Training Week 272
Highlight of the Week: Starting the new year with a workout with my dad! And actually being able to workout, right away in the new year.
Monday | December 29, 2014: 5.6 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 27°/28°, Time: 53:32, Pace: 9:34 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: good/hungry
Strength: Sand bags, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, in shape
Tuesday | December 30, 2014: rest
Wednesday | December 31, 2014: 4.4 m run + 10 m bike/10 min core
Loc: Millennium Tail, Temp: -2°/-1°, Time: 42:07, Pace: 9:35 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Bike Time: 40:47, Pace: 14.7 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: fine
Thursday | January 1, 2015: 10.3 m run (w/Dad on bike)/10 min strength
Loc: Indian Creek Trail/Overland Park, Temp: 30°/34°, Time: 1:41:28, Pace: 9:51 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: fantastic
Friday | January 2, 2015: 6 m run (w/Dad on bike)
Loc: Overland Park, Temp: 37°/37°, Time: 58:41, Pace: 9:46, Difficulty: decent, Felt: so full from lunch, ha ha
Saturday | January 3, 2015: 8 m run
Loc: Line Creek Trail (KCMO), Temp: 33°/35°, Time: 1:20:45, Pace: 10:05 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Sunday | January 4, 2015: 4 m run
Loc: Line Creek Trail (KCMO), Temp: 6°/8°, Time: 42:56, Pace: 10:44 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: okay
Notes:
- I had the flu/some lung issues at the end of 2013 and in to 2014, so my January last year was… less than stellar. I am so grateful to be healthy and working out right away in 2015!
- And my first three runs of the year were in such nice weather! 30s and hardly any wind! Sunday was a dose of reality again – 6°F out and feels like -13°F because of 19 mph winds with gusts in the mid 20s. Ha ha, winter is here!
- I also started 2015 out with my normal tracking spreadsheets, and some new ones. I just love tracking pointless data (like who my runs were with, in which state, etc.) even though I could very likely run a report on Garmin to tell me all that info. Eh, it makes it fun for me! So far, 50% of my runs this year were with my dad on his bike, and 50% of them were in Kansas, and the other 50% were in Missouri. Those stats will change very soon!
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I’m right they with you, starting the new year out healthy is a huge point that needs to be celebrated. So glad your workout fit the year started with your dad.
Yay! I hope that means you had the same! 🙂
WOW, great week! Does running 7 days a week every burn you out? I have always been in awe of those who could run with no rest days in between! Great job!!
I take one full rest day each week (this week it was Tuesday) and try to run 5-6 days a week. With that, and most of my runs being easy, I don’t burn out 🙂
Oh I missed the Tuesday rest day…That rocks, regardless!!!!
6 days running in a week: very very good. Glad you can make some workouts with dad. I would like to run with my son but at the moment he has some problems inside his knee.
Maybe he will ride his bike with you, like my dad does with me! 🙂
Way to rock in the New Year. No better way than by running! Spreadsheets are good, even as a backup, since Garmin’s website could lose all your data (or start charging to access it) and then what would we do? 🙂
Thanks for supporting my crazy data. And yeah, good point on Garmin… half the time the site won’t load, anyway! It’s a big buggy (probably cause there IS so much data in there!).
Great week! I love all of the stats you keep. This is going to be a tougher week of running with this weather…yikes!
Thanks!
And yeah it is! One outdoor run and one indoor run so far. How are you dealing with it? 🙂
Well, Monday night I ran outside while it snowed. It wasn’t too bad at all actually. Last night I took a rest day because my knee hurt, but I probably would’ve made that one a TM run given that it was below zero. Today will probably be a treadmill run, although if it’s not windy, I really don’t mind sub-zero temps too much.
Oh man, is your knee better today?!
Yeah, the sub-zero temps are fine with me, it’s that damn wind and ice! I hope the wind gives us a break, soon!
A little…it’s that normal nerve thing I always deal with. For some reason it makes my knee hurt. I hadn’t been adjusted in 6 weeks and I need to go every 4…the holidays just got in the way!
Oh! I hope you get in soon and that makes it feel good again 🙂
Very cool you and your Dad can run together!
Yeah! And I love that I get to blab on and on to him! ha ha!
I have a pointless Excel sheet too. It’s the best thing ever.
YESSSSSSSSS. We should share ours! Maybe we are tracking some different things! 🙂