3 days to go!

3 days to go!

First, let me post this video of Amy Hastings (go Brooks!) doing a hard marathon workout with Kim Smith.  It looks tough – but something I’d like to try.  It’s not too different than my typical tempo work; just different interval length and recovery (I’d do 4×2 miles, for instance).  It is interesting that they…

Yummm

My lunch was pretty awesome today. Grilled chicken breast w/ a little cheese on top (microwaved a little too long so it was a little rubbery), wrapped up in a big piece of lettuce, 2 hard boiled egg whites, beef jerkey, and some sugar free jello for dessert. Not very satisfying or filling (although I’m…

1 down, 2 to go…

I know after TCM there was some back and forth on this blog about the latest research behind carbo-loading. I decided to stick with what had worked for me with TCM: 3 days no carb (to completely deplete your body of carb stores), and then 3 days all-carb (your body over-compensates by packing in the…

SIERRA MIST!!

Today I had my last tempo run. 2 miles warm up, then 3x 1200 at tempo pace, 2 miles CD. And wow — I felt like I wasn’t running inside my own body. My head is mildly fuzzy, and my legs feel like they’ve run a 1/2 marathon. And my lungs are working hard! Not…