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Plans, plans, plans

Seems my entire eating disorder history has been a bulimic binge and purge of plans. I have spent my entire life planning, tracking, putting into spreadsheets, signing up, and dropping out of plans, plans, and plans. So as part of my recovery I really try to be aware of any time I'm getting the urge to plan. All that said, I'm hoping to use the Couch to 5K plan to increase my training of walking by adding in more running. But one day at a time I can turn my plans over to God.

So today I ventured out with a new walking group at school to walk a rather slow mile. It was cold and by the end of the first mile I was ready to start running a little. The slow 1 mile warm-up was perfect to get me going.

Stats:
Total miles - 3.00 miles
Total time - 49:25
Pace - 16:27/mi

Mile 1 - 17:56
Miles 2 & 3 - 49:25 - 17:56 = 31:21/2 miles = 15:40.5/mi

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Turkey Trot

http://results.active.com/pages/oneResult.jsp?pID=70278990&rsID=86339

Distance	8M
Clock Time	1:59:54
Chip Time	1:58:21
Overall Place	4390 / 4435
Gender Place	1811 / 1842
Division Place	264 / 268
Check Rank	4390
Check Time	1:58:20
Finish Rank	4390
Finish Time	1:59:54

My sister, mom, and myself all raced in th Turkey Trot this year. We had a great time. I used my garmin and it said I finished much earlier than the clock timing. It also tracked my miles differently along the course yet ended at 8 miles exactly.


Here are the times my Garmin recorded:


Mile 1 - 14:46.72
Mile 2 - 15:08.98
Mile 3 - 13:16.21 (I'm pretty sure I lost 2 minutes here on the Garmin and it should have been more like 15:16)
Mile 4 - 14:11.57
Mile 5 - 14:31.02
Mile 6 - 15:17.22
Mile 7 - 14:43.55
Mile 8 - 14:04.15


Total - 8.00 mile
Total Time - 1:56:08 (like 2 min difference)
Total Pace - 14:31/mi


UPDATE (Today the website has some different stats up...hmmm):
Distance 8M
Clock Time 1:59:51
Chip Time 1:58:18
Overall Place 4394 / 4462
Gender Place 1815 / 1864
Division Place 266 / 271
Check Rank 4394
Check Time 1:58:17
Finish Rank 4394
Finish Time 1:59:51



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4 miles on the Katy Trail

Oh what I wouldn't do for a lit trail like the Katy Trail to be in Collin County.

Total 01:08:13
1152 cal
4.00 mi
Avg: 17:03/mi
Max: 10:37/mi

Mile 1 - 15:03.75, best - 10:39/mi, 245 cal
Mile 2 - 16:09.88, best - 10:37/mi, 267 cal
Mile 3 - 17:16.29, best - 11:43/mi, 402 cal
Mile 4 - 19:50.54, best - 15:49/mi, 238 cal

Plan right now:
Sun - 5 miles intervals 60/90
Mon - 6 miles intervals 60/90
Tue - 7 miles intervals 60/90
Wed - 4-6 miles easy slow

Only walking first mile is my goal.

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Still not sure if I like running

I sure like how much faster I get done, but boy is it tough.

Day #2

Total - 01:04:38
4.01 miles
Average - 16:08/mi
Max - 9:32/mi

Mile 1 - 15:40.54
Mile 2 - 15:35.08
Mile 3 - 16:09.13
Mile 4 - 17:05.75

Tentative plan for tomorrow. 4 miles after dinner with friends at a very slow pace. Just going for mileage, not speed.

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Plan for the next 10 days

Monday (11/16) - 4 miles; running .25 miles, walk .75 miles - ended up running about .1 each mile
Tuesday (11/17) - 4 miles; Mile 1 - ran .1, Mile 2 - ran .15, Mile 3 - ran .20, Mile 4 - ran about .20
Wednesday (11/18) - 4 miles at manageable speed after dinner. May even take 1:20:00 if I go at a 20:00/mi pace
Thursday (11/19) - not sure when to schedule this, maybe from 4:45 to 5:45, then head to church to arrive by 6:30.
Friday (11/20) - set pace at 14:45/m
Saturday (11/21) - set pace at 14:30/m
Sunday (11/22) - set pace at 14:45/m
Monday (11/23) - set pace at 15:00/m
Tuesday (11/24) - set pace at 15:30/m
Wednesday (11/25) - set pace at easy pace
Thursday (11/26) - Turkey Trot, 8 miles

What is my goal?

Subject: What is my goal?

