Training for realz. I did the pre-training. Meaning I tried to get myself back in the swing of things but now I’m in it for real.
I added another upcoming race – a 5 miler up in Milford on the 24th of this month so I’m pretty excited about that.
So day 1, since I have little outdoor, cold weather running gear, was indoors.
Oh how I LOATHE running on the treadmill. I like to think I can go faster than I really can. Nothing against the ‘mill but, well, no. Everything against the treadmill. I hate the treadmill.
However, it will be useful for my speed workouts until I get my garmin. Which, I’ve asked for valentine’s day. Woo! Since it’s my first garmin, I’ve decided to go with the Forerunner 205, mostly because cost wise it seems better and the added features on the 305 or 400 series seem…unnecessary to me. I don’t really track my heart rate, though I know I should, when I decide to start keeping track, I’ll look into getting a mini HR monitor or something similar. Do you have a garmin? Any advice?
Overall, a good day to get back into it. Except my little siggy bottle likely won’t do for my workouts. Need better option. Splashed all over myself while trying to drink and run.
Coming up this week, a review from the good people at POM. Mmm fruit juice!
3.4 miles @ 10:30/mi pace
35 minutes
Meals:
breakfast: cheerios w/ skim milk
lunch: ….i kind of forgot to eat lunch at a reasonable hour.
had lunch/dinner around 4:30 or so: steamed vegetables, and leftover general tsao’s tofu Mmmmmm.
Post run: banana, chocolate/vanilla ice cream smoothie.
Decided also, that I need to get some protein powder to make smoothies with post-run. Any suggestions about post-run smoothies?
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I really like smoothies with just a combination of whatever fruit I have around or that sounds good with some low-fat yogurt for some protein and enough water to allow it to blend. Tastes absolutely delicious and cuts out a lot of the fat that the ice cream would put into the smoothie.