Training Week 134
Highlight of the Week: A variety of runs with a variety of people (and one run by myself). Changing things up keeps it fresh for me!
Monday | May 7, 2012: 9 m run (4 + 5 with Bobbi, and GRCers Stephanie and Stacey)
Loc: Grant Woods FP, Temp: 63°/62°, Time: 36:31, 49:32, Pace: 9:07, 9:54 avg, Difficulty: medium (hills + humidity)
Tuesday | May 8, 2012: 6 m run (with Amy and GRCer Carrie)
Loc: North Branch Trail, Temp: 69°/68°, Time: 1:01:20, Pace: 10:13 avg, Difficulty: medium
Wednesday | May 9, 2012: strength class
Strength: dumbbell circuit, Difficulty: medium
Thursday | May 10, 2012: rest
Friday | May 11, 2012: strength + 4 m run (with GRCer Yvonne)
Strength: all sorts of torture, Difficulty: medium/hard
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 75°/76°, Time: 34:13, Pace: 8:33, Difficulty: medium
Saturday | May 12, 2012: 23 m run
Loc: Around town, Temp: 62°/57°, Time: 4:14:01, Pace: 11:03 avg, Difficulty: easy
Sunday | May 13, 2012: 5 m run (with Erin)
Loc: Forest Park/Oak Park, Temp: 57°, Time: 49:34, Pace: 9:54 avg, Difficulty: easy
Lessons learned:
- A 8:30mm pace is not feasible (for me) for a June 9 half if the temp is >65°.
- No Lo mein before a fast run. No blueberry bagels before a long slow run.
- Vegan fig newtons work really well for long run fuel.
Reminders for next week:
- Working from home all day does not mean I should be gone all evening running. Maybe I will write more on that later!
Links:
Themocracy
No Lo Mein before a fast run, I’ll keep this one in mind! I’ve learned no tacos! 🙂 The linked post is awesome and hits home, especially for me and some topics from this week too. Looks like quite the week!
Tacos! Yes! No chips and salsa. *BURP* Learned that one the hard way too!
I love the photo of Data! Your cat is more dog like than my dog in so many ways.
I love the photo of your kitty on a leash very cute! So what are you training for again? 🙂 you’re racking up some serious mileage!
I don’t really have anything I am training for. A 10 miler Memorial Day weekend and that Chicago half on 6/9! Those are just to run for fun though.
The shadow of Data in the photo was freaking cool!
Ha ha ha. I knew if I posted a pic of Data that is what most of the comments would be on. I loved that shadow. I had to take a pic!
Wow, 23 miles by yourself? That’s pretty awesome.
You rock – I LOVE that you ran all over town just because you could. I often let busy roads get in the way of where I let myself go, but I realized Saturday morning that it’s not bad when you run early on the weekend…
(Love that pic of Data and his shadow!)
Yeah, give it a try! It can be a really nice run if you choose the right roads! And are not afraid to run in the grass.