One week down...

Week 1 of training is done and Week 2 is here – it feels good to be training (logged 22 miles last week), but this is gonna be a long road for sure.  I ran 3 days last week (including 2 core workouts) with one day of cross-training (spinning class).  I think that I will probably add a 5th day into the mix, but I am holding off for another week to make that commitment because all in all that is about 6+ hours a week of training as it is.  I would really love for my 5th day to be doing something warm and toasty.

My long run was 8 miles again this week.  I am trying to get comfortable at 8 and I think that it is working; or at least I am developing the capacity to zone out for long enough that I can get through it.  This Saturday’s run was in Poughkeepsie because my sister had her baby on Friday morning and we stayed over to watch my niece.  Sleeping on a couch was not the most ideal and restful choice – it was pretty uncomfortable to have a long run planned after maybe 4 hours of crappy sleep, but that’s part of what this is all about – figuring out how to make it happen when you are tired.  The best part to my Saturday plan was my run ended on the campus of Vassar with brunch at Babycakes with Jutty. I will always be into running with a frittata incentive. 

This week we brought the smoothie back into full effect for breakfast.  I have really been into adding either almond butter or hemp seeds to them.  There are 8g of protein in two teaspoons and all essential amino acids.  Then the almond butter has another 7g of protein and factor in protein powder (and fruit) and they have been tasting pretty delicious.  I was trying to decide if I wanted to stick with organic whey or go with a brown rice, hemp or brazil nut protein instead.  Ohhh here we go - big decisions and alot of time spent at Mother Earth’s wandering around for me.  These are the things that I can get lost reading about on the internet. I am thinking about giving the brazil nut protein a try – gotta love a protein powder conundrum.  It is recommended that runners need .45 to .72 grams of protein per pound – which ends up being more then double what is supposedly recommended.  I am trying to drink half my protein in the first half of the day.  Let’s see what kind of protein powder my tummy decides on.

I feel like I have become a shit people say conversation - these are my favs so far:
Are you hungry?
Are you going to run today?
Do you want a smoothie?
Do you want cow's milk or almond milk?
When do you want to go to the gym?
What flavor protein powder?
How about a veggie burger?
Do you want roasted broccoli?
Do you want to run?
Is there hummus in the fridge?
Need a water?
Gonna go to the gym?
Want a snack?
Really more broccoli? Do we have any other veggie's?
Are you thirsty?
Should we go to the store?

Welcome to training! xoxo