Today was the first day of my training for the Tokyo Marathon 10K per the plan I created on Runners World’s Web site.
The first few weeks look like this:
Mondays and Wednesdays will be used for strength training and I’m taking Friday and Saturdays off to rest.
I was pretty happy to only have two miles on the agenda for today because after starting this second job, Tuesdays and Wednesdays are the longest days ever!
My run was good and I was able to maintain a sub-10:00 mile at a comfortable pace. (It’s super difficult to hit the set pace without a GPS.)
I think breakfast gets the credit for my run going so well.
A big mess of yogurt, granola, banana, and pomegranate arils fueled me through my first class and my run.
Along with a little yoga for runners to stretch out my sore hips, too. 
But by the time I finished with my workout, my stomach felt so empty and hollow. It was practically screaming to be fed. Running works up my hunger beast every time.
Post-morning snack, it was laundry time. I do laundry on Tuesdays between jobs and I needed to take some shirts to the laundromat to shrink them back to the right size. But I needed to eat lunch, too.
What’s a girl to do?
I tossed our wet clothes in a dryer, paid the machine to do it’s thing, and biked about a minute to the closest grocery store to grab a sushi lunch. I didn’t even know what was inside the brown pastry-looking things.
I was willing to take my changes because I was hungry and low on time. And I’m glad I did because it was delish. Just plain old rice inside the pastries (tasted sweet).
Back home, dry clothes in tow, I whipped up a quick dinner to bring along tonight to job #2. (Yes, Tuesdays and Wednesdays are so long that I must bring my dinner to work.)
Spaghetti with marinara sauce and seasoned chicken it will be, along with two small pieces of cornbread. Yummy… I hope!
I’m definitely still getting the hang of this two-job a day gig I have going on. It will take some time to master my schedule and figure out what works and what is an epic fail, but I will get there.
The key lies in planning ahead, I think.
By the way, for those of you who wished me good luck and were wondering how my first class at job #2 went, my first class went pretty well. It wasn’t exactly what I hoped, but it’s always a mixed bag with kids, right? A few of my students from last night’s class were still sad the old teacher left, so it might take a while for them to warm up to me. I’m up for the challenge, though!
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