*Blows off the dust*
Oh hiiii there. What a month. First off, thanks for all of the birthday wishes that I just did not reply to. Oops. Now, I wanted to do a little recap of my life and then maybe start to try to update this thing again, although I have been doing pretty well without needing it as accountability.
March Totals
Miles - 84.34
Time Spent - 14:46:03
Avg. Pace - 10:36
YTD - 187.65
I am definitely behind on my miles for the year to hit my goal of 1200 miles, but I keep telling myself I will make up for it with Marathon training this summer. Wait, what? Yeah. WDW Marathon was fun and I didn't hate the distance, so I decided that I am going to do a non-Disney Marathon and see how that is. But more on that later.
Life Updates:
For March (and "for Lent" although I am not religious and will make up my own Lent rules) I decided to give up booze and added sugar. One of these was a lot harder than the other and it probably isn't the one you think. Of the two, I miss sweets SO MUCH. Like I am dreaming of the treats I am going to eat when I go to NOLA this month (more on that later too). Booze was easy. I don't even really miss it. But I have so much good wine at home I can't wait to crack and appreciate now. I am going to hold out a few more days and then start drinking again this weekend as we planned a beer share with some friends and Sunday is National Beer Day. But after that, I don't think I am going to be drinking as much and definitely keeping it to more of a social event. As for the sugar, I want to keep obsessively checking labels because I think there is a huge sugar problem in America and I am over it. Yesterday I made biscuits and gravy from scratch and for breakfast instead of buying a package of Grands Biscuits and a packaged mix of gravy because both of them have sugar in them. Why? Because it makes your food more addicting, I guess.
Anyway, in the end, I lost 5.5lbs which is okay. I was hoping for more but oh well.
Race Updates:
I am currently on another
@DopeyBadger plan with the goals of a sub 2 hour HM and sub 1 hour 10k packed into one happy plan. We have had to modify some stuff due to life and travel changes, but I finally signed up for the HM I am training for: The Revel Run Mt. Charleston HM in Vegas on 4/27. This race is all downhill which, you know, is a huge difference than most of my races from last year that were all uphill. I am still on the fence about how I feel getting a PR on a fully downhill race but whatever.... Following that I was planning on doing a 10k in May but it's currently up in the air because of baseball season. I am still going to train for it and maybe even just run a mock 10k to see if I can sub 1 hour it anyway. But after that the focus will turn to Marathon Training! I am planning on doing the Long Beach Marathon on October 13th. After that you will find me at Wine and Dine doing all the races. Then I will most likely be doing the Rock N Roll Vegas Half Marathon. I am gonna try to maybe do the Hot Chocolate 15k in Scottsdale, AZ in December. And then I guess I am going back to WDW Marathon weekend for whatever isn't sold out when I feel like buying my bibs. (Chants: *I will not sign up in April*)
Travel Updates:
I am not a fan of staying in the same place for too long. I am always on the go. My next trip is in two weeks to New Orleans to see
@Keels for her birthday and also see what the big fuss is about this city that she loves so much! Two weeks after that we are going to Vegas to see some friends and catch a Minor League Baseball Game at the new Las Vegas Aviator's Stadium. The next weekend we will be in Philly for a wedding. The weekend after that we are going to my husband's cousin's college graduation in Flagstaff. The next weekend we are probably going to Phoenix to finally catch a Diamondback's game. Then a few weeks after that my husband got me tickets to a Grateful Dead show in California! As much as I want to squeeze some
Disneyland time in, we probably won't and instead will hit up some adult places we have wanted to go for a while. AND THEN I think we are home for a few weeks. WHEW.
Training Updates:
Like I said, I have done really well with my training (at least during March). I have had some new intervals that have been kicking my butt though. You know, in a good way. This week is an easy one but here is what I have on deck:
Monday 4/1 - 4 mi @ EA 11:21
Tuesday 4/2 - 4 mi @ EB 10:36 + Strides
Wednesday 4/3 - 1.5 mi @ WU + (3x200m @ R 7:23 w/200m RI) + (3x300m @ R 7:23 w/300m RI) + (3x200m @ R 7:23 w/200m RI) + 1 mi @ CD
Thursday 4/4 - OFF
Friday 4/5 - 4 mi @ EB 10:36 + Strides
Saturday 4/6 - 5 mi @ LR 10:19
Sunday 4/7 - OFF
Next week is gonna be crazy but I will worry about that mess later.
Anyway, thanks for reading all this I guess. Haha. Time to go catch up on what everyone else is up to...