Tonight I set out to start a 10 day streak of doing 4 miles a day until Thanksgiving. I couldn't decide today between a big 4 mile loop, two times a 2 mile loop, or 4 times a 1 mile loop. I decided on 2 times of a two mile loop, and I had planned on running .25 then walk .75 mile. Well, that first .25 wore... me... out!!! So mile 1 was ok but tiring. As I reached mile 2 I only made it jogging .1 mile before my shins were killing me so I walked. And that's when I hit some kind of mental block. I was miserable. I made it back to near Isabelle's school, and almost talked myself into stopping at 2 miles. Then I thought "what if I do the next 2 miles and walk as slow as I want?" Sure enough I ended up walking at a decent pace and mile 3 was tough. But as I reached the end of the third mile (technically 2.9) I thought why not try to run .1 until I reach 3 (ending mile 3). So I did and realized that if I ran a little faster I didn't hurt so much. I did the
same thing at 3.9 miles to finish well.

I also used the Garmin for the first time. Love and hate the pace alert. Set it at 17:00/mi pace and some times just listened to it beep.

Here are my laps:

Warmup - 3:35 min:sec; .22 mi; 16:29/mi avg pace

Mile 1 - 14:21

Mile 2 - 16:27

Mile 3 - 15:53

Mile 4 - 16:50

Cool down - 18:41/mi pace; .23 mi in 4:29

Total time 1:07:59

Total distance 4.24 mi

Average pace 16:02/mi

Max pace 9:17/mi

So I'm still not sure - what's my goal? To do 4 miles a day with no concern of pace? Or improve on time?

Either way. Learned I need a route 2 miles away then back. I can't loop as it's too tempting to quit.

8 miles and Running

We walked from my parents house to the corner of Northwest Highway and Hillcrest. I never would have ever thought that possible. But we did it. And in just a little over 2 hours, we were able to get in a ton of talking and got great time. I did have my blood sugar wanting to hit the ground 3 times, so that somewhat slowed us down, but I don't know if our legs could have handled more anyways.

For the most part, I calculated we approximately went 8 miles in 2 hours and about 8 minutes I think. That would be an average of a 16 minute mile I think. We did try some jogging, and given the 16 mile average, I'm not entirely sure it improved our time. Hmmm...gonna have to figure that one out.

Then we followed it up with a trip to the zoo. Which was probably a good way to make sure our legs don't freeze up.

I think we are ready for the Turkey Trot, so we'll see. Just hope it isn't miserable cold.

Oh, well...we'll see.

Gary Burns 5K - Got a PR by 4 minutes, 4 seconds

Saturday, October 31st competed in the Gary Burns 5K finishing at 44:39.00 for a new PR (Personal Record). Previous PR for a 5k was 48:43.1 in August at the H&H 5K. So, I beat it by 4 minutes and 4 seconds. That is actually a big difference and over a minute a mile improvement. I did also run a big part. This race had some good and bad things about it. There were a TON of non-runners/walkers, which has it's pros and cons.

"Pros" were that I was way ahead of a lot of them, it was rather crowded so it wasn't a lonely race at all, and I was definitely closer to the front (or rather farther from the back) of the groups of participants.

"Cons" were that they were ALL OVER THE ROAD. They didn't know to stay in a straight line as much as possible. I would probably estimate that over 75% were actually high school students, so therefore, they were hugging arms, walking hand in hand, and cheating at every turn they could get away with cutting. So, I definitely had to be aware of my surroundings more. There also were no water stops worth stopping at, and there were no mile markers, which made pacing tough. The good thing is though, I think I thought I was farther behind in my pace so that sped me up.

But given all the pros and cons, I definitely enjoyed being on the path as an experienced walker more than being at the almost dead last like in the Tour De Fleurs. The weather was beautiful, about 48 degrees at the start of the day warming to around 52, I think by the end of the race.

At about mile 3, I ditched my fanny pack with my mom and Izzy and ran three different parts of the last part of the course. Izzy ran the last .1 mile with me and definitely helped me charge in at the end. I kept minimizing the improvement, but really 4 minutes is a big cut off of a 5K, so I'll take it. But my next step is definitely wanting to bring more jogging in each mile. Now to coordinate my phanny pack to jog.

Afterwards, Izzy and I (and Briaunna) headed to cheer with the Heels and Hills team at the DRC Half. That was a blast.

June 28 - H&H 5K - 48:43.1 - pace: 15:43/m
October 31 - Frisco ISD Gary Burns 5K - 44:39:00 - pace: 14:22/m