Week 1: January 7 - 13, 2013

Week 1: January 7 - 13, 2013 (for the San Diego Half and Full Marathon)
1st week of Mesocycle #1

Monday: Nerves, nerves, nerves.... 'what am i doing...'

i can barely make it round the block near our apartment, i feel pain everywhere; my chest feels it is going to explode, my legs feel like jelly, and my brain is telling me that i SHOULD NOT be doing this! what have i got myself into?

Tuesday: 1st <speed and form> session with coach jim and team 
<central park, e90th st>

3.5 miles total, 

- 10 mins warmup

- 6 x 300 meters @ repetition pace- jog back to start

- 10 mins cooldown

Due to my lack of experience and incapacity to number crunch, i am to use fellow team members pace for the 300m speed and form session. this was 300m @ 1min19sec.

i could not do this.

my times were as follows;

1:29; 1:26; 1:26; 1:30; 1:31; 1:38

there was a big group of us, as others who train through Urban Athletics run on a tuesday. this made me feel more motivated, and felt i could melt into the crowd a little more easily! It was quite a tough exercise for me, and on the jog return back to start, i really had to slow my pace to return my breathing to normal pace. running alongside the guggenheim is not a bad feeling tho!

Wednesday: 0 miles
 (thank goodness; i don't think i could have done anything even if i'd tried. my body is stiff, sore, and shaking)

i stretched as much as possible at work, and took some ibuprofen. no icing needed really.

Thursday: 1 hour yoga class @ yogatothepeople brooklyn. yoga to the people offers donation based power vinyasa classes. these community classes are offered to yogis of all levels, with no judgement, just yoga for everyone. i am a fan of this class as it is time to disappear and time to teach myself, working my body into a sweat and breathing through the pain (but the fact its one block from my work, and also donation based, are benefiting factors!) 

Friday: 1 miles @ an easy, conversational pace 'e pace' round the blocks near our apartment. My  arms are aching! i haven't done a yoga class for over a month, and my arms are sore from all the <downward facing dog>

Saturday: central park reservoir: with coach jim, and team

1.5 miles at 'e pace'

i felt great after 1 mile at the reservoir, pushing through the first 5-7 mins of chest pain to make coach jim tag on another .5 mile made me feel great. once i've got over the initial 'shock' when my body realises i'm 'running!!' and start a regular pace and breathing rhythm i feel quite comfortable. feeling some discomfort in my right knee, and hoping it's just from the cold, and nothing serious.

Sunday: 0 miles

total mileage for the week end: 6.5 miles