Thank you to the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center! They sent me this gift basket yesterday! It is full of delicious GF products to try, as well as a GF shopping guide. Pancake and brownie mix, cookies, chips, some condiments -- all very useful things to have in my pantry! It was very thoughtful, and now I understand why they wanted all of my medical info - this was an expensive giveaway. But very much appreciated. I have also been writing to some GF companies asking if I can review their products on this blog - I figured some of you readers would appreciate to know which ones are the A-listers.Thank you to the Safeway near my house! Within the past week, they have added a great GF aisle with some of my new favorite products!
My training this week has been going well:
Monday: AM Swim to Modernity (2000 yards), PM elliptical (60 minutes), lifting
Tuesday: 10 mile run with 5.8 miles at 7:30 pace
Wednesday: AM Swim to Modernity (2000 yards), 45 minutes on the elliptical
Thursday: Easy 7 miler - it feels good to have that feel like an easy distance again.
Today: Will swim, do the elliptical (we need a real verb for using the elliptical), and some weights.
Saturday: 9.5 mile hilly run with 10 x 90 second fartleks
Sunday: 13 miles (will add the .1 for good measure) - pretty excited about a long run on Sunday (and Super Bowl food Sunday night).
Sarah said that I might emerge from this new training routine a lot stronger, and that I would notice it the most on the runs. I was really blown away during Tuesday's run. The plan was to run 2 mile warm up, then a 40 minute tempo, and then a cool down. I have found a new road to use during my runs near campus: well lit and little traffic. Plus it is good to change things up a bit. I added 4 more minutes (wanted to finish at the end of a particular road) for good measure, and when I clocked it in, it was 5.8 miles in 44 minutes. And I felt strong! This is only 7 seconds slower than goal half marathon pace (hoping to run 7:23 pace in March at the National Half), which is reassuring that I have maintained a high fitness level during my recovery/comeback. This has definitely taught me to trust the process - it really works. Patience and smart training has really made a major difference. Yesterday marked 5 weeks of PT - and when I started, I could only run 2 miles without pain. Baby steps lead to big leaps!
Congrats on your awesome training thus far!! It sounds like you are making great progress! :) That gift basket looks really cool, I bet you are excited! I hope some companies will you send you products to try, I am curious to know how they fare!
ReplyDeleteLooks like training is going well! =D Great tempo!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice package! Just thought I'd let you know that another blogger I read is a nutritionist with celiac's disease. Lindsay's blog is at http://www.cottercrunch.com/ if you are interested. =D
oh thats an awesome package, can they send me one? Great training runs. Love the tempo.
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