Tim Noakes' 26 Weeks to a Marathon W2 D1

Got the results from my Health Risk Assessment back today from my insurance provider. I am NOT making this up. It says (and I quote):

Conditions	Now	Goal
Cirrhosis of liver Alcohol	2 drink(s) per week	None to 2 drinks a day

That's right you read it here first! I get to increase my booze consumption to 2 drinks per day with the complete blessings (nay...at the behest) of my insurance carrier! I'm having this document notarized & laminated so I can show my Family doc when I go for my next physical.

5:05 AM - Wake up
5:10 AM - Put on the Coffee
5:25 AM - Out the door W20
6:00 AM - 1 Apple
6:30 AM - 12 oz 2% Milk w/ 2 Scoops Muscle Milk Lite (chocolate milk)
7:00 AM - Coffee (2 cups + 2 for the road) w/Honey & Half and Half
8:30 AM - 16 oz water
10:30 AM - 16 oz water

Tim Noakes' 26 Weeks to a Marathon W1 D3

5:05 AM - Wake up
5:15 AM - Water on the Hob and Out the Door (20W)
5:45 AM - Mate (x 2 + 1 for the road)
6:00 AM - one Apple
6:30 AM - Breakfast Tacos (Potato, Bacon & Egg, w/cheese)
9:00 AM - 16 oz water
11:00 AM - one Apple
11:45 AM - Holiday Department Lunch (pot luck) - I ate...a lot
12:30 PM - 16 oz water
3:00 PM - 8oz green tea (x 2)
4:30 PM - one Apple
5:30 PM - 8oz green tea (x 2)
7:30 PM - dinner @ Chili's (I actually had a bowl of chili) and Spinach Artichoke Dip w/ water
10:00 PM - bed

5:05 AM - Alarm goes off
5:14 AM - Alarm goes off again (I actually hit the snooze - I NEVER hit the snooze)
5:20 AM - Get up
6:00 AM - Starbucks w/ Mens Small Group
7:30 AM - Scrambled Eggs (w/Bacon, Skillet Potatoes, and Avocado) + 16oz Mate
8:45 AM - 16oz Water
11:00 AM - one Apple + 16 oz Water
12:00 PM - Workout

1. 5:00 Bridging shoulder briding + wall walk
2. 5:00 Hindu pushups + static holds(down dog & pump stretch)
3. 5:00 Hindu Squat + wall squat & wall seat

12:30 PM - Organic Blue Corn Tortilla Chips w/Hummus (Sun Dried Tomato & Garlic) + 16 oz Green Tea
2:30 PM - 16oz Water
4:15 PM - 2 x 6oz Green Tea w/Honey & Lemon
7:00 PM - Fish (Salmon) Saute'd w/ Olive oil and garlic, Spinach Salad
9:30 PM - Bed

Tim Noakes' 26 Weeks to a Marathon W1 D2

I am really feeling it in my legs, core and shoulders - from Swinging the Bell yesterday - as I said (to quote Boston) "It's been such a long time" - yes I still like to listen to Boston - if only I could still listen to it on 8-Track...

Hey! That should be an iPod feature! Just like you can set your iTunes list to use a standard 2 seconds between songs or start right into the next track depending on the album mix...you should be able make a play list and set it to where every 3 or 4 songs, you fade out the last song about half to 3/4's of the way through, have a loud 'clickety-click' sound, and then fade the song back in....ok maybe not...still - it would be interesting.

5:00 AM Wake up
5:05 AM - Put on the Coffee
5:10 AM - 16 oz Half & Half (Gatorade & Water) w/12 grams Whey Protein
5:20 AM - Run Regimen:
* Tim Noakes' (The Lore of Running 3rd Ed.) 26 weeks to marathon training.
Week 1 - Day 2 - W20
6:30 AM - Breakfast

• Breakfast Taco (Potato,Egg & Avocado w/Cheese) * I'll be making these (varying the ingredients) until my spouse starts complaining that she want's something different.
• Pot of Coffee - standard 4 Cups 2/ Honey and Half&Half

9:00 AM - Damn I forgot the Coconut Water (I'm really starting to like that stuff too) - 16oz Water
10:30 AM - Apple
11:00 AM - 16oz Water
12:00 PM - Lunch (at Jasmine's)

• Bun Thit Nuong (Rice Vermicelli w/ Charbroiled Pork)
• Spring Roll
• Hot Tea (Jasmine - meh...I should have brought my own tea and asked for a pot of hot water)

1:30 PM - 16 oz Water
3:00 PM - 16 oz Water
4:30 PM - 1 apple
6:00 PM - Dinner

• Stovetop Roast Chicken
• Saute'd Fresh Green Beans
• Chardonnay

9:45 PM - Bed

Anchorage?

