Saturday, July 12, 2008

Rewards?

Hold the phone...didn't know I was going to have to give stuff up for this! Lindsey, you can resist jelly beans? Does it make me less of a runner to crave chocolate at each mile marker? Just kidding!

I'm totally on board with this...it makes it all the sweeter when you get your prize at the end. Rebecca showed me an article about 2 moms who ran in a marathon and one of the moms chose to give herself $1/mile in training. She ended up with something like $800 I think. She also promised herself NOT to buy anything for her kiddos. (something VERY hard for me to do). After all her shopping, though, she had some extra cash and decided to get them a little something. Pretty cool reward I think...

I have been so excited about my runs this week. I ran 30 mins. on M, T, Th, F and then a 3 miler this morning. The treadmill says that I am running a 9:40/mile. I know that I'm slower when I run outside though...except when I ran beside a snake this morning on Oso Parkway! I may have run more like a 7 minute mile for about 1/2 a mile! ;)

Every day, but today, has been pretty smooth sailing...I'd hate to say "easy" but I think that I will be challenged more when I get into the longer runs. Today, though, I learned that having a marg the night before a run is a bad idea! Maybe THAT could be may reward! A margarita at the finish line! ;)

LJ, count me in on the shirts! I think that's a great idea. Rebecca, any luck with the nickname?

I'm going to add another run in on Wednesday, even though my training schedule says to rest. You think that's OK? Also...if I know that I can't make a run b/c of traveling, should I count that as a rest day and make it up on one of my real rest days?

My plan this week is to hit 30 mins on M, T, Th, F. 40 mins on Wed. and a 4 miler on Sat. Sunday - rest

Looking forward to hearing about your runs!
A-train
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training team said...

Adding a fourth day is fine. And moving your days around to fit your schedule is also okay, as long as you're not obsessing over making that day up. Just make sure you get at least one full day of rest a week...and probably two full days of rest from running a week. Good rule of thumb, don't increase your weekly milage by more than 10% a week either, to lessen the chance of injury...LJ

July 14, 2008 at 9:05 AM
training team said...

I do put a couple of the brachs candies in my little pocket on the inside of my shorts during my 18 or above runs for a little boost...and I have done the powerade jelly beans for training runs(not the same as the jelly bellies).Don't think that I'm so self disciplined, I keep telling myself to give up the chips and salsa, but its not working. I paid for it on my 15 miler this morning.

July 14, 2008 at 5:01 PM

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