Invictus

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Location:

Washington,DC,USA

Member Since:

Nov 28, 2012

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Personal Records:
5k: 18:07 (college, indoor banked track)
10k: 38:31(6/14/2014, Lawyers Have Heart 10k)
Half-marathon: 1:28:35 (9/5/2010, VA Beach Rock N Roll Half Marathon)
Marathon: 3:05:14 (4/15/2013, Boston Marathon)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Next two years:
5k back under 19:00.
Half marathon under 1:25:00.
Marathon under 3:00:00.
Lead a 5.10a (climbing).

Long-Term Running Goals:

Complete an Ironman.
5k under 18:00.
10k under 38:00.
Marathon under 2:52:00.

 

Personal:

Running is my first love, but I also enjoy rock climbing, lifting, biking, and swimming.

"Invictus" comes from my college class ring and this poem:

"Invictus"
By William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

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B - oatmeal with honey, Greek yogurt (blueberry/pomegranate flavor), dried apples, water

L - chicken with mushrooms and spices, cous cous, bell peppers/zucchini/squash/eggplant, 2 chocolate pieces

S - dried apples, Diet Coke

S - fresh mango pieces (leftover from meal prep on Sunday) 

 I really shouldn't have skipped dinner last night (but it was really easy to do so, with lifting after work, showering at home, and getting straight into pajamas). I don't have food at my house (either store it at work or at Rob's place), but that's still no excuse. I tried to make up for it a little today, but I didn't want to go overboard either. I know training for a marathon is a fine line for me. If I don't slowly increase my mileage/speed work and if I don't eat enough calories (in any form), then I will get injured or I will get "sick" again. Lately the eating disordered thoughts have been whispering in my ear again...but I've been working hard to squelch them into submission. I just have to do the next right thing.

Workout: Long hill day.

1.5 mile warm-up (8 min mile pace)

3 x hills, jog down is recovery (2:09, 2:09, 2:08 -- 0.3 mile long hill)

1.5 mile cool-down (8 min mile pace)

Legs didn't hurt. Actually felt pretty good. Coughing a little (from the cold?) during my cool down. Feeling refreshed. Long hills are fun. This one wasn't too steep/deadly...similar to the hills around Heartbreak Hill at Boston. I need to do some short steep hill repeats in the near future, of course.

D - vegetarian chili, cheese, tortilla chips, cilantro, 1 beer (Leinenkugel's Lemon Berry Shandy) 

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