So part of the reason I started this blog was to help me keep track of my training and progress. The added pressure of having this info out there in public on the Internet will hopefully keep me honest and maybe push me to work a little harder.
I signed up for the lottery in January, and I have been doing shorter races (5, 10 and 15K) with New York Road Runners. Before this year though, I had never run more than 2 miles and I have never been very sporty (though I like to believe I looked pretty fit back in my skinnier 20somethings)
When I found out that I won the lottery, I went out at lunch and bought a healthy lunch (my favorite spicy tunacado roll and an apple), some glucosamine chondroitin (for all the knee suffering I expect this summer), some vitamin water (don't like gatorade) and a Fitness magazine (just for ha-has). I am such a dork, but somehow it made me feel like a marathoner.
It's actually a problem I have that I seem to enjoy reading about training for marathons and triathlons more than actually running, swimming or biking. I have spent a lot of time crusing around all the sporty websites lately. Here are some observations from my research:
- Fit people get up early in the morning. I have tried to get up early and work out before work. It just isn't going to happen. My workouts during the week are after work or at lunch, and on the weekends. I may need to start getting up early - all those miles are time-consuming. Speaking of which . . . .
- I am slow. People who run 9 minute miles say things like, "Oh, I'm at the back of the pack." Well, my goal is to run 10 minute miles somewhat consistently. That practically feels like speed work to me.
- That being said, the other thing I have learned is just about any idiot can run a marathon or do a triathlon, whatever you want to do. As I'm sure any runner has observed, people of all shapes and sizes run in these things (and then they pass me).
Info about the marathon is available here. Only 144 days to go!
Oh, did I mention that I also signed up for 2 triathlons this summer? They are smallish, but I'll have more to say about them after I get over the marathon lottery results. These are:
- July 10 - Mighty North Fork Triathlon (500 yard swim, 8 mile bike and 3.1 mile run)
- September 18 - Mighty Hamptons Triathlon (Olympic Swim 1.5K (.93mile), Bike 38K (23.0 miles), and Run 10K (6.2 miles)
Gee, July 10th is going to be here soon. Goals for these are mainly to finish and avoid drowning on the open water swims. I've been taking a swim class and getting a lot better. But, it still WAY harder than running for me.
OK, better get back to the real world. Training schedule for this week:
- Monday: Bike 25 min
- Tuesday: Swim class 60 minutes
- Wednesday: Run 4 miles
- Thursday: Swim class 60 minutes
- Friday: Run 4 miles
- Saturday: BRick bike and run. (At my parent's house, we'll see how much I can do)
- Sunday: Bike? Run?
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