Ohhh soft foods.
Besides the fact that I still can’t chew solid food I’m feeling pretty good after getting my wisdom teeth out yesterday. Here’s what I’ve been munching on… and by munching on I mean awkwardly slurping down.
— hard boil eggs
— baked potato mashed up
— soup
— baby food– don’t hate on the butternut squash ’til ya try it.
— green smoothie
— oatmeal
— apple sauce
— protein smoothies
— green juice
— tuna fish with mayo
— vegan ice cream!
… so really it’s not too different from my usual eats 🙂
Since I’m not allowed to workout for fear of popping my stiches I’ve been sitting on the couch thinking about my upcoming half marathon. Yeah, that’s happening!
I’ve kind of been in denial that I’m running a half marathon in April and keep pretending it’s not happening. I mean come on, the weather has been cold, as New York winters tend to be. One of the things I was most excited for about this race was being a part of Team in Training. I loved the idea that not only would I be raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma society, an organization super important to me since I have family members with lymphoma and leukemia, but I was also excited to be part of a running community and supportive team complete with weekly group runs and motivational emails.
The group training runs started in the beginning of December and I have gone to a grand total of two of them. The truth is, running still isn’t my main thing so I was worried “training” for 20+ weeks in the winter would be overkill and by the time it was April I’d be like NO MORE RUNNING, PLEASE. Come February 3rd it’s time to stop being a weenie and layer up for 12 weeks of half marathon training.
Team in Training already mapped out a suggested training plan for us so I’m going to loosely follow that, especially for the long runs. The two times I went to group training runs it felt bizarre to be talking to my fellow runners instead of mouthing the words to Katy Perry tunes like I usually do on a run. I think having the option of group training runs on Saturday will keep me accountable as the mileage gets larger and larger. Since I would never travel up to Central Park on my own it’s also cool that the group training runs are in the park as a nice change of scenery from my usual West Side Highway route.
My approach this time around is going to be pretty similar to over the summer:
– 3 training runs a week:
—-> two short (3-5 miles)
—-> one long
– 2-3 days of strength training (mainly Uplift, Exceed, The Fhitting Room, Body Space Fitness or on my own)
– 1 day of cycling or other cardio (like cardio dance classes:))
– 1 day of yoga- vinyasa or hot. (something I didn’t do this summer as much as I would have liked to have)
Saying this feels a wee bit ambitious since I know once school starts things are going to get cray cray and sadly chemistry and biology will go back to being my focus in life. Sigh.
And I’ll leave you with this, a picture from my parents house this afternoon:
Fingers crossed the roads won’t be too bad tomorrow and I can make it to the gym for a super low key workout (I’m thinking walking on the treadmill and some light weights?) and I’ll head back to the city at night!
What’s your typical race training plan?
I’m still pretty new to this whole distance running thing and always curious about how other train for races!
Hope all of you in the northeast stay warm and safe
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