I ran 20 miles on a treadmill...

Seriously. I did indeed run 20 miles on a treadmill Saturday morning. It was ridiculous and I'm very likely to never do it again. It was just so cold outside and I couldn't risk slipping on any black ice, as I'm not the most graceful of gals. I was at about 10 miles and considered strapping on the CW-X tights and heading outdoors, but I figured that a) I had the energy and focus at the time to actually finish my 20 inside, b) an incredible play list and c) it would make for a great story - and it has so far. That was the end of training week #1. Went well, I must say. We'll wait to make any further judgments as to well vs. not well in week #20.

So, I've been listening to this Dave Ramsey CD that Johanna gave me last week. It's called "High Performance Achievement." Incredible. I'm not really one to dig motivational speakers, but this one is right up my alley. I won't go into the nitty gritty details, but it's really got me thinking about some heavier-than-usual stuff. One of the topics he talks about is sacrifice - as in, what are you going to sacrifice in order to achieve what DR calls your "Big Hairy Audacious Goal?" I've thought about that a lot. I've never been good with the whole sacrifice thing - I just try to fit it all in, but I now realize that I have to give something up. It's not an option. There aren't enough hours in the day to fit EVERYTHING in and work certainly can't be sacrificed. There are few things in this world that I love more than I love my job, so my sacrifice is probably going to be the social life - Saturday nights at Taproom, Sunday Funday at Brewhouse, KU basketball games (except for March Madness) and the occasional happy hour after work. Waking up at 4:30 in the morning doesn't go so well with a hangover.

14 hours, 52 minutes...

Hmmm...I might as well have a part-time job because I'll be working out 14hrs and 52 minutes over the next 7 days. Coach Kat sent me my very first training schedule this morning and like she said, "it's a doozy!" Looks a little something like this:

Monday - swim 2,100m, strength train 45 mins
Tuesday - Todd's class, run 5 miles
Wednesday - swim 2,500m, run 8.5 miles
Thursday - track workout, spin class, strength train 30 mins
Friday - OFF (yippee!)
Saturday - run 20 miles (incoporating hills)
Sunday - swim 3,000m, bike 25 miles

Holy. crap. I suppose the good news is that I'll be able to eat more and still hopefully lose some weight. I didn't exactly drop the 20lbs I had planned on, but now that the holidays are over and Good Time Katie is officially in her off-season, I should have no problem trimming some of the fatty fat fat in the next couple of months! Yesterday, Johanna, Kristi and I kicked off the new year with a freezing 15 mile run out at Grassland. We were seriously bundled up and parked Kristi's car at the halfway point in case we chickened out, but somehow we made it...



So, Happy New Year! Hope you enjoy my rather boring accounts so far of training, but stay tuned, this will surely get more interesting!