I had a couple of epiphanies yesterday. I guess that’s what happens when you’re home sick with too much time to think, and nothing good on tv.
My first epiphany related to nursing school. I started thinking about doing something else yesterday, namely a MPH in Public Health Nutrition. So, I did what I usually do when I start planning something other than nursing—I figured out how long it would take. And it occurred to me that I’ve finally reached the point where nursing school is the most expedient route. Who would’ve thought that this day would arrive? This is assuming that I get into St. Kate’s this fall, of course, but I feel somewhat confident about that. So go figure—nursing is finally the quickest career change option!
My second epiphany was about nutrition, and how it’s really another component of training, just like speedwork, tempo runs, long runs, yoga, Pilates, all of it. There’s an excellent section on weight loss in the most recent issue of Runner’s World. The authors take real-life runners and tweak their diets and running programs. I gleaned a lot of good ideas from the articles, and have several principles that I’m going to incorporate. Number one: NO MORE LEAN CUISINES. I will eat real food, I will eat real food. The second is to limit myself to two servings of bread a day, so that I force myself to get in other unrefined carbs, like brown rice, sweet potatoes, whole wheat crackers, etc. I’d also like to start exploring non-meat protein options, but that’s a separate blog entry. Anyway, I came up with a sample daily eating plan, based on the article, and I think it looks pretty good. It just occurred to me that I must thinking of nutrition as another component of training. It’s as important as doing my running work. If I think of it in those terms, I think it will be easier to motivate myself to eat real food, not frozen meals. Now what to do about that Wednesday night Chipotle…. ☺
I also want to incorporate more aerobic cross-training into my routine. (When oh when will I have time to study?!) Once I start biking to work, it’ll be easy to take the long way home and sneak in extra time that way. But until then, I’ve devised a fairly ambitious plan. And I’m posting it on the Internet so that Kiwi and Abe can see it, and make me stick with it. So here goes:
Monday: Yoga
Tuesday: Speed work, Pilates
Wednesday: Cross-train (elliptical or hills on treadmill until I start biking), yoga
Thursday: Tempo, Pilates
Friday: Cross-train (elliptical or hills on treadmill until I start biking), yoga
Saturday: OFF
Sunday: Long run, long yoga
It should be noted that a) my Pilates DVD is Windsor Pilates and is only 20 minutes long, and that b) I will probably do 30 minutes on the elliptical and then 20 minutes of yoga. Of course, after everything, I’ll do my requisite sit-ups and push-ups.
I was trying to fit in working out over my lunch hour, but it just isn’t working out. ☺ So, instead, I discovered that I can fit in a fair amount of studying over lunch. (I’ve been discovering a lot lately!) I got to Walter Library with my tea and study for an hour. It works out well. So, hopefully the time balance will work out. We’ll see how it goes. Oh! My other big goal is to ONLY use walk breaks on long runs, and to increase the interval to 15:1s. Yikes. We’ll see how that works.
Ok, so I’m a few months late, but basically there are all my New Year’s resolutions. Hold me to them!!
posted by Lola @ 11:13 AM
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