I've really got to do something with the layout of this blog, it's so broing that it's driving me nuts.

Today is a rest day. I think I will go to the beach after work and just laze around, maybe go for a swim.

Yesterday I waitressed for 8.5 hours and I am totally counting it as my cross training.

There is a running shoe seminar this Wednesday that my running group is attending. I think it will be very informative. The physiotherapist is going to look at our feet and reccommend a shoe/brand for us. I still have a credit at the place where I bought and then returned a pair of running sneakers last month, so I will probably buy a pair of whatever he reccomends. I'm still getting blisters from my Keyanos but it may also be due to my cotton socks (oops).

This is week #5 of marathon training! We are moving right along! This week's long run is 10 miles. I am so excited to run double digits for the first time ever. :)

I've also made the realizationg that ice and motrin are a godsend. They make all my aches and pains go away.

Today I ran 9 miles, that is the farthest I have ever ran. It went well. I ran in a different area than I usually do, which was refreshing. I wore my new water belt which I like (it's Nike). I ate a rice krispie square at 5 miles (I'm not brave enough for gels just yet), and had no gastric issues. Knee/hip started to hurt at 7-8 miles. I put ice on knee & took motrin afterwards and feels fine now. :)

1 | 10:13
2 | 10:16
3 | 9:47
4 | 9:50
5 | 10:30
6 | 10:35
7 | 9:50
8 | 9:58
9 | 10:14
9 miles | 1:31:20 | 10:09min/mi
0.55 mile walking CD | 9:45

I ran a little further than I wanted to this morning. I ran a new loop that I hadn't measured, and it ended up being 5 miles instead of 4. So, not only did I run extra, I was also a few minutes late for work. Never the less, my hip was feeling okay. I iced my knee & hip last night, took a couple motrin, and then put some heat on my hip before bed. I took a couple more motrin this morning and so far my hip is feeling better than yesterday. The adductor exercises last night may have been helpful as well.

1 | 10:06
2 | 9:57
3 | 9:25
4 | 8:36
5 | 8:55
5 miles | 47:01 | 9:24min/mi
0.15 mile walking CD | 2:52

Tonight was a fartlek with the running group. Since my hip has been *still* acting weird/hurting (ITBS??), I decided to just take it easy. My intervals got messed up because I forgot to set my Garmin and couldn't hear our leader calling out when we were to speed up/slow down. So this is what I got:

Warm-up: 0.42 miles | 4:16 | 10:19 min/mi
1 minute easy: 0.1 miles | 9:46 min/mi
1 minute faster: 0.14 miles | 8:29min/mi
3 minutes easy: 0.31 miles | 9:50 min/mi
2 minutes faster: 0.23 miles | 8:43 min/mi
5.5 minutes easy: 0.55 miles | 9:53 min/mi
3.5 minutes faster: 0.45 miles | 7:48 min/mi
3 minutes easy: 0.34 miles | 8:47 min/mi
3 minutes faster: 0.38 miles | 7:50 min/mi
1 minute easy: 0.11 miles | 9:11 min/mi
1 minute faster: 0.13 miles | 7:38min/mi
Total: 3.25 miles | 29:17 | 9:01min/mi


Weights:
Hip adductors: 3 x 15 @ 90/90/100 lbs
Glute kickbacks: 3 x 10/leg @ 50/50/60 lbs
Sumo side squat on bosu: 1 x 10/leg
Squats on bosu: 3 x 10
Lunges on bosu: 3 x 10/leg

Man, I was slow today. Maybe it was the leg weights on Thursday? My legs felt really heavy but I wasn't out of breath. Meh.

1 | 9:39
2 | 9:38
3 | 9:43
4 | 10:13
5 | 9:11
5.0 miles | 48:25 | 9:41min/mi
0.61 mi walking CD | 10:05

So, my GPS did that weird thing again where it added 2+ minutes to my first mile time. I noticed that it happened right after I was stopped at a traffic light, so maybe it didn't auto pause? Anyhow, I certainly did not run an 11:36 first mile, so I'm changing it to a 9:30

1 | 9:30
2 | 9:43
3 | 9:17
0.3 | 2:41
3.3 miles | 30:15 | 9:10min/mi

0.4 mi walking CD

Weights:
Leg extensions: 3 x 10 @ 50 lbs
Calf press: 3 x 15 @ 50 lbs
Walking lunges: 2 x 10/leg @ 20 lbs
Hip Adductors & Abductors: 3 x 12 @ 130 lbs each
Leg press: 3 x 10 @ 70 lbs
Crunches on ball: 3 x 10
Single leg split squats off bosu: 1 x 10/leg
Side squats off bosu: 1 x 5/leg
Lunges on to bosu: 1 x 10/leg

Streeettttttching.

