Running For Trevor

weights & 57 minutes on the elliptical.

I am sore but not anymore sore than I have been after my other two marathons.  I am sure that walking up and down stairs and carrying boxes all day Saturday and Sunday did not help and more than anything I just feel exhausted.  My parents are finally moved into they're new house though yay!

Already plotting out my next marathon.  The only way for me to get over a bad race is redemption.

Whoa I was all mixed up on my days.  Anyway weights, 30 minutes elliptical, and 3.25 miles on the treadmill 8:55 AP.

I am definitely sore but running actually felt pretty good and hopefully by next week I will feel back to normal.

15 minutes triceps, 10 minutes core

20 minutes elliptical

4.1 treadmill miles, .5% incline, 8:18 pace. 

PM:  2 miles.  Something about the cooler weather and changing of temperatures makes me fall in love with running again.  I am recovering from the marathon well and feeling stronger each day.  I am looking forward to learning all I can in the off season and coming back strong for Boston in April. :)

Las Vegas Ragnar & Halloween Half on the agenda for Oct and then Nov & Dec off of racing. :) 

worked legs and core

ran 8 miles in 65 minutes, 1% incline on the treadmill.

I had my body fat tested at the marathon expo and it was 19.6%.  Not terrible and I'm not really sure how accurate it was but it was definitely an eye openner that I am carrying around 23lbs of pure fat.  gross! 

I would like to work on getting that number down closer to 17% before Boston.  We shall see about that as the Holidays (food everywhere!) are approaching.

PM:  15 minutes ellpitical. 

It was weird going to the gym on Friday.  I always run outside on Friday but I totally wussed out on running in the cold.  I really need to get some better cold weather running gear.

Anyway 30 minutes weights (back & shoulders)

Just ran on the treadmill for 60 minutes and focused on staying relaxed and not paying attention to pace!  I kept the incline at 1.5-2% and sprinted out the last 800 meters.  Average pace was 8:34.  I was able to run the last 800 at 6:30 pace and still felt really controlled.  Great workout!  Thanks Jake for the advice on slowing down my runs.  I probably need to slow down even more but this was a good start for me.

10 minute cooldown on the elliptical to round out 70 minutes of cardio for the day.

I wanted to wuss out and go to the gym this morning but I decided to put on my big girl panties and run outside.  I am so so glad that I did!  It was a little rainy but once I got going it was perfect.  10 miles with a 8:22 AP.  I picked up the last 800 to a 7 min pace but other than that kept it easy and felt relaxed and controlled the entire run.  It was a great run!!