Race and Pace Alicia

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

2 weeks 2 PRs

It started with the NH 10 mile , 2 weeks ago

Man it was hillyThis was a race to get good leg turnover and a mrbtal race game plan .

Good start, although out too fast.

The hills started at mile 3, whew!!

I threw up , totally nauseous, effort, heat, and lack of breakfast.

I got it back together and truged on. Pace back on track for the last 3 miles. Managed a PR from 3 ago. Cool.

Learned to eat more breakfast to not gun the gate and to have nutrition on me!20miles total

Race 2 days ago the New Haven 20k. Great overall race. Got to meet McKirdy Teammates and had a prerace stretch and prep talk.

I stayed to the plan, race MP for miles 4-8, then pick up the last 2 miles.

I felt the tiredness in my legs from last weekends race and 90 miles this week, but that was ok as I knew this was a race for marathon confidence only

Got bogged in people at the start so my first mile too slow. Then back on track to mile 5,

Got real hot too hot for racing for me

Made it to mile 10, picked it up

Made my PR and confirmed my marathon Akron coming up confident goal.

I felt I was riding the pace- not pushing )))

20 miles total for the day.

Big thanks to my coach Michael Crouch

Shoes- Skechers GORUN 5

CocoaElite post race

Swiftwick socks

RaceDots

Spandits post race

LaceLockers

Amrita. Bar breakfast

Honey Stinger- gel

Monday, July 31, 2017

Amrita Ambassador

For the past 3 years I have been with the Amrita family as an athlete ambassador. I have loved this journey for many reasons!

I am a health conscious vegetarian athlete and Amrita bars are healthy, protein filled and vegetarian to fit my needs. They are perfect for pre and post race fuel. I eat one half before a race and then a full bar 2 hours later. The bars are great for my stomach- no issues ever and the protein in the bars keeps me full.I love Amrita in that I have met other talented ambassadors and have been able to share race highs and lows along with training runs with them. Right now you can use the code ' amritatrial ' at checkout for buy one get one variety packs!

I have shared my love of Amrita with my running friends and family. Many have become avid fans.

My passion for top athlete fuel keeps me eating Amrita bars weekly! Thank you Amrita for the nourishment and support through my races!

'amritatrial' at checkout for the cool little variety packs

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Grand Island Trail

I've been making some nutrition changes over the past month and I saw a good change in race effort this weekend

Very difficult Trail Marathon

The day was quite humid and hot with mosquitoes all over the island !

The first 13.1 was composed of muddy trail, hills and beach The second was more of a dense inland trail- muddy with hills trees and roots.

I felt I went out a bit too hard and payed for it with my finish time overall

Effort high the entire race but I was able to maintain my pace- average and speed up on the downhills

I was the second women overall and 13th

What I used and worked beautifully :

Skechers GORUN 5

LaceLockers

Swiftwick 12' in pink

Nathan Vaper Howe Hydration Vest

FeedYourCrazy Trucker

NUUN in water for hydration

One half packet of CocoaElite Cocoa Bannana

Endurance drink

RaceDots

Honey Stinger gel (2)

Honey Stinger gummies 1 pack

RunGum 2 pieces mile 22

Amrita bar- pre race one half

I thank all of my sponsors for the support so great !!!!

Message me for additional discounts as well always and questions

Sunday, June 18, 2017

InsideTracker thankful For

I finally gave in and took insidetracker plunge into comprehensive Blood work. It has only taken me over a year. So glad I did. This year my racing has been very good: 2 marathon wins, a PR in the half marathon and 5k. But. My times were not as I felt they definitely could be.

I was always tired. 2 little naps a day. My training I could slam, but after I was exhausted much of the time. Races went well. But again my levels of tiredness impeded my ability to reach my race time goals.Time to find out.

As a vegetarian almost vegan my food that I consume is on the slim side, too little for 80 mile weeks of training.. I thought this was part of the issue along with my slim build and light weight.

insidetracker was a breeze. Filled out the initial questions on foods, amount of time training, and concerns online. Then I received a slip I took to the Quest Diagnostics. It took 10 minutes. My blood work was then sent to the insidetracker office.

In only 3 days my results arrived in an email.

Complete and so comprehensive.

I had areas of high concern:

Liver enzymes

Cortisol

Lipids

The second 2 were not surprising. I am stressed daily with my jobs- 12 hour days. High Performance.

The first high liver enzymes really concerned me. After talking with Johnathan Levit from insidetracker we came to the conclusion that it was so high because of my habit weekly of taking Tylenol PM. A habit for way too long. This was contributing to my high GGT market.

