today, monday, marks day 1 of my official 'road to the strip' training program. i'm feeling sluggish and tired as i head to the gym, two hours later than id hoped thanks to a late assigned story, which i find quite curious, as for weeks i'd felt fine and full of energy! funny isn't it? it's like my body's like, whoa. whoa there. let's just do our lite runs and swims and carrry on our merry way.
im training off a program designed by a well-known editor and ultramarathoner (if i knew how to link i'd have linked under ultramarathoner but i dont and delayed run cut off part of evening i'd devoted to learning better blogging) he's designed a pilot program and i was selected to test it out. what, you may ask? you have a personal coach? ya, that's what i thought as i ran around giddy for days telling anoyone who would listen or understand. but the reality is i get emailed my cycles which maps out 10 days. es todo.
today: tempo run. for vermont marathon, i mostly just ran. had mileage check points but that's about it. i will see if i like the structure of a program. since i'm hoping to qualify for boston i need discipline.
15 min easy: 10 min pace
20 min marathon pace: 15 min at 9:05 and 5 minutes at 8:49 (while below my marathon qualifying time of 8:23ish ((gulp)) i have a feeling speed workouts were part of my undoing and itb band injury so speed workouts will progress v., v. slowly)
15 min easy: 10 minute pace.
tomorrow it's x training. i'll swim, let's shoot for 2000 yards. if the pool is crowded i'll do bike. i have to do it early in the morning (815, ugh) cause after work's it's girl's night out to a local music festival. my friend and new running partner kim is bringing jello shots and frozen booze pops. never had one. i will get my first taste of polka. my coleague who went to festival over weekend said dance floor was reminscent of nat'l lampoon's european vacation, when rusty did chicken dance in germany. cool.
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