No Plan B

I woke up at 4:00 am to get to the gym with my mom this morning. Mondays and Thursdays are treadmill days, Tuesdays and Fridays are lifting days, Monday/Wednesday/Friday are push up and sit up days. This morning I did "Papa's Workout." This is where I focus on upper body exercises. Starting at a low weight, doing about 10 reps, skipping every other weight.(so I move up the weights by 2's.) Once I'm only able to 1 rep of my max weight, I begin dropping weight all the way back down, doing the max amount of reps per weight setting.(no skipping every other.)

*Warm up: 10 minutes in Sauna, 10 minutes on hand row (easy/moderate intensity.)

*I did this for my main lifting workout: (This took about 2 hours total.)(Papa's Workout)

-chest press(maxing at about 195 pounds) 

-curls(maxing at 32.5 pounds)

-seated dips(maxing at about 150 pounds)

-lat pull down(maxing at about 180 pounds)

P.M.: Body weight

-Afterwards I did 4 sets of 5 full body weight dips.

-Later in the day I did a total of 250 push ups and 250 sit ups.

I also did some light stretching, my knee still hurts a little bit so no running today. Might just rest my legs the rest of this week so I can start marathon training fresh and good to go on Monday. Aiming for 2/3 protein shakes a day and a power bar.

First day of marathon training. My moms helping me manage my training a little better so I don't end up over training again. Mondays and Thursday are speed work days. Today felt pretty good. I had some minor foot pain toward the end of my cool down. I ran on the treadmill so I could be more pace specific. My moms also having me walk at an incline, fowards and backwards to help build my legs and avoid injury. I didn't push too hard today, just kind of relaxed. I'm going to try and finish my repeats faster than I started them. This was also my first faster run in my Adidas Energy Boosts and they felt great. We were at the gym by 4:30 am; starting the day off right. 

*1 mile warm up @ 8:40 pace.

*4 1/2 mile repeats:

-.5 mile @ 6:11 pace. (9.7 mph)

-.5 mile @ 6:07 pace. (9.8 mph)

-.5 mile @ 6:00 pace. (10 mph)

-.5 mile @ 5:53 pace. (10.2 mph) 

*1 mile cool down @ 9:13 pace.

*3 mph walk @ 18% (5 minutes)

*1.9 mph walk backwards @ 21% (5 minutes)

After this little speed work setting I did some leg stretches, soaked my legs in the hot tub, and then spent 10 minutes in the Sauna. Gonna do an easy 4 miles tomorrow. I'm also looking forward to lifting tomorrow. Mom's procedure is tomorrow. About time!

P.M. 

50 pound weighted pull ups and push ups.

250 push ups.

10 minutes jump rope.

150 sit ups. 

Regular pull ups and chin ups. 

Went to the gym and did some lifting. Curls, triceps, rowing, and hamstrings.

Build up over 100 pounds per exercise and then went all the way back down. I felt pretty tired from yesterdays weighted pull ups and push ups.

I rowed an 800 meter for a cool down, felt good after that. 

4 easy miles @ 8:19 pace. I feet were doing good up until mile 1.5 then things took a turn for the worse. My feet hurt so freakin' bad. UGH It's kind of sad that I don't even feel the pain in my legs or lungs, I only feel foot pain while running. Oh well. No excuses. 2 biggish hills done as well. Speed work tomorrow.

Speed work this morning after class. I was nervous to run because my feet were hurting yesterday. I'm almost certain I have PF, so I'm going to be very cautious. The orthodics weren't helping so I took them out. I'll be icing, using heat, and sleeping with a boot on every night. I'll continue to run and train, but no increases in mileage for awhile. 

-1 mile warm up @ 8:47.

-.5 @ 6:00. (10 mph)

-.5 @ (10.1 mph)

-.5 @ (10.2 mph)

-.5 @ (10.3 mph)

-1 mile cool down @ 8:47. (This is where my feet started hurting.) 

Other than the arch pain, I felt pretty strong and I can't wait till I'm in the low 5's and high 4's for my repeats. Good day. Mom's coming home today, so I did a lot of cleaning.

-5 minutes walking @ 18% (2.7 mph)

-5 minutes walking backwards @ 21% (1.9 mph)