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New York Marathon Training – Week 1

Last week marked the beginning of my training for the New York Marathon. When I made my goals for this year, I wasn’t sure if I’d run a marathon given that I was just a few months postpartum and wasn’t sleeping through the night. Heck, I almost didn’t even make ANY goals. However, I threw my name in the hat for the New York Marathon, one of my big bucket list races, and when I surprisingly beat the odds and got an entry, the decision was made for me.

I wouldn’t normally start marathon training with just 15 weeks until race day, but given that I’ve been half marathon training since March, I figured officially starting one week after the Craft Classic Half Marathon made sense. I’m loosely following Hal Higdon’s Advanced Marathon 1 plan but will only be running 5 days a week and doing 21 Day Fix and 21 Day Fix Extreme workouts as well. I say loosely following because I’m pretty much switching things up to fit my schedule. After five marathons, I feel confident that I can coach myself to a finish. And since simply finishing is the #1 goal for New York, it makes the most sense for me to coach myself.

Posting weekly recaps has always been a good way to keep me accountable, especially when I don’t have a coach to answer to. Here’s how week #1 went:

Monday  – 5 easy miles. My LAST run with Asia before she left for her amazing adventure to South and Central America. I still can’t believe she’s gone! Check out her blog to follow her adventures!

LAST RUN :(
LAST RUN 🙁

Tuesday – Upper Fix. 

Wednesday – Hill Repeats (5 miles total). The plan called for 1/4 mile hill repeats but the hill near my house is closer to 0.2 miles. Close enough. I did 10 repeats with recovery jogs on the way back down. These repeats make the run go by so quickly!

View from the top of the hill. This looked way prettier than it turned out in photos.
View from the top of the hill. This looked way prettier than it turned out in photos.

Thursday – Easy 5 miles. I had a new friend to run with this time – a recruiter who works at the firm that I’ve used in the past. We’ve been meaning to meet up for a run for literally years, but finally did.  Kelly lives just a couple miles down the road so she came over to my house at 6 a.m. and we ran on the trails before work.

Friday – Very slow and easy 4 miles with the stroller. Mike had plans after work so I picked Siena up from day care and headed down to the coast for an easy run with the stroller. I intentionally slowed down and was running close to an 11 min/mile and walked up hills. I really wanted this to be a true recovery run and it was. Afterward we walked to Whole Foods and I tired my very first poke bowl from their build your own poke bowl bar. It was AMAZING. This will definitely be a regular splurge (price wise) for me!

encinitas running

 

Saturday – 13.1 miles with friends. I met up with Brooke and her friends Paige, Jen and Karen, most of whom are training for the Marine Corps Marathon which is just on week before NY for a long run. We ran through Mission Bay which is one of my favorite places to run (the lack of hills, beach/ocean/bay views and boardwalk people watching is pretty much a runner’s paradise). These ladies are all significantly faster runners than me (all ran in college), so I felt a bit like I was chasing rabbits as we spent the majority of the run in the high 8 min/miles (which was probably slow for them!), and then Brooke and I hung back a bit in the final miles as I slowed. It was a sub-2 hour half marathon which I was proud of! I hope to get in a long run with these ladies every other week or so.

Sunday – Rest day. I watched Mike do the Solana Beach triathlon (and come in 4th place in his age group with almost no training!) with Kate and Siena in the morning. We walked a ton but that was the extent of my exercise. We rushed off afterward to a baby shower for our friends Mike and Christie who are having TRIPLET boys in October. It was a fun day but I was pretty tired from a long week of waking up in the 5 o’clock hour every single morning. We spent a good portion of the afternoon on the couch catching up on 3 episodes of the Bachelorette (there was a lot of fast forwarding involved).

Best cheer squad ever.
Best cheer squad ever.

solana beach triathlon

triplets baby shower

Weekly Totals: 

  • Miles Run: 32.1
  • Yoga/Strength: 30 min

I definitely would have liked to have done more strength training or yoga last week but I have a lot going on and sadly 21 Day Fix has taken a back seat for a bit. Running has to be the priority right now. I actually plan to host two 21 Day Fix groups this month, with another starting August 29th (we are going on vacation the week before). I will be getting back to 21 Day Fix starting then and doing what I can until vacation. In the meantime, I’ve challenged myself to do at least a 1 minute plank before and after every single run this month. That should help some!

Do you want to join me in planking before and after every run this month?  

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  1. Asia

    August 3, 2016 at 3:25 am

    I can’t believe that our last run was already over a week ago! I miss you already dear friend! I’m glad you have so many great people to run with, but please hold a spot for me whenever I return. 🙂 🙂 besos

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    • FitnessFatale

      August 3, 2016 at 5:24 pm

      There will always be a spot for you!!!

      Reply
  2. Vicky

    August 3, 2016 at 2:01 pm

    Let me know next time you do a recovery stroller run – I think I can actually keep up with you on 11 minute miles 🙂 And Whole Foods poke bowls sound amazing.

    Reply
    • FitnessFatale

      August 3, 2016 at 5:24 pm

      YES!!! I’d love some company!

      Reply

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