Surveys are always fun! Jessica tagged me, so here is a little about me:

4 jobs I've had:
Front desk clerk at the pool/hockey rink
Waitress
Wal-Mart employee (1st job :p)
Researcher

4 movies I watch over and over:
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (dont' judge me!)
The Notebook
Pretty Woman
Seabiscuit

4 Places I have lived:
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island :)

4 TV shows I watch:
American Idol
The OC
Oprah
Dr. Phil

4 Places I've been on Vacation:
Peurta Plata, Dominican Republic
Halifax, Nova Soctia
Moncton, New Brunswick
My cottage in Blooming Point

4 Websites I visit everyday:
Shape
Google
The Weather Network
Blogger

4 Favorite Foods:
Pizza
Anything pasta
Ice cream, and flavor
Greek salad, no olives :p

4 Places I'd rather be right now:
Home
In a refridgerator (it's very hot and humid here today)
At the beach
In a pool

4 Favorite Bands/Singers:
Britney Spears
Pink
Madonna
50 cent

4 Bloggers I'll tag:
I'm not sure if there's even 4 people that read this, so I'm putting 3 :)
Gill
Jane
MG

Tuesday:


3.81 mile time trial with the running group | 33:57 | 8:52min/mi

This morning:

4 miles | 39:02 | 9:42min/mi
0.23 mi walking CD

The strangest thing happened last night. I happened to b waiting on an orthopedic surgeon, and he examned my knee for me! He told me that the cartilage had popped out and the tiny ligaments that hold the cartilage together had been torn, but that over time the cartilage had popped back in on it's own and the little ligaments healed. H said my knee is fine now, but I need a 1/4 heal insert in my left heal because my left hip is a little lower than my right. Hence the recent hip pain!

It was really cool, I was grateful for his advice.

7 mile long run today. My GPS did something weird on the first mile.. at about 0.45 miles into my run, the time went back to 0:00, so it says my first mile was 12:00, which is just not possible. I'd approximate it to be similar to mile 2. so I'm changing it here.Also got a really bad side stitch at 4 miles and fought with it for the rest of the run.

1 | 9:38
2 | 9:38
3 | 9:29
4 | 10:28
5 | 9:41
6 | 9:41
7 | 9:35
7.0 miles | 1:08:35 | 9:48min/mi
0.52 mi walking CD | 9:05

3 miles encore aujourd'hui.

1 | 9:29
2 | 9:33
3 | 8:51
3.0 miles | 27:53 | 9:18 min/mi
0.18 mi walking CD | 3:13

1 | 9:42
2 | 9:41
3 | 9:11
3.0 miles | 28:33 | 9:31min/mi
0.15 mi walking CD | 2:39


I have acquired a new piece of gadgetery. A pedometer. We're having a competetion of summer students working in the building vs. faculty. Yesterday I had 19,358 steps! 11,000 of them from waitressing last night. Woah!

On to week 2 (or is it 17?) of the marathon training.

1 | 9:41
2 | 9:34
3 | 8:58
3.0 miles | 28:13 | 9:24min/mi
0.13 mi walking CD | 2:33

I cut the crosstraining short today because I will be waitressing all day which is more than enough walking around than is required for today's XTing session.

10 minutes stationary bike, level 8
20 minutes cross trainer, level 10

Weights
Seated rows: 3 x 12 @ 30 lbs
Lat pulldowns: 3 x 10 @ 50 lbs
Overhead shoulder press: 3 x 10 @ 20 lbs
Front raises: 3 x 10/arm @ 10 lbs

I underestimated the heat today and that was reflected in my time for my "long run". Oh well, it was only supposed to be an easy run anyway. I was getting cramps in my abs when doing crunches afterwards though, which could have been from dehydration since I didn't bring any water on my run. Oops. Lesson learned.

