2018 Update, Workout Split, and Marathon Training?!?!!?

Happy New Year everyone!! I know it has been so so long since I last posted- but I am changing all of that!! I have been sporadically posting since 2012, but now I am making a commitment to be active on this blog:))) I am seriously thinking about expanding this to other social media, and really growing this blog/idea/brand/whatever you want to call it. I will keep you guys updated on that as things start coming together;) 

I have a lot of goals for this year, and being on this blog is one of them!! I am so excited to see what happens!

Anyways, about that crazy, even scary, word in the title of this post.

Marathon.

Some shudder, some are amazed, some are excited, and some people go into hiding when they hear this word.

And yes it's true, I am training for a marathon. How cool is that?!?!

Some of you know I ran a half marathon in August of 2016. I was planning to run a full marathon, and exhilarating 26.2 miles, in 2017, but I wanted to focus on building muscle after an awesome track season, so I decided to push it back a little bit.

But now the time is here. I am officially training for a full 26.2 miles, and this time I plan to do it (granted something could happen, I don't know the future, but what I mean is that I am not going to give up on this). I share a general outline of my training schedule, but be warned this is something I made up on my own, after reading and doing some research. I am not even half way into it so I am not going to recommend anyone follows my plan exactly- heck even I haven't followed it exactly! Yes I am human too and haven't ran every time I was scheduled too :/ I have convinced my dad to run this with me (he ran the 13.1 with me too) and its definitely harder to skimp on workouts when you have someone to keep you accountable!! Here is the general idea of what my week looks like for workouts:

Monday: Glutes and Hamstrings
Tuesday: Run and Upper Body (focus on Back, Bicep, and Shoulders)
Wednesday: Glutes and Quads
Thursday: Run and Upper Body (focus on Chest and Triceps)
Friday: Glutes and Shoulders (and any other body part I want to throw in, this is my "fun" day, however I enjoy all of my workouts, this just acts as a little bonus for the muscles I really want to develop).
Saturday: Long Run
Sunday: REST

Okay now I will explain my workout split I just showed you. I run three days a week, yes only three. I have one long run and two shorter to medium runs (long runs increase for 4 weeks, then the 5th week is half of the 4th week to avoid injury and overtraining, and then mileage increases for 4 more weeks, and so on).

I have been consistently been doing resistance training/ weight lifting since June of last year. I have done strength style workouts before that, however last summer was when I really got serious and started lifting heavier weight (and even tried to "bulk", which was basically a disaster). I cut out almost all running and cardio for three months, and just started running again in December. I also take PE (I am a Junior in Highschool) so there was cardio involved in that, however that was something out of my control. Anyways, I lift weights 5 times a week. I train legs and glutes 3 times because I really want to grow my lower body. I have 2 upper body days, with a different focus each time. The reason I am calling them full upper body days is because I want to hit each muscle group twice a week, but really concentrating on only 2 or 3.

And Sundays, glorious Sundays, are a very vital and much needed rest day. This is the day I rest from everything- chores, homework, workouts, etc. This is my day to rest and prepare myself mentally and physically for the next week.

Anyways, that's all for now:) I plan to talk more about my workout split, diet, body statistics, marathon training, and even my failure at bulking, in the future!!

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more information!!

Love, Hannah