While life has been so crazy and busy, I've realized that I really do need a place to write down my goals, training plans, eating log and feelings on my running. I'm one week in of my 8 week training cycle for a 5k, which I'll use as a gauge to begin my marathon training. The past year has been a rough running and eating year for me. I found out I have this disease called Eosinophilic gastritis/esophagitis. It's made it really hard to eat foods that my body needs for training. I find that I fail all the time at eating the way I should, and then pay for it later. I'm hoping that by keeping a log of how I'm doing will help me stay on track and meet my training goals. So for starters, here are some foods that I shouldn't eat...
Wheat
Oats,
Corn,
Barley,
Rye,
These foods make me really bloated, and give me pain in my stomach for about 12 hours.
Most processed foods,
(I can eat some boxed soups, but most of my meals come from fresh ingredients.)
Apples- These just started bothering me. I tried eating them two days in a row, and was in so much pain, I couln't get off the floor. So for now, I'm avoiding them.
I eat all my fruit in the morning.
I can eat all the eggs, meat, cheese I want, and also all the veggies I want.
Beans kinda bother me too, but not as bad as the other things.
I can't eat too many tortilla chips, before I start having trouble.
If I've been really good for a while, the I can afford to have a little of something that I normally wouldn't eat, but I can never have Wheat. Even a little wheat causes me big trouble.
I've been tested for Celiac, but haven't been able to be on wheat long enough to get an accurate test result. My dr wanted to do a gene test, but I'm not sure if I need that since the results won't change the way I eat.
I've been in this bad spell where I'm craving junk (cookies, brownies, cake) all the time. I keep giving in and eating way too much of this stuff. I've never had eating issues before, but I feel that because of my stomach trouble, I'm developing them. I'm hoping that focusing on training will help my attitude with how I'm fueling my body. I know eating right plays a huge role in reaching my goals. I need to remember the big picture and stop undoing all my hard work by eating things that make me sick.
So that is my eating in a nut shell.
Now to training...
I sprained my knee last April when my dog ran into me and knocked me over. I still ran on it for a while, then when things got really bad, I went to the dr. After 8 weeks of physical therapy, I finally was able to run again, but I jumped right into ragnar and ended up with an it band flare up. I've spent the past three months slowing building miles and strengthing my knees and hips, and things are feeling good! I offically started training for a 5k last Monday, and am going to focus on reaching my goal for that race...which is a bit lofty, but I want to run a 20 minute 5k. Last year I ran this race on my injured knee and came in 2nd female. My time was 21:36 6:57 minute mile. I'm hoping to be able to run a 6:15 minute mile. I figured a really lofty goal would help me stay on track and give me something great to strive for!!!!
A lot of my miles are done at a really slow pace...10 minute mile or slower. I begin every work out with Jay Johnsons warm up routine and cool down routine. My 400's are done at a 1:30 right now, and I hope to speed those up a little over the next few weeks to 1:26. My threshold runs are done at a 7:12 pace for 10 minutes after a 10 minute warm up and before a 10 minute cool down. Then my last hard work out for the week is 3-5 miles fast. I haven't decided how fast that is, I'm just running by feel on those. That's it. On Saturday I do a really fun trail run, and often get lost, in more way than one. It's one of my favorite runs of the week!!! I'm almost up to 30 miles a week. I'm also running with a couple of friends for my base miles, and I love it!!!
My goal is to post every day with how I'm feeling about my eating and to log my miles/workout.
Bye for now!
