Trenn – Lehekülg 413 – Nourish, Train & Flourish

In Workout Week posts I will tell you everything about my last week’s workouts.

Monday as always was a super busy day: alarm at 6.30 AM, school (I had a test at 8 AM…), schoolwork, more school, more schoolwork… Then finally at 8 PM BodyPump. We pushed it hard as usual. Our instructor Maris was back. Last week she injured her ankle on Monday and ran a marathon on Saturday. That is CRAZY. Then she had BodyPump on Sunday and then this Monday. And she was totally fine! A superwoman, I’d say. In the end of the class she told us to go home and eat something rich in protein and that we could eat really anything. She mentioned that if we don’t eat after Pump, we are only destroying our bodies. I almost never eat after working out! So I rushed home and ate some cheese, nuts and cabbage and went over my macros that had been perfect. But if a superwoman tells you to eat post workout, you do that. If anyone has any theories about why and what I eat after different workouts (while doing a low carb lifestyle), let me know (like, should I eat after Zumba? or aerobics? or any cardio? etc). I’m going to do some research about that as soon as I get free time.

On Tuesday we had a new routine in strip aerobics. I really didn’t like it at first. A lot of strange combinations and weird steps… But by the end of the class the routine grew on me and I started enjoying it. I already got worried how I’m going to say: “I didn’t enjoy strip aerobics.” here on my blog but no: still enjoying it.

Wednesday was such a hectic day and I managed to fit an Aeroburn Step into it fortunately. Basically it’s a Step class with fun combinations that really makes you so tired afterwards.

Thursday morning the first thing I felt was my legs that were so sore from the Step class the day before. But I had decided to go swimming so I had to cycle to the city. If you can save money and burn calories, why wouldn’t you? To the city and back: all together 50 minutes. Also I swam for 45 minutes. I did 4 1/3 sets (one set was 100 metres of breast stroke, 100 metres of front crawl and 100 metres of backstroke), all together 1300 metres which is great considering I haven’t properly trained for years now.

On Friday my legs were even worse. The stairs in my house were enemies to me. 😀 I went for a rather painful 1 hour walk with my dog. In the morning I suddenly realised I’m in proper ketosis over a long time since I had no appetite on Thursday and a bad taste in my mouth all day. Yay! Ketosis is great for weight loss.

On Saturday I went for a 30 minute walk with my dog and then in the evening decided to go for a walk even though my legs were still sore and hurt even when walking. I was terribly slow (at about 8 min/km) but I did it without walking so I could still be proud.

On Sunday me and my mom decided to go swimming. I did the same sets again but this time I managed to swim 4 2/3 sets and a 50 metres of cooldown, all together 1450 metres. Then later on in the day I went for a walk with my dog. My legs were still sore but a lot better than on Friday and Saturday.

In total:

1 hour of BodyPump

2 hours of aerobics

1 hour 30 minutes of swimming

50 minutes of cycling

2 hours 30 minutes of walking

1 hour of running

Ignore the training zones and heart rates. The program assumes them because I don’t have a heart rate monitoring watch yet.

I had a good week minus the sore legs from Thursday to Sunday. I hope next week will be good too and I won’t get as sore.

I was nervous about the Tartu 2. Tudengimaraton 10K race the whole week. The closer it got, the more nervous I got. I even had some nightmares about sleeping in and missing the start. Not fun at all. Friday was especially bad: I needed to study hard for my test in International Economics but my mind was just wondering around and I had a pretty though time concentrating.

On Friday I got my starting materials and made a rather lengthy walk.

Saturday morning. Got up at around 9 AM, then just chilled and relaxed and had some breakfast: regular omelett with butter, bacon and cheese and some cabbage and peanuts on the side. And drank a lovely cup of coffee. Then it slowly got to the time to get dressed. Nerves. Went out my door about an hour before the start, just wondered around and enjoyed the vibe. The weather was amazing: about 10 degrees Celsius and sunny all the time.

While I was waiting, I met a fellow blogger Elari (elari-teeb-trenni.blogspot.com, in Estonian only). He was also running the 10K. Soon it was time to get behind the start line and just wait. At 1.30 PM exactly, the race began.

The first kilometre. Everyone is going so fast. I wonder what my speed and pace are? I see Heidi and Elari passing me, they don’t see me. Oh well. Don’t know my pace. It should be the second kilometre now? Why is my RunKeeper quiet? I check it, it’s fine., I just didn’t hear it. My pace is 6 min/km?! Margit, you need to slow down or you won’t be able to finish.

Some time before the 5K mark I decided it was too hot and I took my gloves off. At around 5K mark it was the first drinking point. Bananas, bread, raisins, sports drink… Where is water?! Finally, a crew member shouting: “Vesi!” (in English: water!) Thank god. I was not going to be eating/drinking high carb, a race or not.

6K mark. I tell myself to keep going. I know the track well, I love this track, I love this city. My legs are moving fine, my shin splints don’t even let me know they are there. But I wish I hadn’t drank that much water before the race… Well, no time to worry about that.

7,5K. Next drinking point. I’m looking for water. Finally find some in white cups. Almost drank some sports drink… There are big speakers out there and the official cheer person notices that I have a blue number which means I’m a student. He points that out and cheers me. I give him a big smile and thumbs up.

The people by the track are nice all the way from beginning to end. Some clap, some shout to keep going, some just look at runners weird. But I love it when strangers just cheer for you or even just smile a little.

9th kilometre begins. I feel it getting more difficult. Keep going, Margit! You so can do this. My pace by that time had been around the 7 minute mark at all kilometres when I now check my RunKeeper. On the 9th kilometre it dropped to 7:45 per km. But I kept going.

We’re nearing the city centre. Already?! I was just at the 6K point where some really happy ladies clapped to everyone. Another point with speakers and a cheer person. He says: “850 metres to the finish line!” Really? I’m almost done?

I can already see Raekoja plats (City Hall square). Then I notice Elari by the track. He has already finished and is heading home. I wave to him and he cheers me to keep going. I add some speed and even pass by some people. The last 50 metres. A red carpet. I’m running and notice Heidi at the finish line, waiting for me. I cross the finish line.

It’s over.

Then me and Heidi wanted to take some pictures. We did. We were both happy with our results, she mahanged to get a time under 1 hour which is just fantastic. After the really short photosession we went and had our diplomas printed. Diploma, medal… And a feeling that makes you feel on top of the world.

Results:

My official time: 1:11:21
My RunKeeper time: 1:11:16 (and distance came to 10,21 km)
Average pace: 6:59 min per kilometre (personal best for 10K)
Average speed: 8,59 km/h

Tartu 2. Tudengimaraton (only students):

My position: 56 (out of 64)
My postition among women: 24 (out of 30)
In my agegroup: 14 (out of 20)

Tartu Sügisjooks 2013 (all 10 K runners):

My position: 760 (out of 992)
My postition among women: 313 (out of 485)
In my agegroup: 140 (out of 204)

I had a goal to get an average pace of 7:30. I did so much better than I thought I would! I got a diploma and a medal and I’m so so so happy right now!

Now that was a sports competition I loved. Unlike Narva Energy Run that gave me negative emotions, this was so much better. Maybe I just knew what to expect now and didn’t really care if I found old friends etc being better than me.

I outdid my self big time. I’m proud and happy and looking forward to upcoming races in the future.

Rubriik: Trenn

Workout Week 7.–13.10.2013

In total:

Tartu 2. Tudengimaraton 10K