recap :: MoHud2013 week 17

Rest rest rest. What do you so when all you training time is now unoccupied?

Easy answer: enjoy summer. Yes. However, it rained more in upstate NY in June and July than it does in Seattle (true story).

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So in lieu of training. This is what's been happening:

I've been sampling Oatmeal Stout on the couch, 

missed the coaster...I know.

watching Marley meticulously carry his bone around the house as if it was his child,  

ice and compress as if I was active, 

craft outdoor flower vases from mason jars, 

note: this looks cute for a week, then the flowers die and
you have to do something about it. #notmaintenancefree

hanging out with his crazy ass and his squeaky dragon, 

enjoying local craft brews in St. Patrick Day delights on the porch,  

and when I've run out of fun on a Saturday, I take advice written on wooden plaques. 

Monday: rest
                scheduled - cross
Tuesday: rest
                scheduled - rest
Wednesday: rest
                scheduled - 3mi  
Thursday: rest
                scheduled - 5mi  
Friday: rest
                scheduled - 3mi  
Saturday: rest
                scheduled - rest  
Sunday: rest - on Boilermaker Sunday :(
                scheduled - 10mi

Weekly mileage: 0mi
Scheduled weekly mileage: 21mi

recap :: MoHud2013 week 16

So remember way back when, when I was having...concerns blind fear about finishing the Warrior Dash? Well, it was, indeed the epic fail I nervously anticipated. Thankfully I didn't have to need the medics at the Dash, but my injured ass didn't even make it to the start coral.

photo cred: ME. because I was standing with a camera and
backpack of post-race crap for my 2 favorite warriors.

After a lovely 15th week of  MoHud2013 training was complete, I started week 16 with a rest day followed by an easy 3mi treadmill jaunt. It was raining (hence the treadmill) but all was well and I enjoyed a quick, pain free three miles watching Arrested Development. Then I decided to meet my mom for quesadillas, stepped up the tiny, minuscule, less than 6 inches step into the restaurant and felt a weird snap/pop/rip/tear/overalldisgustingsensation in my right knee.

Great. Not thinking anything of it, I took a Tylenol with my quesadilla and enjoyed. 

Blah blah blah, by the time I got home my knee was swollen, hot to the touch and I couldn't walk on it. Terrified, I hobbled to my orthopedist's office and his colleague diagnosed me with ITB syndrome (seriously, I've been foam rolling like a boss and even got a Tiger Tail) and patellofemoral syndrome. He also suspected my kneecap was tracking the wrong way when I ran (gross), told me "now is probably not the right time to continue training". Fail. 

Before I left, I got another orthopedic accessory and (more) advice to cool it with the marathon training for another year (obviously unacceptable - this is the part I stopped listening).

I followed his advice and did NOTHING for the rest of the week. Lesson: don't go for quesadillas during a marathon training cycle?

Monday: rest
                scheduled - cross
Tuesday: 3mi
                scheduled - rest
Wednesday: rest
                scheduled - 3mi  
Thursday: rest
                scheduled - 4mi  
Friday: rest
                scheduled - 3mi  
Saturday: rest
                scheduled - rest  
Sunday: rest
                scheduled - 9mi

Weekly mileage: 3mi
Scheduled weekly mileage: 19mi

recap :: MoHud2013 week 15

...Oops. Meant to post this bad boy 7/1...again, awful blogging skills. I get it. 

Halfway! Week 15 is when normal people prepping for a Columbus Day weekend marathon would begin their plans. Not me. I opted for the 30 week venture in hopes of not breaking any bones. There are theories for and against this. Some people say that building mileage too quickly (like in a shorter plan) can contribute to injuries, whereas others believe that training with an extended plan could cause injury. Clearly the shorter plan didn't workout so well last year, when at week xx ran a half marathon on a broken leg and was benched the rest of the season...oops.

This week was a bit of a drop back in mileage, which I was grateful for after my 7mi of misery last week.

Monday: leg strength work
                scheduled - cross
Tuesday: 3mi
                scheduled - rest
Wednesday: 4.25mi
                scheduled - 3mi  
Thursday: 60min spin
                scheduled - 4mi  
Friday: rest
                scheduled - 3mi  
Saturday: 3.25mi
                scheduled - rest  
Sunday: 5mi
                scheduled - 5mi

Weekly mileage: 15.50mi
Scheduled weekly mileage: 15mi

recap :: MoHud2013 week 14

After my realization that Boilermaker 2013 is quickly approaching I started to get serious again. Unfortunately this is exactly when BCC ended... so I have two weeks of forcing myself to do strength work on my own as an injury prevention attempt.  So far I'm failing miserably and re-upped my spin studio membership so I can take advantage of their total body classes and enjoy a little time on the (stationary) bike. 

Long run Saturday was completely miserable and I was completely bummed. After a (dare I say) fun 8 miler a few weeks ago, I thought 7 would be a cake walk. R met me on the path after his 15mi ride so he could listen as I complained about everything, including the bugs, blisters, a ridiculous antiques fair that ran through the entire bike path (yes - the entire thing - cars on one side, booths on the other, gobs of people on the path), the ridiculous antique fair attendees that refused to yeild the right of way for people using the path for it's intended purpose, the sun, the lack of sun, hissing geese, bugs...more bugs... Yuck. 

Monday: rest
                scheduled - 30min walk
Tuesday: 60min spin; 2mi
                scheduled - rest
Wednesday: 3.5mi
                scheduled - 3mi  
Thursday: 4mi
                scheduled - 3mi  
Friday: arms & legs strength training
                scheduled - 3mi  
Saturday: 7mi
                scheduled - rest  
Sunday: rest
                scheduled - 7mi

Weekly mileage: 16.5mi
Scheduled weekly mileage: 16mi

recap :: MoHud2013 week 13

I used this week as my easy running week since I completely messed up my calendar thus far. Scheduled was two back to back 6mi long runs, but I turned those into a 6.25mi followed by an 8mi. Saturday was a fun 5K where I accompanied Q to her first ever (!!!) race. Unfortunately I didn't think about it when we signed up, but there was not chip timing at the event, so her recorded clock time was slower than her actual time by about 30 seconds. Boo. I'm pretty sure she had enough fun picking people to successfully pass the whole race that she'll be back for more. 

Totally forgot until now - but way back when I signed up for Boilermaker 2013...which is in 22 days...yikes!  

Monday: 60min BCC; .5mi
                scheduled - 30min walk
Tuesday: 3mi
                scheduled - rest
Wednesday: 60min BCC (arms); 1mi
                scheduled - 3mi  
Thursday: 3mi
                scheduled - 3mi  
Friday: 60mins BCC (cardio)
                scheduled - 3mi  
Saturday: 3.1mi 
                scheduled - rest  
Sunday: rest
                scheduled - 6mi

Weekly mileage: 10.60mi
Scheduled weekly mileage: 15mi