Training Week 105
I am training for the NYC Marathon on November 6th.
Day 729 | October 17, 2011: rest
Day 730 | October 18, 2011: 7.5 m run (.9 +6.6)
Although I’ve mentioned on here once running “cross country style” back to my house that is NOT what I did for this run. The Garmin thought so though:
Isn’t that weird? I knew something was up with the pace/distance right away, but when I got to my normal one mile mark and was at .9 miles, I restarted the watch and ran the same route again. The watch got it right the second time (running on sidewalks, not in the grass)!
This run was cool and easy. But it was all in the dark. The sun is setting close to 6:00 pm now! Ugh!
I should note that I was a baby about the cooler temps and wore a shirt with arm warmers. I didn’t get too warm though. And I am really starting to love those arm warmers. So maybe that is just what I needed to be wearing.
Distance: 7.5 | Start Temp: 51° | End Temp: 47° | Avg Pace: 9:39
Day 731 | October 19, 2011: 4.5 m run (.5 + 4)
I went out in the crazy windstorm with Tracy‘s sister, and two of her friends. I think it was fun running with them, but I am not sure – it was so windy I could barely hear them most of the time! Ha ha. Just kidding (about the not sure part). It’s true that I could barely hear them but we did have a good time. It was quite the adventure running in the wind/rain. I think that’s the first time I’ve been the only one on the Lakefront path (although I did see another runner I know closer to downtown).
The Garmin was being a little turd again and only included the last 4 miles of my run. Sigh. Silly downtown satellite reception! I ran .5 miles and kept restarting it until it held and calculated the last 4 miles.
I was so cold after this run that I shivered at my desk for quite some time. Until I went to Starbuck’s and got a soy chai latte to warm me up. The temp was 48, but “felt like 41” according to weather.com and the wind and rain did not help!
In the evening I went to strength class. We used the plyo box, handweights and medicine balls. The workout was arms focused and I was feeling pretty tired but the end, but really strong throughout the class.
Day 732 | October 20, 2011: 3.5 m run
This run was really slow… because I ran home from the train station with this backpack on.
The backpack weighs 26 pounds. Yikes!
It was a nice run though. Very cool, misty, and I saw 11 deer!
Distance: 3.5 | Temp: 40s | Time: 41:09 | Avg Pace: 11:44
Day 733 | October 21, 2011: strength + 16 m run
During lunch, Brian came over for a strength session. We did lower and upper body work with me balancing on a foam pad. There was also something he called the centipede, or slugworm… or something, that involved me laying flat with the foam pad under my arms, walking my butt up in the air, the wiggling the pad forward until I was flat again. Yeah. That was tiring.
In the afternoon, Bobbi came over to my house to run most of my long run with me. Yay! I was really happy she was able to come over – we haven’t been able to run together lately! We just chatted the first 13 miles away and they felt super easy! It was also a beautiful day for a run – cool but sunny.
What are we, FILA and One More Mile models?
We decided to run to the Millennium Trail from my house, something I’d never done before. It required running on streets without shoulders for about 1.5 miles, then on to part of the Millennium Trail that I didn’t even know existed! That was exciting. I love running new places. Unfortunately, on the way back, a few cars drove really close to us (despite there being room for them to get over) and one car even threw something out their window at me. But, another car earlier in the day honked and waved (and maybe gave us thumbs up?) so I guess that makes up for it.
New part of the trail.
It was a bit hilly… see the hills in the background? That shirt makes me look all crooked!
After we got back to the house and Bobbi left, I ran the last few miles on my own in the dark. It got cooler so I put my arm warmers on and felt great.
Distance: 16.0 | Start Temp: 54° | End Temp: 46° | Time: 2:56:45 | Avg Pace: 11:02
Day 734 | October 22, 2011: 3 m run
I ran three miles first thing in the morning and could not seem to wake up! I used to be a morning runner… maybe not anymore?
Distance: 3.0 | Start Temp: 38° | End Temp: 44° | Time: 31:42 | Avg Pace: 10:33
Day 735 | October 23, 2011: 7 m run
I was pretty excited about this run, but by the time I got to it, we had been running errands all day and I was exhausted. I think I should have taken a nap instead!
Distance: 7.0 | Start Temp: 66° | End Temp: 62° | Time: 1:11:00 | Avg Pace: 10:08
Week Summary: 41.5 miles
I am happy the marathon is only two weeks away. I am starting to feel lazy!
Themocracy
Go, Kim, go! Sounds like a week of nice runs for the most part. Cute pic of you and your friend modeling running togs in the sunshine.
Dang. You ran with a 26 pound back pack on? That’s dedication.
You are killing it with weekly mileage! Great job! You do so much each week! I can barely make it to just one cross training thing a week.
I had the best time running with you on Friday! Let’s run that trail again soon – it was great running somewhere new 🙂
Me too! We should run the whole trail. It gets even hillier at the end.
Way to go, Kim. I know what you mean about feeling lazy. Though you running two marathons so closely I can imagine it’s worse for you. I ran 8 miles on Saturday and it was all I could do to get through it. I know I’ll be more mentally prepared for the marathon but I’m so ready for it to be race day already so I can relax a bit with the training.