1 year to life: Training update, a fashion tip, and new shoes!

Hello and happy Tuesday!

How is everyone? I'm happy 'cause it's Valentine's week and I have a hot date on Friday that I'm looking forward to :)

But instead of hot dates, let's talk about some training! I'm a few weeks into my "official" race training and I feel like things are finally starting to come together, and slowly but surely I'm making improvements. With about 15 weeks until my goal race, I'm starting to feel like I do have a good chance of hitting my goals. At the beginning of the year, I wasn't so sure. But with that, let me recap a few training things.

January was really all about getting things back on track, and getting my consistancy back. I know it's no surprise that I struggled with motivation earlier this year, and so that first month we just worked on keeping my workouts consistant. It helped SO much, and I feel like I'm back on the wagon! After some talking with Nichole about how to move forward in Feb., it was decided that I ~~should~~ NEED to start doing some speedwork, so welcome to the world of painful 200's, 400's, and 1000m repeats, oh how quickly I forgot how much those hurt. But, no pain no gain, and I've started to see improvements, and compared to this time last year, I'm about 10-15 seconds ahead of where I was, so that again gives me the confidence that come June 1st, I'll be ready to rock and roll. I'm also starting to see my tempo paces come down. I'm still only going my heart rate for those, as to not get discouraged by a "slower" pace, but I'm finding I need to speed up more and more to keep my HR in the right zone.

So with all that, here's what I'm got this week, with a total mileage of 48

Mon - 1.5 WU&CD. 10x400m (1:29-1:31) w/equal rest. 8 miles total

Strength

Tues. - REST

Wed. - 5 miles easy

Thurs. - 2 WU&CD. 4x200, 2x400, 1x800, 2x400, 4x200 w/equal rest. 9 miles total

Strength

Fri. - 5 miles easy

Sat. - 15 miles eay (YIKES!)

Sun. - 6 miles easy

My long run on Saturday will be my longest yet. I might request some company for this, so if anyone wantes to join me for some it would be much appreciated. I dont care if its only for a mile, it will help :)

I keep joking with Nichole that I think she's secretly training me for a marathon :)

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Oh, and if you ever find yourself without gym socks, no worries, just hike up your "business" socks and get to work! Trust me on this one, people will be real jealous of how cool you are....