Sunday, August 23, 2009
Training week #1 completed
I have completed my first week of Hal Higdon's intermediate 1 marathon training program. Actually I have started at week #3 because I only have 16 weeks until Dec the 6th. I had a hard time on Thursday. My allergies were really acting out and I felt really tired. In the plan Thursday is a rest day and I took it.. I stopped by Doc. Armstrongs office and he was good enough to fit me in for a Kenalog shot. I slept for 10 hours Thurs. night and woke up feeling like a new man. Friday I got in my 5 miles at race pace (6 mph or 10 min. miles) with no problems. Sat. I did my 13 mile long slow run, really long and slow. I felt great! Today (Sunday) I rode my bike (X-Training as scheduled) which I took very easy. Road around Manti and looked at the houses. My allergies are somewhat better and my left knee is doing ok. My totals for the week are: Ran 32.39 miles, Time 7h15m, Calories 6107, Biked 10.1 miles. For 2 days now I have been at 217 lbs. Yea! I had a surprise the other day. Bill and Em are going to run the 10k at Goblin Valley and I think that is GREAT. I know Em has did a 5k but I don't think Billy has ever ran a race. If they get the running bug who knows what will happen. More next week.
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I was able to do about 45 min of cardio today. I started on the treadmill but my knee started to hurt so I hopped on the bike and tried to loosen up and it worked I got back on the treadmill for another half hour. Did some sit ups and push ups. I want to start lifting next week. It has felt good to work out. We are excited for the October run it should be fun. Em and I are thinking about training for one of those sprint triathalons. It should be interesting. Love ya all.
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