half marathon training | Fit Doxie Mom

Since last week I was a little off in terms of completing my scheduled workouts, I figure I better start this week off with a more realistic plan of attack…working out six days a week is probably no longer an attainable goal. BUT, that doesn’t mean I can’t still get in some intense workouts and healthy eating, right?

Anywho, seeing as how one of my friends just got engaged over the weekend (congratulations Karleen! 🙂 ), it’s time to get down to business and get “wedding ready”! So here’s to week two of half marathon training and some great circuit workouts! 🙂

Here’s what I have planned for this week:

Monday:

3 mile repeats at 10k pace

Remember last week when my plan was 4 mile repeats and I only completed two? Well, this week’s plan is to sloooow down and aim for three quality miles, each under 8 minutes.

Tuesday:

Row mini-circuit (warm up) and 20x5x2

Wednesday:

6 mile run

Thursday:

Off 🙂

Friday:

1500m swim or rest day

Saturday:

8 mile run

Sunday:

Off…or a makeup day if I miss one of this week’s workouts.

He may not look like it, but LeRoy’s excited about this week! 🙂

Hello!

Today’s workout was far from what I had originally planned! Here’s what I planned…

And here’s what happened…

I ran at a track and my aim was to run each mile in eight minutes. I broke it down to 100m increments-each 100m needed to be around thirty seconds in order for me to reach my eight minute mile goal. However, I noticed after my first lap I was ahead of pace, and rather than slow down to match my goal pace, I sped up! I think I had a little bit of a competition with myself going on. Here was my first mile:

A little faster than eight minutes, right? Also, apparently four laps around the track in lane one isn’t a full mile…? My second mile was the same story as the first…only a little slower.

Again, faster than my goal pace. When I went to run my third mile, to say I sputtered out would definitely be an understatement! I ended up jogging two laps and calling it a day. So, rather than beat myself for not completing the workout, I decided to celebrate the fact that my first two miles were faster than my goal pace! 🙂

Anyways, I’m always looking for new ideas for lunches I can bring to work. After so many sandwiches and salads, I need to switch it up. Here’s a little creation I made for this week’s lunches.

Brown rice, black bean, and vegetable mix

Ingredients:

1 cup brown rice
1 can of black beans (drain and rinsed)
1 can of diced tomatoes-low sodium (drained)
Vegetables of choice (I use zucchini and broccoli)
Green onions
Black pepper
Olive oil

I like to boil the vegetables in water for about five minutes before baking them in the oven. Once brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with pepper, I bake the vegetables for about 10-15 minutes (depending on the type of vegetable) in the oven at 350 degrees.