1 | 9:02
2 | 9:10
3 | 9:32
4 | 9:44
5 | 9:17
6 | 9:58
6.0 miles | 56:43 | 9:27min/mi
0.8 mile walking CD

Weights
Leg extensions: 3 x 12 @ 60/55/55 lbs
Leg press: 3 x 12 @ 90 lbs
Calf press: 3 x 12 @ 50 lbs
Hamstring curls: 3 x 12 @ 50 lbs
Hip adductors: 3 x 10 @ 130 lbs
Hip abductors: 3 x 10 @ 130 lbs
Walking lunges: 3 x 20/leg @ 20 lbs
Crunches on ball: 3 x 15
Side bends: 3 x 10/side @ 22.5 lbs
Chest flyes: 3 x 10 @ 25 lbs
Bicep curls: 3 x 10/10/8 @ 17.5lbs
Hyperextensions: 3 x 10 @ 100 lbs

1 | 9:24
2 | 9:48
3 | 9:23
3.0 miles | 28:34 | 9:31min/mi

My legs were feeling a little heavy from the workout last night. It's going to be a long day.

9:30
9:56
9:16
3.0 miles | 28:43 | 9:34min/mi (6.3mph)
0.13 mi walking CD | 2:21

Day one.

Okay, so yesterday was technically day 1 but it was a rest day, so I will count today as day 1 of marathon training.

It was also day 1 of the running group's summer session! We started off with a full body stretch. It was great, we did a warm up of... not sure what you call it. We ran in pairs at an easy jog and the people from the back sprinted to the front, then the second last people sprinted to the front, etc etc. We also did 30 second intervals of high knees, skips, side strides, running backwards, butt kicks, lunges, and gallops with 30 seconds light jog rest inbetween. After that, we took a short break and those who wanted to did three 30 second hard intervals/30 seconds easy rest. So I did that, naturally. It was raining and warm. Very refreshing.

My sister and I ran for a bit after the group had finished for a total of 3 miles altogether. It was supposed to be 3 easy today, according to Hal's program, but I think this was still okay.

3.0 miles | 29:02 | 9:40min/mi (6.2mph)
0.24 mi walking CD | 4:01

I am getting up early tomorrow to run before work, and then working both of my jobs (12 hour day at least.. blah). My day job tomorrow involved driving 1.5 hours to a school and wearing a mascot costume. Why did I ever say I wanted to be a dietitian? haha j/k

Back from a weekend conference that was excellent!

Thursday, June 8th - 4 miles + weights
Friday, June 9th - 6.25 miles
Today - 45 minutes cross trainer + weights


My hip and knees are feeling good. I am ready to begin this marathon training. I feel good, and I feel able to accomplish this.

So, I am officially registered to run the Toronto Marathon on October 15th, 2006.

I have been thinking about running a marathon for a while now, and now that I am dealing with this break up stuff, I need something to be able to work towards, occupy my time, and look forward to. Originally, I had thought of doing the PEI Marathon but then decided that the Toronto would be more motivating since I have never been to TO, and at that point I will not have seen Gill for like 6 months (holy crap, Gill!). Annnnd they have pretty finisher medals.

So, I am going to follow Hal Higdon's novice marathon training plan. I posted on his message boards this morning about a minor hip problem I have been having and he suggested taking 3 days off completely, and then running less miles for a couple of weeks. I am to begin the training plan on Monday, so I am taking a few days off right now. He said this was okay since I was already running more miles than I will be in the first few weeks of training. I can't believe I got advice from Hal, that is so cool! I love the internet.

I also need to be more consistent with weight training to prevent injuries.

Oh, and I bought some new shoes. I'm hoping that by replacing my shoes this stupid achey hip business will stop. It's not terriblely painful, just a dull ache that I am aware of. It no doubt has something to do with my "bad" knee so I need to quit procrasinating and make an appointment to get some orthodics.

But anyways.

This is now a marathon training journal. :D

1 | 9:17
2 | 9:19
3 | 9:07
4 | 9:10
0.51 | 8:59
4.51 miles | 41:29 | 9:12min/mi (6.5mph)
0.31 mi walking CD | 5:06 | 3.7mph