FINALLY!!!! I officially have 3 months left until my VERY first MARATHON! I am registered to run in the Portland Marathon here in Oregon on 10-10-10:) I will be posting video and blog updates along the way to let you know what I’m doing for workouts and nutrition.

We’ll go ahead and cut right to it! This is the first 4 weeks of my new training schedule I put together. I wanted to put together a schedule with LOTS of variety. This basically breaks down to 5 days of running, 2-3 of those being sprints at the track, 4 days abs, and 3 days of weights. At the end of each month I’ll make the next 4 weeks training schedule and update:)

Week 1
Mon- 2 Miles, Chest/Back, Ab Ripper X
Tues- 4 Miles, Pushups/Pullups
Wed- Shoulders/Arms, Ab Ripper X
Thu- 4 Miles, Pushups/Pullups
Fri- 2 Miles, Insanity Upper Body Weights, Cardio Abs
Sat- 5 Miles, Pushups/Pullups, Ab Ripper X
Sun- Rest

Week 2
Mon- 2 Miles, Chest/Back, Ab Ripper X
Tues- 6 Miles, Pushups/Pullups
Wed- One on One-Just Arms, Ab Ripper X
Thu- 6 Miles, Pushups/Pullups
Fri- 2 Miles, Insanity Upper Body Weights, Insane Abs
Sat- 5 Miles, Pushups/Pullups, Ab Ripper X
Sun- Rest

Week 3
Mon- 2 Miles, Chest/Back, Ab Ripper X
Tues- 8 Miles, Pushups/Pullups
Wed- Shoulders/Arms, Ab Ripper X
Thu- 5 Miles, Pushups/Pullups
Fri- 2 Miles, Insanity Upper Body Weights, Cardio Abs
Sat- 5 Miles, Pushups/Pullups, Ab Ripper X
Sun- Rest

Week 4
Mon- 2 Miles, Chest/Back, Ab Ripper X
Tues- 10 Miles, Pushups/Pullups
Wed- One on One-Just Arms, Ab Ripper X
Thu- 4 Miles, Pushups/Pullups
Fri- 2 Miles, Insanity Upper Body Weights, Insane Abs
Sat- 5 Miles, Pushups/Pullups, Ab Ripper X
Sun- Rest

I am currently on Week 1 Day 3. I’ll be hitting Shoulders/Arms with Ab Ripper X as soon as I’m done with this post:)

Stay tuned for what I’m doing for Nutrition!!

I know I know!!! I’ve been slacking on the blog! Definitely going to do my best to post DAILY updates on here:)

Well last you heard was the pains I was having on day 12. Those first 3 weeks was definitely trial and error for me. The aches and pains are virtually gone now thank god! I have found my stride, my pace, and everything that works for me.

I did have my very first 15k race(9.3 Miles) on February 7th. It was probably the hardest thing I have ever done! I havent done much hill training and of course when I showed up to this race, the ENTIRE thing was hills! Suddenly my hour and a half goal turned into a 2 hour goal. I kept a slower pace and just kept telling myself to put one foot infront of the other.

Luckily after 3 miles of brutal hills, there was a 2-3 mile stretch of flat road. This is when I kicked it up a notch and held a 9 minute pace. I felt amazing at this point…Then the hills kicked back in….

The last 3 miles was definitely the hardest run of my life. I was physically drained and exhausted. And of course my GU pack fell out of my pocket around mile 2 but I didnt want to stop to get it haha. The last mile I could see my girlfriend and family at the finish and thats when I kicked up the pace again and went at a full sprint. I would guess around a 7 min pace. I managed to finished the race in 1 hour 43 minutes which I was more than happy with:)

I took the next day off of course. I wasn’t too sore which surprised me. Then after that rest day I went on an 8 miler with a friend of mine. I made a video on this you can view here

So here I am day 40. Today I am doing my normal warm up with pushups and pullups. I’m having some issues with my right achilles tendon. Not so much pain, just extremely tight so I’ll get that loosened up today. Thank you for all the support and motivation you give me! I’ll catch ya tomorrow!

Sure enough. My hamstrings are sore as can be today! I decided to play it smart and take a rest day. Going to be doing lots of stretching throughout the day to get ready for the 4 miler tomorrow. Hopefully the weather won’t be too bad that way I can go for a quicker time!

My diet is 110% on target. The only bad thing I’ve eaten in 4 weeks is the chinese food I had last night. Although I did keep it as healthy as I could with a shrimp/chicken/veggie mix in a white wine sauce. Was delicious! My energy is amazing. I don’t have to be to work till 11:30 today so I set my alarm for 9 thinking I could sleep in. Nope. I woke up at 7am wide away! Haha, which I’m not complaining about. It feels fantastic to not need energy drinks or coffee to have the energy that I have naturally now!

Wow. So today was a 4 mile run. First time that I have run without having a rest day first. I did Insanity-Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs yesterday. Hamstrings are SOOORRRRE today. I thought my quads weren’t too bad till I hit the end of mile 1. The whole run was very difficult today because my quads were very achy from yesterdays workout ONTOP of the weather which was very cold, raining, and wind. First time running in the wind and it was definitely against me today!

I still managed to keep an 11 min pace which is a bit slower than my average but I did the best I could for what I had to work with! Tomorrow is another day of insanity but I have the feeling that I will be VERRRRY sore haha. Probably going to do upper body weight lifting so we will see! Thanks for reading and I’ll catch ya tomorrow!

Hey all! So the new year is finally here! As some of you may know, I am now a runner! A little history on my running….In highschool I would do a slow jog for 1-2 miles a few times a week. That was it. I stopped running once I graduated highschool because that is when life got in the way and I was lazy! So now that I have done p90x and insanity, my body can do WAY more than its ever been able to do!

A co-worker of mine, Ava, knew I was into fitness and always looking for a good challenge so she invited me to run a half marathon with her. Then I found out that is 13.1 miles!!! This was the perfect chance for me to have a solid goal so of course I accepted the challenge:)

I started running 3-4 weeks ago. Day 1 I decided to do a running “Fit test”, so I just went out and ran as far as I could. I walked a lot, way more than expected, but I managed to do 8 miles total. Now I knew what I had to train for. So from there I would run 2-3 times a week just to get in the groove of things.

Now that I know my limits, I know my pace, and I know what I want to achieve, I have put together a training schedule for myself. I got the nike plus sensor which tracks distance, time, and pace. The nike plus website has a coaching program so I am following that.

So here is my schedule. I run 3-4 times per week. Typically 2 shorter runs at 3-4 miles, and 1 longer run at 6-8 miles. Each week that long run will increase by 1 mile. To get my endurance and speedwork in, I am doing an insanity workout 2x per week. With all of that, every other day I am doing a pushups/pullups program!

Now the purpose of me posting all of this is because since I am bran new to running, I want to document it so I can look back a year from now and see how far I’ve come:) I also want to post updates every single day for those who are new to running so they can follow my progress!

This concludes it for today! Everyone take care and thank you all for your support and motivation!