2 more days! I can’t wait! I’m just excited to race, lay it all out on the line, and see where I’m at. Can we fast forward to Saturday, please? Not sure if I’ve mentioned this here or not, but I’ll be running with Brenden Huber, the assistant Gustavus coach. I’m so lucky to have…
My lunch was pretty awesome today. Grilled chicken breast w/ a little cheese on top (microwaved a little too long so it was a little rubbery), wrapped up in a big piece of lettuce, 2 hard boiled egg whites, beef jerkey, and some sugar free jello for dessert. Not very satisfying or filling (although I’m…
I know after TCM there was some back and forth on this blog about the latest research behind carbo-loading. I decided to stick with what had worked for me with TCM: 3 days no carb (to completely deplete your body of carb stores), and then 3 days all-carb (your body over-compensates by packing in the…
Wow… less than 1 week to go. The last week has been a little challenging, I think because of the heat. Rewind to last Saturday: we did a 1/2 marathon at MP effort. Luckily we started at 6:30, because by the last few miles, it was already getting uncomfortably warm. I felt good on the…
I’ve begun to visualize the race each night before I fall asleep. Maybe not the best time/place, but it’s better than nothing. Sometimes I make it to the 3 mile mark, sometimes I make it to mile 20. I also try to visualize the race during each run. Even on easy runs, when there’s 6.2…
Yesterday’s workout: 35 min easy 18 min tempo 40 min easy 18 min temp0 1 mile CD = total of 16 miles I know my tempo pace has quickened, but I was surprised to come through the first tempo session in 18:05 for 5k (I wanted to go longer than the 18 minutes just to…