Today began at the ripe hour of 5:30...again. Combined with the running program, my good friend WD put together a lifting schedule for me to follow. In the last two marathons I've run, I did no lifting but found my body got fatigued as the miles climbed. Rather than continue telling myself, "The breathing is fine, get the body to follow," I decided to take a more active approach and let the body lead. I'm in my seventh week of lifting but in order to accomodate the running, I've had to get up early so that I'm not eating dinner at 9:00 every night. The price I pay is sleep walking through the first few hours of work once the adrenaline wears off. I figured out that since Monday morning, I've worked out roughly every 10-12 hours...I'm ready for a rest. Fortunately, I've decided to only do this Monday and Tuesday...what a pleasure sleeping in until 6:20 will be tomorrow.
The lifting schedule looks like this:
Monday: Chest and arms in the a.m./Swimming 30 minutes in the p.m.
Tuesday: Shoulders and back in the a.m./Running three miles in the p.m.
Thursday: High reps-low weight legs p.m./Run three miles p.m.
Despite feeling exhausted this afternoon, we set out for the first official run, an easy three mile loop that carves through a neighborhood and ends with a quarter mile uphill. During the MCM training, the hill felt brutal to get up, especially at the end of a run. I used the hill this time on our "hill training" days, sprinting up it as many as five times. Now, at the end of a run it's mentally easier to get up because all I have to say is, "Up one time, no sprint."
I used today's short loop to also take my new pair of asics for their virgin run (seen above). I had forgotten what a pair of shoes that still had their cushion felt like...in fact, I couldn't feel the pavement at all.
Miles Run to Date: 3
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