies and hummus at 130 and left work at 330 to head for run clinic. I also didn't drink a lot of water after 12 or so. Last week I drank my water as usual and half way through our run I was dying to use a washroom, so I figured I would avoid that this week by cutting down on my water intake after I had lunch.
I was tired when I got to run clinic at 6pm and on the schedule was 1:2 for 5 and then .30:1 for 5 until we made our way back to our start point. I started out all right, and did pretty good for the first three intervals but I started to get a cramp along my shin. That was not fun. It hurt like the dickens and every step hurt. I struggled through the fourth interval stopping just short of the 1 minute to start walking as my shin kept cramping. When we hit the fifth interval I only lasted about 30 seconds. I couldn't do it. Kobie who is the assistant leader was hanging towards the back and asked if I was all right. I told her my shin was cramping for some reason. She said immediately, you're probably dehydrated. Listen to your body and walk the rest if you need to. I didn't really want to I did the first couple of the 30:1 but then decided that I did indeed have to listen to my body. The cramp that had started to subside came back full throttle. I also had no energy. It was like I was moving through molasses. I couldn't seem to get my body moving no matter how hard I tried. As the group looped around to keep going, I turned around and headed back towards our start point, I walked up and down a couple of times until I saw the group heading towards me and then I re joined them for the cool down walk.
When we got back to the Store, Yoshi, our guest speaker was there to talk to us about proper nutrition. What he had to say totally made sense and I knew why my body had slowed down, it was out of fuel. I had not had anything to eat in more than 6 hours, and your body can't exercise that way. You need to fuel your body with simple carbs about 2 hours prior to exercise and that will carry you through about 1 hour of intense activity.
So what did I learn from this weeks harsh run?
1) I need to eat a piece of fruit on the train when I'm heading home, my body needs the fuel to keep going.
2) I need to keep drinking water during the day, and if I have to make a pit stop on my run, oh well, I make a pit stop.
I didn't sleep well Monday night, so I was really tired Tuesday morning. I went to work and I ate my lunch early as I was hungry so it was only 1130 when I had my soup and salad. I ate my veggies and hummus at 130 and left work at 330 to head for run clinic. I also didn't drink a lot of water after 12 or so. Last week I drank my water as usual and half way through our run I was dying to use a washroom, so I figured I would avoid that this week by cutting down on my water intake after I had lunch.
I was tired when I got to run clinic at 6pm and on the schedule was 1:2 for 5 and then .30:1 for 5 until we made our way back to our start point. I started out all right, and did pretty good for the first three intervals but I started to get a cramp along my shin. That was not fun. It hurt like the dickens and every step hurt. I struggled through the fourth interval stopping just short of the 1 minute to start walking as my shin kept cramping. When we hit the fifth interval I only lasted about 30 seconds. I couldn't do it. Kobie who is the assistant leader was hanging towards the back and asked if I was all right. I told her my shin was cramping for some reason. She said immediately, you're probably dehydrated. Listen to your body and walk the rest if you need to. I didn't really want to I did the first couple of the 30:1 but then decided that I did indeed have to listen to my body. The cramp that had started to subside came back full throttle. I also had no energy. It was like I was moving through molasses. I couldn't seem to get my body moving no matter how hard I tried. As the group looped around to keep going, I turned around and headed back towards our start point, I walked up and down a couple of times until I saw the group heading towards me and then I re joined them for the cool down walk.
When we got back to the Store, Yoshi, our guest speaker was there to talk to us about proper nutrition. What he had to say totally made sense and I knew why my body had slowed down, it was out of fuel. I had not had anything to eat in more than 6 hours, and your body can't exercise that way. You need to fuel your body with simple carbs about 2 hours prior to exercise and that will carry you through about 1 hour of intense activity.
So what did I learn from this weeks harsh run?
1) I need to eat a piece of fruit on the train when I'm heading home, my body needs the fuel to keep going.
2) I need to keep drinking water during the day, and if I have to make a pit stop on my run, oh well, I make a pit stop.
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