Ok I found a marathon - Thanks to my online friend Jen for reminding me that it might be nice if I found an actual Marathon to participate in that coincides with my projected end training date of the 16th of May - May is decidely not the best time to find a marathon to run in my own great state of Texas. So without further ado I give you...

The Anchorage Alaska - Mayors Marathon - June 20, 2009

Ok...I'da know Anchorage may be a bit much price wise for 7 months from now... I have to take all the expenses into account (and my penchant for undisciplined budgetary matters) but still part of me says ... ya know... this could be do-able.

Anyway, let's just worry about today ... for now

This morning
4:30 AM Rise - No Shine - my daughter was up and would not go back down I needed to get up anyway to make some breakfast to send with my wife (otherwise she won't eat - I'm not guaranteed she ate what I made but hey... at least I tried).

4:45 - 5:15 AM - Hurricane Category I - Week 1 of 3 - Day 1
16Kg KB - I set the Gym Boss for 30 sec/90 sec split cycle and did the following:

• DARC Swing x 3
• 2 Hand Swing x 2
• CP 10R
• CP 10L
• Snatch 10R
• Snatch 10L

Hurricane Category I Protocol is actually for 15 Seconds Work and rest until HR <120bpm ... but its a pain in my ass to try meshing together the GymBoss set times and my actual heart rate recovery time so I decided to start at 90 sec rest and move it down progressively over the next 3 weeks.

Fuel:
5:45 AM - Breakfast

• Pot of Coffee - 4 Cups Joe, 4 Tbsp Honey, 3 Tbsp half and half
• 1 Potato, Egg & Avocado breakfast taco

10:00 AM - 8oz Coconut Water
10:30 AM - 16oz Green Tea
11:30 AM - Lunch (met with some colleauges @ the Silver Palace)

• Broiled Filet of Sole
• Steamed Veggies
• Flan
• 16oz Water(x 3 or 4 I wasn't paying attention)

1:30 PM - 8 oz Coconut Water w/about 8oz Green Tea (this was a drastic mistake but once I had poured them together I'm so cheap I wasn't going to waste the concoction so I drank it anyway).
4:30 PM - 16 oz Green Tea
5:15 PM - Apple
7:30 PM - Roasted Sweet Potatos w/Brown Rice & Edamame
9:30 PM - Hot Cocoa w/500mg Slo-Niacin & 2x Tension RX (nighttime)

It's been such a long time...

It's been such a long time - I think I'm finally motivated again - I say I think I'm finally motivated again (we'll see) since my serious blowout almost a year ago. Wow! Can't believe it's been almost a year already....hrm...well - better late than never I guess...

This morning started Tim Noakes' (The Lore of Running 3rd Ed.) 26 weeks to marathon training.

Wake: 5:00 AM

Run Regimen:
5:15 AM - Week 1 - Day 1 - W20

Fuel:
5:45 AM - 1 Apple
Pot of Coffee - 4 Cups Joe, 4 Tbsp Honey, 3 Tbsp half and half
7:15 AM - 1 Bacon & Egg breakfast taco (thanks to Paul)
9:30 AM - 8oz Coconut Water
11:00 AM - 1 Apple & 16 oz Water
11:30 AM - Vietnamese phở noodle soup (w/extra beef) and 1 Spring Roll w/ 16 oz Water
2:30 PM - 8 oz Coconut Water
4:30 PM - 16 oz Green Tea
7:30 PM - Vegetable Fritter with 16oz Green Tea
8:30 PM - Hot Cocoa + 500mg Slo-Niacin
9:30 PM - Bed