I immediately stopped as my levels were in the critical area. Big lesson learned.

Another feature I love is that I get daily reminder emails. This prompts me to check in with if I implemented the nutritional changes such as eating walnuts, spinach, and almond butter I did or did not do.

I have started incorporating the foods that were recommended for each area:

Spinach

Wheat germ

Almonds

Dark chocolate

Almond butter

Cocoa

Apricots

Oatmeal

Whey protein

Flax seeds

Walnuts

I have used protein powder daily this entire year, but decided that with my test results to add more.

I now make a protein smoothie daily with CocoaElite protein powder, almond milk, almond butter, and banana. I also have increased my cocoa intake based on the recommendations from Insidetracker. I add a scoop of CocoaElite Cocoa powder to my nightly hot chocolate. I also bake a lot and use the rich cocoa powder in raw cookie and raw energy bite recipes. I feel I have more energy and my muscles are recovering faster since the increase in protein powder daily.

Each food that is recommended also has a tab with recipes with that particular food. Too cool.

I am relived it was not worse. I am so glad to be working on this now. I am anticipating in 2 months my blood work again to see what improvements have been made.

This will definitely help my racing performance- especially the no more Tylenol PM , increase overall in food, and focus on more relaxation and meditation to help to lower my Cortisol levels. I have been sleeping better without the Tylenol actually!!!

Thrilled with insidetracker

Reach out to me for any specifics or questions as this is a big step towards health!

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Friday, June 16, 2017

Cranmore Mt.Championships

I raced Cranmore Mountain Championships 2 weeks ago in Conway NH.

Any race that has the word mountain and championship together is going to be tough!......

I was ready and trained although still plagued by tiredness issues that have bothered me this entire year.

The race was up , over, steep up up then over , then steeper up forever, up , down,over and down

Whew!!!

Muddy as well

I made it

I pushed the first 5 k a bit too aggressively and paid for it on the second loop.

All in all very solid performance-top 20

This is what I used:

Skechers Performance Trail Shoes

FeedYourCrazyTrucker

Swiftwick 12' socks

Skechers Performance kit

LaceLockers HoneyStinger chews

Amrita bar pre race

CocoaElite shake post race

RaceDots

Sunday, May 28, 2017

Run through it

Pittsburgh marathon I did not start

May 7th

My father died May 9th. I did not make it to see him in Thailand. So quick.so sad.

My grief has had ups and downs. Mainly still in disbelief that he is really and truly gone. Days this month mainly blank- forgetting things, on edge,

Work I have had to cut down to the basics. Tell me what I need to do today and not more....,

Running has kept me afloat. After I found out he had made a turn for the worse, I got on the treadmill and ran for 3 hrs.

I have not stopped my training, if anything it has increased. I've had to stop myself from running more to numb the pain and feelings.

My running friends gave me the best support ever. More than my family. They gave me hope and love. My coach has been supportive above all. I thank everyone each and every thought and word.

I hope no one has to go though this pain. I know we will through.

Focusing back on my goals for June marathon and mt. Championships kept my mind off of my dad. Kept my mind moving forward with my legs. It kept me from from crashing into sadness each day. It has always been there with me. Resilient. I am. Train I told myself. And I did.

Gate City marathon I did not want to start. Mentally not ready.

But I did.

In a haze of saddened thoughts I started

I ran

I wanted so badly to stop.

I did not.

I was going to finish no matter what.

Run legs go go go

I turned my music up.

I was at mile 18.

I fell really bad, hitting my head, arms and knees. I lost 10min of time there. I got up and immediately started crying so loudly , breaking down with blood on my legs and face and dirt everywhere,

I kept going. Crying

No idea I was the lead women.

I finished and they said I was first

My win was after I was done in the medical tent , an hour there, that I had finished. For my dad .

All heart.

Through and by this time, I focused ahead

I foraged into my training routine and embraced it harder.

I am now stronger. I will race faster ahead. I will feed my crazy daily. Bring on humongous challenges. I'll tackle them head on

Friday, May 5, 2017

5k way too short

I raced a 5k 2 weeks ago as speed prep for the Pittsburgh marathon

I dislike 5ks but race them as directed by my coach for speed leg turnover

I warmed up for 3 miles. Felt ready.

The gun went off. Not ready. Lol

Drowning and slagging in my breath. Help help in my brain. I triaged in and on in the mile. Our lead went down a wrong street for .1 miles before seeing the mistake. Fun. That added almost 20 seconds.