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Today is day 1 of my marathon training and I’m so excited!  Actually kind of a bummer that there was no actual running on the plan for today though- what I did do was a weight routine from Tom Holland’s Marathon Method. (I’m following the intermediate plan “B”).  He advocates weight training twice a week to even out muscle imbalances and prevent injury.  Sounds good to me.

Last night I spent FOR-EV-ER creating this beauty to track my weight routine from week to week…

Obviously I have issues with OCD and am totally a “Type A”.

As for food, I am really trying to clean it up.  I am completely giving up sugary desserts for the week in an effort to derail my serious addiction.  Don’t worry, I went out with a bang with some Vegan Treats goodies last night.  I need to drop some poundage or running 26.2 hilly miles is going to be even more unpleasant than it has to be.  Starting weight = 1_8 (yeah don’t feel like sharing that middle number).  Starting number of toenails equals 9.5 (one is dead but still half attached, lovely, I know).

Oh, I forgot, also at the gym I did 10 miles on the stationary bike.

Eats for the day:

breakfast- apple cinnamon oatmeal

snack 1- pear

lunch- 2 cups of stir fry (brown rice, seitan, zucchini, corn, peppers, teriyaki sauce)

snack 2- larabar

dinner- quinoa pasta with homemade green sauce (basil, avocado, garlic, nooch, cannelini beans) and summer squash roasted in olive oil

snack 3- bowl of cherries and homemade baked beet and potato chips

Workout:

- 10 miles on stationary bike

- Holland’s weight routine

My running plan is a combo of Holland’s intermediate plan and Runner’s World’s beginners’ plan from this book:

In general, most weeks I have 4 runs (a hill, a speed, an easy, and a long slow distance), one yoga class, and two days where I do weights and bike.  There’s also a small core workout (like 5 minutes) on the yoga and weights days.  Fridays are rest days.  And that’s it.  Let the adventure begin!