Training Week 249
Highlight of the Week: Riding the last day of RAGBRAI with my dad!
Monday | July 21, 2014: 6 m run (w/Kelly) + teaching strength class + 3 m run (w/Bobbi)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 60°/61°, Time: 1:00:16, Pace: 10:03 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good/happy
Strength: Kettlebells and plyo box with boxing, Difficulty: medium, Felt: so sweaty
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 84°/81°, Time: 32:32, Pace: 10:51 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: wiped. out.
Tuesday | July 22, 2014: rest
Wednesday | July 23, 2014: rest
Thursday | July 24, 2014: 4.5 m run (w/Kelly) + Softball Game #9
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 54°/53°, Time: 43:59, Pace: 9:45 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: surprisingly good!
Friday | July 25, 2014: teaching strength class + 4 m run (w/Dawn)
Strength: Kettlebells and plyo box with boxing, Difficulty: easy, Felt: sort of tired
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 57°/60°, Time: 41:37, Pace: 10:24, Difficulty: easy, Felt: surprisingly good (again!)
Saturday | July 26, 2014: RAGBRAI Day 7 (71.05 m, w/Dad) + 3.1 m ride (w/Dad)
Loc: Independence to Guttenberg, Temp: 64°/79°, Time: 5:18:38, Pace: 13.4 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Loc: Guttenberg, Time: 17:57, Pace: 10.4 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: saddle sore
Sunday | July 27, 2014: 14 m run (w/Dad on bike for 12)
Loc: Guttenberg, Temp: 70°/74°, Time: 2:47:22, Pace: 11:57 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: pretty good
Notes:
- The reason for the front-loaded Monday workouts is that I was in the office all day Tuesday and Wednesday, and I typically rest on “in office” days because of the 3+ hour (total, daily) commute. It’s time to get back in to the groove of working out on those days though! I typically only go to my office one day a week and use that as my rest day, but I’ll be down there more now, and I need to fit in workouts on those days, like I used to when I was down there 4-5 days a week! When are the trains going to have a “workout” car?! Ha ha.
- We only have one softball game left! Crazy how fast the season has gone by! I am curious to see who on our team will want to play again next year.
- RAGBRAI was SO MUCH FUN. And the day just flew by! I am really excited to telling you guys all about it, and share the photos from Steven, my mom, Grandma, my brother and the GoPro!
- I’m incredibly pleased I actually did my long run the day after RAGBRAI. I didn’t get much sleep Thursday or Friday night, and felt exhausted! But… I knew I’d be really annoyed with myself if I didn’t get it in, and luckily, I had my dad to keep me company (on his bike). I was surprised how good I felt taking it nice and easy – my legs weren’t sore at all!
Themocracy
Great week. Any workouts with the family are always the highlight of my week!
Some of my cousins did RAGBRAI last week (looks like they did the whole thing) and it was fun to follow along with their pics on FB. (Endurance sports seem to be common among the relatives on my dad’s side.)
Cool! Had they done it before?
Most of them yes, but I know it was a first time for at least one of them.
Way to get the long run done! That is a crazy commute time for work though. I’m not sure if I could handle that!
It’s pretty common out here… what a waste of time, right?
Oooh, can’t wait to hear about your ride!
Also, slightly off topic, you asked a while back about a cyclist’s high, and I think I might have had one last week – riding in Boulder with friends was SO MUCH FUN!
YAY! That is awesome! I want to hear more about it!
I seriously can’t believe you ran the day after Ragbrai. You’re a badass!
Thanks 🙂
Hooray–so glad you had a great time on RAGBRAI! Us Iowans know how special that event is. 🙂 And kudos to you for getting in a long run on Sunday! I totally would have skipped it. 🙂
I cannot wait to hear about Ragbrai!! 🙂
One post up… two more coming. Yikes!
Nice long run! My run on Sunday after a century ride on Saturday was a little rough!