Final Week: Half Marathon
Heyo! So sorry, its been literally forever since last time :'''( But here I am! And I am determined, resolved, to be actively posting:) I started this blog a couple years ago, and the sole focus was dogs; however then I added the topics of "hair" as well as "health". But now I am 100% focused on fitness, nutrition, basically anything that applies to your overall health and well-being(just a heads up, its a possibility that I may post about organization or productivity as well, I am huge on those!). I am hoping that sometime in the future, I can post my workouts for you to follow, as well as detailed **healthy, nutritious, yummy** meals, etc, etc. But, unfortunately, I'm not quite there yet:/ Now onto the main focus of this post:
Half marathon-ing!! Yes, it's true, I have been training for a half marathon, which is on August 20th!! Exactly one week from today, yikes!! I'm very excited, and while I have never completed that distance before, I am confident I can finish :) Today was my very last long run (11.2 miles) before the big race! I was able to keep my average pace in the 9-minute mile range!! yippee! ;) I have been training with my dad, and today we ran the majority of the race course, just to know what we will be running(we did a 10k in Eugene, the Butte to Butte, and had NO idea what the course was like!). One of my good friends, we have been fitness buddies this summer(I will make a post on that soon, as well as a post about my training for this race), is also running it with me!
So, as you now know, I am in the final week of half marathon training(13th-20th)!! I ran my final long run today, with my race being in 7 days. I will be following the "no depletion carb loading method", which I read about in my über handy dandy Runner's World Complete Guide to Nutrition. I'm telling you, this is amazinggggg, I will make a post about this book soon!! In the meantime, you can buy it on Amazon.com , its the green book;) But basically, this carb loading method includes one long workout one week before the race; eat a regular diet for three days before the race; eat a high-carb diet, around 70% of your daily calories should come from carbs, for the last three days before the race; train lightly the week before(after your last long workout).
I will post about what I eat the final three days(17th,18th,19th) so you guys can see what 70% carbs looks like! I aim to eat around 1300-1500 calories per day, so between 910 and 1050 of my calories should be from carbs. Everyday, I keep a food journal that includes the following: time I ate, what I ate, serving size, how many calories, and how many grams of carbohydrates/fats/proteins I ate. According to the Runner's World Complete Guide to Nutrition, I need to "consume 5-6f of carbohydrates per pound of body weight." I actually don't know the exact amount I weigh, but its around 130 currently; that means I need at least 650 grams of carbohydrates each day for the last three days. Like I said, I will post what I eat, and sometime I will post about how I count my carbs/fats/proteins. So until next time!!
~Hannah:)
Half marathon-ing!! Yes, it's true, I have been training for a half marathon, which is on August 20th!! Exactly one week from today, yikes!! I'm very excited, and while I have never completed that distance before, I am confident I can finish :) Today was my very last long run (11.2 miles) before the big race! I was able to keep my average pace in the 9-minute mile range!! yippee! ;) I have been training with my dad, and today we ran the majority of the race course, just to know what we will be running(we did a 10k in Eugene, the Butte to Butte, and had NO idea what the course was like!). One of my good friends, we have been fitness buddies this summer(I will make a post on that soon, as well as a post about my training for this race), is also running it with me!
So, as you now know, I am in the final week of half marathon training(13th-20th)!! I ran my final long run today, with my race being in 7 days. I will be following the "no depletion carb loading method", which I read about in my über handy dandy Runner's World Complete Guide to Nutrition. I'm telling you, this is amazinggggg, I will make a post about this book soon!! In the meantime, you can buy it on Amazon.com , its the green book;) But basically, this carb loading method includes one long workout one week before the race; eat a regular diet for three days before the race; eat a high-carb diet, around 70% of your daily calories should come from carbs, for the last three days before the race; train lightly the week before(after your last long workout).
I will post about what I eat the final three days(17th,18th,19th) so you guys can see what 70% carbs looks like! I aim to eat around 1300-1500 calories per day, so between 910 and 1050 of my calories should be from carbs. Everyday, I keep a food journal that includes the following: time I ate, what I ate, serving size, how many calories, and how many grams of carbohydrates/fats/proteins I ate. According to the Runner's World Complete Guide to Nutrition, I need to "consume 5-6f of carbohydrates per pound of body weight." I actually don't know the exact amount I weigh, but its around 130 currently; that means I need at least 650 grams of carbohydrates each day for the last three days. Like I said, I will post what I eat, and sometime I will post about how I count my carbs/fats/proteins. So until next time!!
~Hannah:)
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