Friday Thrive

Friday Thrive

Hi there! 

This week we enjoyed some blissfully sunny weather in Seattle. Sunny days in winter usually mean cold, but I will take mornings in the 20s and 30s if it means no rain. I was even able to enjoy a couple runs before my surgery on Wednesday, after taking about a week off to recover from CIM. 

Thank you so much to everyone who has texted, emailed, or left a blog comment of encouragement this week! The surgery went well: they did not find any endometriosis and removed two adhesions on organs that were the cause of my pelvic pain and GI issues. I am healing up well and appreciate all of your support more than I can express. 

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Listen

Lindsey Hein interviewed Kris Lawrence in a recent episode of her podcast, “I’ll Have Another.” Kris has been sharing her journey toward an Olympic Qualifying Time over the past few years on her blog and social media – and she achieved her goal at California International this year! In her interview, Lawrence discusses the changes she made to her marathon training – which included less speedwork and limiting total distance at marathon pace to 10 miles within a longer run. Her story is inspiring and reminds us that training individually and saving our hardest effort for race day is important for improving as a runner. 

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Run

If you head over to Runkeeper’s website, you can find one of my personal favorite speed workouts: kilometer repeats. 8 x 1K at 10K pace is one of my go-to speed workouts, whether I am training for a 10K or a marathon. Unlike shorter speed workouts such as 400 meter repeats, 1K repeats improve your ability to hold a fast pace over a longer duration, as you will run a total of almost 5 miles at 10K pace. You have to learn how to pace in this workout: if you start out too fast, you will crash and burn.  

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Race

The Boston Marathon elite field was announced this week and the women’s field is nothing short of stellar. Shalane Flanagan (NYCM winner this year), Jordan Hasay (third place at Chicago 2017), Sara Hall (CIM winner and USATF marathon champion), Molly Huddle (NYC Half winner), and Desi Linden (fourth place at Boston 2017) are all competing. Seriously, I don’t think they could have assembled a better field – all those women have run sub-2:30 and hold impressive accolades. Shalane, Molly, and Sara are my favorite female elites and I am beyond excited to watch them on Patriot’s Day. 

Eat

Let me just take a minute to sound like a total millennial and tell you just how much I love avocado toast right now. I eat vegetarian most days for lunch and avocado toast with an egg is my current favorite, served alongside a salad or some carrot sticks and bell pepper slices. This weekend, we went to our favorite brunch spot and I enjoyed the deliciousness pictured below. 

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I better be careful though, lest my avocado toast prevent us from buying a house. It wouldn’t be the fact that we attended college and graduated during the Great Recession and that housing prices in Seattle are obscene. It’s totally those $1 avocados at Fred Meyer on top of some homemade sourdough bread or the occasional $10 plate out. (Insert eye roll here.)

Celebrate

I am so freaking proud of all of my athletes. Winter training is never easy: it’s cold, snowy, icy, and for many runners, there’s no race within close sight on the calendar. Each week, I see the runners whom I coach get out there (or get on the treadmill) and get the work done. 

Jamala ran a 5K PR!
Melissa ran a 10K PR!
Rechell ran a strong half marathon on a hilly course!
Jessica ran her first half marathon!
Jennifer ran a course PR in a local 5K!
P.J. ran his third fastest half on a hilly course! 
Laura E. ran a 15K PR!
Brian ran a snowy 10K!
Annmarie ran the Dallas half! 

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Have you ever done kilometer repeats?
Avocado toast: love it or leave it?
What podcasts are you listening to currently?

 

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11 Responses

  1. Avocados are one of those foods that I want to like because I know they are good for you, but I just can’t get myself to eat them. I’m so glad your surgery went well! Hope you have a great weekend.

  2. Glad to hear everything went okay! I have a question about your procedure (and feel free not to answer if it’s too personal). Did they know you had adhesions prior to the surgery? Or was this more of an exploratory type surgery where they happened to find them and remove them? I’ve been suffering with pelvic pain for a good portion of this year with no concrete diagnosis after seeing multiple doctors so I’m trying to do a bit of research on my end!

    1. Hi Caitlin! The surgery was exploratory – they suspected endometriosis, and it turned out my pain was from my uterus and intenstines being adhered together in two places. They didn’t know about the adhesions before the surgery. I had given my doctor permission to remove anything before the surgery, so when they found the adhesions they removed them. I had a similar situation – pelvic pain with no firm diagnosis for years. I pushed for the lap and I am so glad I did. You can shoot me an email if you have any other questions. Pelvic pain can be scary and isolating. I hope you find answers and relief as well!

      1. Thank you for sharing! Exploratory surgery had been mentioned to me, but I’m not sure I’m ready for that step yet. I’m happy to know it can have a positive outcome if it comes to that!

  3. Glad to hear the surgery went well and the healing is going well too 🙂 I love avocado toast but my husband is allergic to avocados so we don’t keep them around at home.

  4. I like the sound of your 1k repeats. 🙂

    I love avocados….I enjoy toast….and I like eggs….maybe it’s about time I put them all together. 🙂

  5. I’ve never had avocado toast but that breakfast looks amazing. I’d order that and eat it all up.

    I am happy with the Boston elite field, that will be exciting to watch on TV. Wish I could be there in person one day, maybe.

    I also listened to the podcast with Kris Lawrence. I follow her blog and read about her training and race and it was a great read. I saved it to refer back to later when I need that encouragement and reassurance.

  6. Glad the surgery went well!

    I love avocados and toast, but I’ve never actually had avocado toast. Probably because when I manage to find a decent avocado it goes straight to chips and guac….

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