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Tuesdays on the Run: Spring Training Update

4/14/2015

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Another Tuesday, another Tuesday on the Run hosted by our favorites: 
April from Run the Great Wide Somewhere, Erika from MCM Mama Runs, and Patty from No-Guilt Life.  This week's topic is Spring Training Update. 
So far in 2015 I have run:
  • 4 5ks
  • 4 10ks
  • 3 Half Marathons
  • 2 Full Marathons
This Spring I have run: 2 5ks, 1 10k, and have a half marathon this weekend. I have PRed at both of the 5ks, set a course PR at the 10k. I am hoping to try and PR the half this weekend but it is very hilly so we will see. 
To round out the Spring, I will be doing the Pixie Dust Challenge (10k plus half) and then take an extended break while I work on a few things (mainly trying to become a fat burning athlete, working on strength and core work, and working on speed) . 
Above you can see my calendar for the rest of the year. 
To read it: 
  • Not written are the 2 weekly runs I do on Tues and Thurs (I aim for a 5k) 
  • Red=races
  • Black=just notes
  • Blue=trips
  • The runs are written on the Saturday of the week but can be performed anywhere from Friday-Sunday depending no my schedule. 
  • One thing not on here are USC football games but I have the calendar in my portable running calendar. 
As you can see, I am going to be pretty chill for the rest of the Spring, which is a nice and needed break. I plan on taking the full 10 days I am in WDW with my family off from running (you know minus the sprinting to catch the bus before it leaves) and then rebuilding afterwards towards Dumbo and beyond. I would love to do longer runs in preparation for the NYCMarathon but after running last summer, it was pretty miserable in Pasadena and I just know that I won't be able to get in longer runs without getting up up earlier which I am not willing to do with my crazy summer class schedule. I plan on focusing on more speed work (tempo runs, track repeats, hill repeats, fartleks, etc) to see how much it can help with my running. 
I also plan on focusing on core work. I started last week to pretty good results and want to keep it up. I think it will help with injury prevention as well as help with overall strength. At WDW, since I will be eating A TON, I have decided I will focus on PiYo that week and try and get in 6 workouts a week while I am there with my DVDs. 

How is your Spring training schedule going so far? 
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Tamieka link
4/14/2015 06:50:29 am

wow! lots of nice running so far this year! Awesome!!
What are you considering when you say 'to become a fat burning athlete'? what does that entail?

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Juliana Calhoun
4/14/2015 10:16:43 am

Since our bodies have more fat than glucose, you can turn your body into learning to fuel with fat over sugar during runs. There are various levels of it-people that only fuel on fat to some that just use it sometime. I want to look more into and work on it. It can be hard as it will make you tired and very run down so it's not a good idea to do it during high training times. Dr Cate Shanahan has done it with the Lakers and Lebron James switched to it as well. I already eat pretty high fat, I just need to do even more.

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MCM Mama Runs link
4/14/2015 01:09:30 pm

That's an amazing number of races! Congrats on the PR's so far this year as well.

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Jennifer link
4/14/2015 09:27:31 pm

What an impressive year! Two fulls and PRs to boot. I like looking at spreadsheets like that (I have something similar haha).

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Juliana Calhoun
4/15/2015 06:02:07 am

I love the excel sheet because I keep it in my google drive so I can access it from anywhere!

And thanks for congrats on the PRs!

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