2 Posts in 1 day?

It's true, I'm a thinker...I think way too much. But after writing my previous post today, I feel great. So, I wanted to write down some more things.

I scrolled back in my training log on dailymile and looked up the 60 mile week I had before my first marathon. (Back in August 2012) I read through each run and took note of the paces. Each run was a little faster than the previous. I busted out my 4th 10 miler in 4 consecutive days, while pushing the DOUBLE stroller each day, at a 9 minute average pace! And I said I was feeling amazing. I remember running those miles...but I don't remember my feelings while running those miles. (I also ran one of my best/fastest 20 milers that Saturday, having taken Friday off. Amazing!!)

This brings me to 2 main points.

One being, I should train with the double stroller again haha as much as I hate that thing, it, one, makes me really strong, and two, I actually keep consistent because I don't have to rely on anyone to watch my kids while I leave for a run. So...I need to step up my game! Here's to being a BAMR!

My second point is, I want to blog daily about my workouts. In full detail so I can remember what I did and how I felt. This will be hard for me. Knowing I am putting everything out there for people to judge, that's what got me in a bad place to begin with. But maybe it'll be a good thing. I need to learn to deal with people who don't approve of what I do.

One last thing I'm realizing, I'm a very intense person. I like to push myself hard. Hard enough to the point of puking. Obviously I'm smart and I do listen to my body, but I'm realizing with looking back on my previous 2.5 years of training...I can definitely push my body past what I think are my limits. I treat my body well. I eat right and I get a ton of sleep (I love sleep) so why would my body fight me? I'm ready to go back to how I used to train. No stress or worry about what people may think or say. Today's the day. I'm going out confident and not holding myself back anymore.

To tell you the truth, I'm ECSTATIC about this. I feel so good and full of fire!!

This week's training so far has been as follows:

Monday: Rest day (rode my first 100 miler on Sunday afternoon!)

Tuesday: 9pm workout 4 mile trainer ride. Did some single leg spinning and then pushed as hard as I could for a mile. According to my Garmin, I averaged 24mph. That's fast for me!

After I did some leg and ab work..I've been really hesitant with adding in weight lifting because of the fear of getting injured. But I need to not fear anymore. I'm smart. I lifted lighter but did lots of reps. Since I haven't lifted in a while, I only dud 3 exercises. Leg lifts, on my pull up bar machine, squats, and bridges (back on the seat and barbell with weights on my hips) I only did 2 rounds. Wanted more but this week is an easy week. (I've had 3 hard weeks, now it's recovery week.) I also did some pull up work. I've never been able to do one, so I'm starting small. I jumped all the way up, held for 3 seconds, then slowly lowered back down. Did that 5 times. Talk about weak upper body! Haha

Wednesday: (today) 2pm workout. I ran 4 miles with Mylee in the stroller. It was warm and windy. I did an out and back route so going out I had a tailwind, coming back was hard. But I felt the urge to run, so I did.
7:30pm Tanner and I went to boot camp. I love boot camp.

For tomorrow's workout, I am starting a challenge for May. The challenge is 5 days of running, totally 23 miles a week. I figured it's a good place to start because I haven't been running for 2 months. Very excited to get back to running. Its a special thing to me. I can't decide if I want to run with the stroller or do a brick workout. I'll probably go with the brick...those are my new favorite! Last Wednesday was my first brick. I rode my bike 30 miles and then immediately got changed and put the girl's in the double stroller and ran 3 miles. I was so incredibly sore on Thursday. I loved it!

Anyway, this turned out to be a lot longer than I intended. I'm just finally excited about being excited about running again. And I like writing my feelings down. I may be a big mess of emotions, but writing always makes me feel better.