Taking a week off whether planned or not cannot happen again. My legs were screaming on my run today. Mentally I could have gone further than 7 miles but for once it was my lower body telling me to turn around. Right now my legs feel like they would if I had run a half-marathon. I know it doesn't help that I'm now carrying around ten extra pounds, but that is only going to get worse. The conclusion that I came to was that I'm going to have to treat my regular workouts like I would a training schedule. I won't be "training" per say, but I think I need to keep a schedule so that I don't lose my stamina, which could cause me to not be able to continue working out. As far as my legs go, strength training. Body squats, wall sits, and lunges should do the trick.
While I ran today I thought about the half-marathon that I'll be doing at 7 months pregnant. Right now it's 9 weeks away (yuk, I won't refer to it in that way again. Makes it sound like the summer's already over) but I need to start preparing for it if I'm going to survive. On top of the "training" I need to start thinking about coming up with a strategy and figure out what I will need to take with me on race day. Here's what I've got so far:
Strategy:
- No talking while running. I figured out this morning that I'm going to have to choose; talk and walk or be silent and run/jog. It's too much energy to do both. So if you plan on running with me, sorry SS, it's going to be a quiet few hours.
- Stop at EVERY water station. This is going to take some discipline. I hardly ever stop at the water stations because I wear my grenade belt, but that isn't going to be enough anymore. Today on my 7 mile run I drank 32 oz. of gatorade and 24 oz. of water. I'm going to have to stop and drink what I can then fill up my empty containers.
- I'm also thinking about doing the 10 minutes on 1 minute off or whatever those people do when their watch beeps every whatever minutes and they take walking breaks. I have to do more research/thinking on this one.
What I'll Need:
- As little clothing as possible: underwear, sports bra, tank-top, shorts, socks, and shoes (duh). If I could get away with less I would, but I'm pretty sure that won't be happening.
- Water grenade belt. I may need to upgrade to a L-XL size before then because my S-M is hanging on by a thread.
- Gels and a snack - there is nothing happy about being starving without food. Maybe a granola bar or something.
- A zip-lock baggie and some sheets of TP. You read that correctly. I'm fully preparing to pee in the woods multiple times on half-marathon day. I'm going to be slow enough as it is, I don't need to waste more time waiting in line at a porta potty every 4ish miles.
- Sunscreen - I have been burning easily this summer. I read somewhere that it's because I'm pregnant. Pregnant women burn easily? Weird.
- Sunglasses
- Body Glide - just say no to chafing!
I was so wiped after this morning's run that I felt sleep coming on in the car ride home. Bad thing about that was that I was driving. I got home quickly, jumped in the shower, and passed out on the couch for a good two hours. I feel bad for B because, even though he knows my long run ritual, I think it irritates him that I'm gone in the morning for a few hours running and then I come home and nap for a few hours. Boring for him if he wants us to go do something.
So, I'm going to be healthier, which means that I'm going to get my workouts in regularly again and eat less crap. I'm trying to cut out sweets for the week as a little detox. The excludes, of course, our weekly trip to Rita's. We'll see how this goes.
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