Training Week 265

By , November 16, 2014 10:09 am

Highlight of the Week: Rachel joining me for all of my 22-miler! It was such a treat to catch up, and the run just flew by!

Week265 

Monday | November 10, 2014: 3 m run (w/Kelly) + 5 m run + teaching strength class x2
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 42°/42°, Time: 29:57, Pace: 9:59 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: hood, Temp: 49°/53°, Time: 46:29, Pace: 9:17 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: angry
Strength: Two dumbbell, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay
Strength: Two dumbbell, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay
Tuesday | November 11, 2014: Strength in Numbers Virtual Half Marathon + 1 m run (w/Kelly) 
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 52°/44°, Time: 2:10:21, Pace: 9:57 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great 
Wednesday | November 12, 2014: rest
Thursday | November 13, 2014: 7 m run
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 25°/25°, Time: 1:11:01, Pace: 10:08 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Friday | November 14, 2014: teaching strength class + 5 m run (w/Dawn)
Strength: Body bars, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good – got me out of a cranky start to the morning
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 24°/23°, Time: 50:42, Pace: 10:08, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Saturday | November 15, 2014: 22 m run (w/Rachel)
Loc: DPRT, Temp: 20°/31°, Time: 3:51:28, Pace: 10:31 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: really good!
Sunday | November 16, 2014: 4.6 m run (w/Jen)
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 25°/27°, Time: 59:08, Pace: 12:52 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: fine

Notes: 

  • I remembered not to go all out teaching back-to-back strength classes on Monday (and it helped – no mid-week DOMS)!
  • Saturday was the first long run in awhile where I didn’t feel delirious for the last 3-4 miles. WIN! I think the fueling strategy did it (AND, having awesome company the whole time!). I still ate something every 30 minutes (and took an electrolyte tab with it), but ate more honey stinger waffles than normal. So (just for my records), I would have a gu or clif gel at 00:30 and 1:00, then a waffle at 1:30, then repeat. I also opened my Vitamin Water earlier than half way through, to take sips. It’s crazy what a difference the “right” fueling strategy for me makes. Have you figured out your long run fueling strategy?
  • Hmm, I wonder if this has been my highest weekly mileage of the year (just over 60)? I have a cut-back week next week, another peak week, then two weeks until the marathon. Hard to believe it’s four weeks from today! Training went FAST! 
  • Sunday was my first run on the season on snow. YAY! (although, as much as I love snow, I’d be okay with not doing my last two longer distance runs on it, hee hee)

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8 Responses to “Training Week 265”

  1. I still don’t think I have it figured out yet, gulp!! I think I’m just gonna try to take in as much as I can, I normal don’t take enough. How do you find the electrolyte tablets, do they help much? I’m a very salty sweater and have contemplated getting some.

  2. Pam says:

    Dude, that’s a lot of miles. And here I am excited about most likely breaking 100 miles for the month for the first time since December of 2012. lol

    I definitely haven’t figured out my fueling strategy. At what mileage do you incorporate fuel into your run? I typically don’t for anything under 10, and today I ran 11 without any… not even anything to drink. haha It was freezing cold and raining, so I don’t think I sweat a drop the whole time.

    • kilax says:

      Breaking 100 is AWESOME-o!!!! I normally don’t run this many a week – just when I am marathon training with a pace goal 🙂

      Hmm… generally if I am going to be running more than an hour and a half, I will bring fuel. And sometimes, I will bring a gel just in case for an 8 miler! I am impressed you could go 11 without! Even though it’s colder now, I am still getting thirsty about 7-8 miles in!

  3. Amy says:

    Glad you figured out your fuel – yes, it does make a huge difference if you get it right! Can’t believe you guys have snow already!

  4. My fueling depends on the distance, still trying to figure it out fit those longer runs. Yeah I don’t know if I’d like my last two long runs to be on snow, but I guess we do what we have to right lol

  5. scott says:

    I love the training photo collage. Great idea! I do not like all that snow though!!!

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