12-11-13 Recovery Week and Finals at School

It's nice that the recovery week I have is right now, because I have three big projects and two finals due between today and Monday. So it's been a stressful week and I look forward to running next tuesday to relieve some of this stress. During the next six weeks or so I will be running three times a week, Tuesday, Thursday, and long run Saturday. My distances will be 4 miles on Tuesday and Thursday. Saturdays will be either 6 or 8 miles I have yet to decide.

After six weeks I will be starting my training for the Salt Lake City Half Marathon, I will have a goal time (again not sure about what it will be). During my marathon I beat my half marathon time by 6 minutes (so 3:01:XX). I know I will be shooting for a sub 3 hour time, but how far under I'm not sure. About running another marathon, it will have to wait until summer of 2015, right before graduation. But I do have Ragnar planned for this June which I am exited for. I have some friends who I plan on running it with and some more who would be interested in doing. Having a cheering section would be great at a race. It feels so nice to have friends with you as you run. So after I run the SLC Half, I start training for Ragnar.

Well, class is starting.

Have a Great Day,
Riley

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No Run Today

Today was impacted by a late night last night and no baby sitter this morning. So I didn't make it out to run. I will be doing a 4 run week next week to make up for it. So run Monday, Tuesday, Strength training Wednesday, run Thursday, and run Saturday. Thanks for reading. -Riley

12-2-13 Mental Health Run

Today was one of those runs that I needed to de-junk my brain. The junk builds up almost always when I have a critique at school that doesn't go in the slightest bit favorable. I am frustrated with my art right now. And having a marathon this Saturday doesn't bode well for time. Next week I have 3 big assignments due... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Well onto my run recap. It was really short. I counted my cadence, which is around 160 at my long distance running speed. Apparently the ideal is 180. The ideal meaning that the body runs at that speed the best (or something like that). I figured it out by counting the strikes of my right foot over a minute. When I pushed myself to 180 I was going at the pace I did for my run last Thursday. It took the run today to get my head in order. I will be able to keep things in order upstairs a little better. Well thanks for reading, -Riley

More in the Tank

Today I did not want to get out and put in my time. I intended on doing my 20% workout today but ended up just doing my regularly scheduled workout. I did 5 sets of 3 minutes of running and 2 minutes of walking. I could keep my heart rate down more which was excellent, and I still finished with the same distance as the past couple of runs. As I finished my time, I realized I had it in me to go further. But I knew my 30 minutes was up and it was time to stop and go and use the restroom. I pondered having some energy left in the tank for a bit and decided it's better to have that than be completely spent on my day off where I need to get some homework done. I did experience what I used to when I ran years ago, the first mile sucked. I got to the 3/4 mile point and almost went home. My ankles hurt, my legs hurt, and I was tired. But I decided to keep going, and I'm glad I did. Today's run feels good now. It was shortly after the 3/4 mile mark that things started to feel bette

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