2024 KM in 2024:
Looks like I'm about 60% into my 2024 km in 2024 goal; however, it does not look like I'm going to make it this year...again. ;) Ugh, I even had 366 days, instead of 365 to get er done. Oh well.
While I more than likely will not cross the 2024 km mark by December 31, 2024, we'll see how close I can get.
2024 KM in 2024:
Week of Aug. 25
So, I pretty much scraped by this week for my Richmond Marathon training plans. To be honest, the only highlight was completing my 13 mile long run. I guess that I'm officially half half way through a marathon...in terms on long runs. You know, it's kind of weird that I look forward to my long runs rather than my speed runs. I guess that the long run as a distance that can complete without much effort since these runs are supposed to be long and slow. However, I would have to put in actual work for the speed workouts.
Since I've made it to the halfway mark for a marathon, I treated myself to a delicious Slurpee.
Week of Sept. 1
Ok, things went a bit more smoothly because I nailed (well completed) my three weekday runs (e.g., easy and speed runs) and managed to hit the gym for most of my strength training. I'll say that I really enjoyed my long run this weekend, which was 15 mile tour around my city.
While I'm proud of myself for completing 15 miles, I'm even more proud of myself for starting my run around 4:30 am on Saturday morning. For me, it's somewhat liberating to complete a good chunk of my run completed before sunrise. The only problem with this plan: In order to start the run by 4:30 am, I "had to" wake up around 2:30 am. Normally, I have to take 2-3 poops before heading out for my long runs. Technically, I guess that I don't have to take so many poops before leaving, but want to make sure my system is clear.
However, for this run, that plan didn't really work because I had to drop by a 24/7 Planet Fitness to take a dump. Funny thing, I once I arrived to the gym, I didn't have to do my business, but better safe than sorry.
Once again, I treated myself to a Slurpee. ;)
General health:
As some may know, I'm on a yet another trek to quite smoking. A playlists for one of my long runs was this audiobook.
You know, I think this is the first time that I've listed to an audiobook while running, and I have to say that enjoyed it. Maybe I enjoyed it because I was really trying to get something out of this book, which forced me to listen while running. That said, I think the book is working (more or less). I have been without a cigarette for four weeks and without nicotine (via nicoderm patches) for two weeks. Ok, this time period may not be a great feat, but I had a very intense routine that I followed while smoking. For instance, I "needed" to have a smoke after waking up (and another one after my morning poop), and this routine was kind of life of death for me. I will be honest and say that I do miss that 1st smoke of the day (oh and 1st smoke immediately after leaving the office), but the craving (or monster) is getting weaker and weaker. To be honest, I do not know what it is about the book that is working for me. I guess the author just explains things in simple terms with a side a depreciation. LOL at a couple of lines from the book: "Face it. You are nothing more than a slave to nicotine. Nothing more than a miserable, pathetic drug addict."
Training Plan:
So I can save myself from disappointment, I think that I'm gonna change my target time from a 4.5-hour marathon to a 5-hour marathon.
Goals for the week:
-Find and make an appoint with a dietician.
-Try to do intermittent fasting 3 days this week.
-With the exception of a work lunch, no fast food during the week.
-Add some races to my fall calendar. During my long run, I was annoyed that I saw this ad for a half marathon, which was to take place the day after my long run. Had I known about this half, I could have incorporated the half into my long run.
