Discovered something cool on Day 19!

so today was our first 4-miler and I was really nervous because the last couple of training days have been off-days. And I was getting a little afraid that I wouldn't be able to go 3 miles much less 26.2! Yikes

And the last couple of days I have been a bit dizzy (perhaps an inner ear thing?) my balance has been off too, so crossing fingers. Now that I have started running it's funny because I have been hoping for ailments as long as they don't affect my ability to run...

I am really beginning to feel the groove of this whole running thing. Even though I was a bit discouraged on Thurs, I came out this morning hoping for a new day!

And it was definitely a new day. I discovered I have really let go of my stubbornness. I was feeling a little light-headed, nauseous and dizzy, but I didn't want to not train because we learned before we went out on our run that Bryna one of the honorees that we run for is going to be undergoing intensive days of chemotherapy in order to kill most of her bone marrow so that they can transplant other bone marrow.

And from what I understand it is painful, and leaves you feeling dizzy and nauseous. So I decided then and there that I needed to find a way to run through my dizziness and nausea because mine is not being caused by chemo.

So I decided I was going to do interval training today. Basically, it's a walk/run strategy to give your body mini breaks during the race. And one of my teammates was recovering from the flu, so I wanted to keep her company just in case she got sick and needed help.

We did 4/1 which means 4 minutes of running/1 minute of walking. And let me say that doing this I felt so much better & I didn't even noticed that we had run 4 miles today. My body felt like it was only a 2 mile run...

I spoke to the coach who told me that interval training was a good deal & that the ideal way to do it is to continual increase the length of running and decrease the length of walking.

So for next training I'm gonna do 8/1 8 minutes of running 1 minute of walking. Today's interval training gave me a renewed sense of hope for the marathon.

And I have to give props to my off day training partner (in crime jajaja) Casimiro because I'm pretty sure that his running pace has gotten faster, I'm pretty sure that he was running at least a 9-10 minute/mile pace. Way to go 'Miro!

And Sara my running partner today kept me talking and motivated.

I am hoping too that the interval training will help me increase my speed.

But we shall see.

Today's exhaustion tasted fresh, pure, and new as I discovered a way to keep motivated and confident about my ability to run 26.2 miles! YES!!!
Just as the interval training gave me a renewed sense of confidence for the marathon, give Bryna and some many other people living with blood cancers a renewed sense of hope by donating to my and Casimiro's marathon efforts to help the LLS!

Roxanne Villaluz's Team in Training Website

http://pages.teamintraining.org/cca/nikesf08/rvillaluz

Casimiro Llamas, Jr.'s Team in Training Website

http://pages.teamintraining.org/cca/nikesf08/cllamas