I am trying to break the habit – the cell phone habit. Since Saturday’s post, it has been difficult, but I’m stickin’ to it 
Thanks for the comments on it.
[Confession: It is crazy how much a good run can help out your mentality. I was so "tired" of having crappy longer runs that I wanted to retreat back into my car and drive home today. But let me back up and talk about Sunday, then explain how today helped pick up my tiredness]
On Sunday, I met up with a bunch of wonderful local bloggers! Some new and not as new faces accompanied me along a grueling 8 miler. I say “grueling” because I could still feel the track workout in my legs. Looking back, I should have planned at going at a recovery pace instead of the run turning into a recovery pace. I think that would have made it less grueling in my mind if I knew I should have gone at that pace instead. Despite the ehh run, the company was wonderful and I had a great time chatting it with new friends Definitely meeting up again in the future.
Today I set out to do a pick-up run. I used the miles that I hit a headwind as the “easy miles” and the rest as my some pick-up miles. I think I’m saying pick-up instead of tempo because the paces are super inconsistent and not aligned to what my tempo pace should be. Fail on that. BUT, I really enjoyed the last 2.6 miles for SURE. They sure were a confidence booster after the wind caught me. The pick-up run became a pick-me-up.
- 6.61 miles, 1:03 @ 9:34 pace
9:42, 10:05, 9:47, 10:36 (WIND, didn’t fight it), 8:37, 9:00, and last .61 @ 9:00
With that, I have a TON to do before heading south for Ragnar on Thursday morning. I have to take my car in for a service after school, attend a meeting, pack for the race, and purchase last minute items. I’ll get it done. Just stinks that a run isn’t on that list. Probably not a bad thing because ya know, running 19 miles Fri-Sat will be enough for me haha.
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On another note, I came across a blogger who went from being a vegetarian to going back to eating meat to incorporate protein into her diet. As a vegetarian athlete, I encounter this question and have spoken to a nutritionist. What do you get your source of protein from?? This has been interesting for me to read up on, especially athletes, and how they obtain protein from non-meat sources. I became a vegetarian during my senior year of college and since running has picked up tremendously in the past few months, I am looking to incorporate higher sources of protein into my diet since I’ve become ravenous. What do you eat?
Hi Kerry,
Sometimes, you just have to go out and enjoy the runs. I usually get my protein from peanut butter and protein shakes. Not the diet shakes, the muscle building recovery shakes. I also like to have lean meat like beef tenderloin for protein.
You did the Oakland half in 2:13:58. Did you run with us in the 2:15 group?
I did not run with a pace group. I didn’t even realize there were pace groups
Good to know. Thanks for the input on protein intake. I have to buy some recovery shakes to have immediately afterwards. Any suggestions on what you like?
My favorite recovery shake is the optimum nutrition 2:1:1 vanilla flavored mixed with whole milk and a tablespoon of Hershey’s liquid chocolate milk mix. Nestle’s powder is good too. The chocolate flavored mix is not nearly as good. Since today was a weight lifting day for me, I had a scoop of optimum nutrition and a scoop of CytoSport Muscle Milk in the same container. My son likes the muscle milk mixed with water. He just chokes them down.
I had my own pace group for the 2:15 time. We finished at 2:15:36 on the clock with chip times of 2:13:58. I am going to do a better job next year and get more volunteers to carry signs.
i dont eat meat either and was actually shocked at how much i got when i started tracking my food. i get way more than enough since its hidden in so many things. yogurt, cheese, cereal, vegetables, beans, eggs, it all adds up! i bet you get more than you think too
so fun on sunday! glad you had a good time
I LOVE MY PROTEIN <3
girl protein powder, beans, tofu, tempeh, eggs..thats all awesome! protein powder is so versatile!
I’m so jealous you’re doing ragnar. I did the wild west relay in colorado last summer and it was a BLAST! Have fun!!
Protein is always a toughy for me. I THINK I get how much I’m supposed to: usually from greek yogurt, peanut butter and I eat a type of whole wheat pasta that is high in protein.
Keep up with breaking the cellphone- I need to do this.
Very interesting post! As someone who is slowly becoming vegetarian I struggle with this (I say becoming because the one time I tried to quit cold turkey I failed. I am slowly trying to work it out of my diet hoping I get to a point where I just don’t miss it anymore.) I will have a great week and then one morning wake up and just be craving protein.
Maybe those recovery shakes will do the trick.
Just curious: what did your nutritionist recommend?
Never worried about protein in twenty-four years of vegetarianism; as aron points out, it’s in a lot of plant sources. Try quinoa, chia, and amaranth with your beans and tofu instead of rice.
I love adding garbanzo beans or Trader Joe’s baked tofu to salads for extra protein….