In case you missed it, I'm running the Chicago Marathon with Erika in October!
I've been looking forward to the technical work for a while since the first month was all easy runs.
Don't get me wrong, base building is very important. But I built up prior to starting the plan, and then had to slow my pace to train.
So to recap, you should never skip base building:
Just-also-very-boring.
ANYway, the day finally came for speed work! My first run was 8x400s. I started out pretty well...maybe a touch fast. Unsurprisingly, I started to slow down. I would run my 400 and then try to keep jogging through my recoveries. But halfway through, my jogs shifted to:
Walk.
Sip.
Jog.
I've started to focus on my race nutrition in the past couple of years, so I practice that during most of my runs too.
Last week I had my first long run, and I decided to wear my official Team Coeur shorts to see how they will do on race day. I'm used to little pockets in the front for stashing my food, but these have generous pockets on the back, cheek side. So I stuffed them with my food and didn't think about them until it was time to eat.
I think it may have looked a bit strange.
Definitely strange.
(My husband suggested those pockets may be meant for stashing keys and other non-edibles.)
I asked my team members for ideas and they recommended stuffing my food in the sports bra's generous pocket.
Err, on second thought, I'll probably just stick with my FlipBelt for now.
At least I have 10 more weeks to sort it all out.
Questions:
1. What is your favourite way to carry your nutrition and hydration during training?
2. What is the strangest thing you've ever seen a runner do?
UPCOMING POSTS: FOOD STUFF, THINGS I SEE ON MY RUNS
