Monday Accountability: Marine Corps Marathon Training Week 3

Ugh...I have not been looking forward to writing this blog since I woke up this morning but I need to be honest with myself and that in part means not hiding from writing these posts on Mondays.

Last week

This was the week of the month where I'm tired and could sleep 18 hours a day (yes, this happens once a month). I was able to get in about half my workouts and my diet stayed somewhat in tact but I could definitely do better...which I was going to do this weekend while catching up on sleep and workouts.

I was quickly reminded on Saturday that there are some things in life more important than counting calories, tracking workouts, and logging miles. I'm not saying I ever really lose sight of this but there are times when I become so absorbed, so devoted to a plan - like this marathon training plan - that I put everything else aside to make it happen. I was doing that for the past couple weeks until Saturday. I was cleaning my apartment (because a messy apartment leaves me stressed and unfocused and my goal was to get that done this weekend...a nice organizing deep clean) when I got an update about a family member that had me dropping everything and driving to Wisconsin. A five hour drive is nothing when you consider it means being there with your family through a difficult time. I am glad to say that my aunt is doing much better and looks to be out of the worst of her post-major-heart-surgery journey and I am very glad I was able to go up and help take care of her. I spent Sunday with my sister taking care of my cousin's kids (so he could be with his mom) which we did by getting them out of the hospital and taking them to the zoo for the day. Distraction was the name of the game considering their grandma was in the ICU and they didn't get to see her at all.

I'm glad I took the time to both listen to my body and spend time with my family this week but that does mean I have some catching up to do. Today is about recovering in terms of sleep and then the rest of this week will be getting in those missed workouts and paying attention to my nutrition.

Current / Goal Stats:

Weight: 159 / goal is to be under 150
Body Fat:  26.8% / want to be around 22%

Nutrition Plan:

Using my calories burned information from last week, a target of an average 300 calories / day deficit, and a 65/25/10% carbs/protein/fat breakdown of my calories, my daily goals are:

Total calories: 1674- 2024
Carbs (g): 272-329
Protein (g): 105-127
Fat (g): 17-23

Workout Plan:

I'll be sticking mostly with the plan I posted here: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B_SDKxVAXee6ZmNmZDBlMjktNTQyZi00MTZlLWI2YTQtZTlhMTllZjllNDY3&hl=en_US but I need to fit in the missed workouts so here's the plan to do so:

Monday: Work and sleep. That's the plan for today. I'm behind on sleep given my weekend and I know I need rest to effectively workout. I'm making one drive thru drugstore stop on my way home and then it's to bed with me.

Tuesday:
Morning: (workout from the 17th) 40 min EZ run and ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 3
Evening: (scheduled workout) 45 minutes of cross training (probably TurboFire) and push ups and pull ups to fatigue

Wednesday:
Morning: (scheduled workout) 40-60 minutes of speed work - tempo runs, fartleks and strides - and ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 2
Evening: (workout from the 18th) 60 minutes at marathon pace and push ups and pull ups to fatigue

Thursday:
Morning: (workout from the 20th) 30 minute EZ run and ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 1
Evening: (workout from the evening of the 16th) 40-60 minutes of speedwork

Friday:
Back to the normal schedule!
30 minute EZ run and ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit 3

Saturday: 6 miles at marathon pace and push ups to fatigue (I'll be in Ann Arbor with my sister so I won't have my pull up bar...hmmm maybe I'll pack it with me!)
Super Saturday event in Toledo! I am so looking forward to this post-Summit meet up and hopefully tasting the NEW Shakeology flavor! Tropical! (look for more info on this later!)

Sunday: A much needed day of rest!!

To keep up with this very packed schedule, my preworkout and recovery drinks will be crucial. I'll do recovery drinks after strength and speed training and on days I'm doing both, I'll split the drink between the workouts. I'll also need to keep drinking my water and sleeping plenty to make sure that I give my body the recovery it needs! This is do-able for a week but DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING I RECOMMEND FOR A NORMAL PLAN. Yes - it's that important I felt I needed the caps lock button there. This is not a good "usual" plan...solely using this for catch-up and I'll be back on track next week. I'll be sure to be as efficient as possible with my time this week...I need to be!