Week Six

Exercise: This week was the start of my twelve week training:

I settled on this one I found online because it included cross training, long runs (the longest of which is 10 miles), days of rest, a 5K and 10K that coincide perfectly with races I found, and it fits in with Sunday being a day of rest (except on race days...). I just move all the days back one; so the yellow is Sunday, the green is Monday and so on. This is what week one looks like:

And this is what I did:
  Sunday: Rest
  Monday: Flip flopped with Tuesday. Cross trained, 5 miles on the elliptical. One hour
  Tuesday: 3 mile run on the track. 34 min.
  Wednesday: Sick day. Over did it...
  Thursday: Another day off. Gotta get over this cold/sinus infection!
  Friday: 3 miles on the elliptical. 35 min.
  Saturday: 4 miles on the treadmill. 45 min.

Food: Eat some carbs. Try to eat a little something within half hour of finishing a run.

Poundage: Lost 2# (184 to 182)

This was a hard week. I realized that I haven't been eating and sleeping enough for training. I also think my milk supply is dwindling...and I'm NOT going to put Charlie on formula just so I can lose a few pounds and run more. I needed to step back and make some changes, and getting sick helped me do just that. I need to add more nutritious calories to my diet so I can run hard and still nurse Charlie as much as he needs. But there's no need to push it! I still have 11 weeks till race time, and even then, my only goal is to cross the finish line.

One of the things I really like about this training calendar is that I'm allowed three days off a week. So I was able to be sick and still get all my exercise in. It was mostly indoors, and yes, it is much easier to run on the treadmill, but I wanted to ease back into it while I still have this pressure in my face. One of the best things about treadmill running is that it keeps pace for me. If I could just stay at a steady pace outdoors, I know I could just run forever!