Training Week 278
Highlight of the Week: Last two runs in Mexico and getting my speed work in despite the weather and stomach issues!
Monday | February 9, 2015: rest (does snorkel count?)
Tuesday | February 10, 2015: 8.1 m run (last 3 w/Steve)
Loc: Playa del Carmen, Temp: 66°, Time: 1:19:42, Pace: 9:50 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay
Wednesday | February 11, 2015: 3.2 m run
Loc: Playa del Carmen, Temp: 66°, Time: 31:23, Pace: 9:49 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good (but rushed!)
Thursday | February 12, 2015: rest
Friday | February 13, 2015: teaching strength class + 7.1 m run (incl. 8×400)
Strength: body bars, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, but need to get back in to the swing of things
Loc: hood, Temp: 19°/20°, Time: 1:02:29, Pace: 8:48, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, minus stomach pain (left over from Wed night in Mexico)
Saturday | February 14, 2015: 6 m run + teaching fitness boxing
Loc: hood, Temp: 17°/12°, Time: 1:01:07, Pace: 10:11 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: challenged by the 25mph winds
Strength: boxing and body weight workout (plyo boxes), Difficulty: medium, Felt: good, challenged
Sunday | February 15, 2015: 10 m bike
Bike Time: 44:10, Pace: 13.6 mph avg, Difficulty: super easy, Felt: sooooooooooooo laaaaaaaazy
Notes:
- Only two runs in Mexico this week! I was hoping to get up early before our flight on Thursday and get one last run in, but I started to get some really bad stomach cramps (accompanied with a few other symptoms) late Wednesday afternoon, and that went on until Saturday am! Yikes! No running for me on Thursday – I hardly slept Wednesday night!
- Surprisingly though, my 400s were decent on Friday… in that I got them done and pace wasn’t too all over the place. I did groan outwardly a few times due to stomach pain. And I totally cheated and ran with the 18mph SW winds for the 400s, and in to the winds for my recoveries. Ha ha… isn’t that how I am supposed to do it?! No?!
- Not surprisingly, I was a bit rusty teaching class Friday morning, but back at it by Saturday morning! I have four classes coming up this week!
- Due to weather, general laziness and some stuff unexpectedly coming up, I decided to move Sunday’s long run to Monday (tomorrow). Yay, President’s Day!
- I would like to see the percentage of strength classes taught, overall, number go down, but it’s going up. I need to start doing more on my own.
Themocracy
With you on the stomach issues even if mine were partially my own fault. Good job on getting out for your intervals and also running on vacation!!
Hee hee! Now I get this comment! I didn’t have it as bad as you! I mean… it was coming out the opposite end. LOL!!!!
Good job for a travel week + sick week! I’m moving my longer run to tomorrow as well!
Hope your LR went well!
You did well getting in all that while travelling!
Thanks! It was such a pleasure to run there!
Oh yuck! I had stomach issues traveling once and I hated every second of the airport and airplane. I just wanted to get home.
Oh gosh… yeah. It stinks!!! Luckily, I didn’t have to get up more than once on the plane! Thank heavens they have bathrooms, right?!
I’m sorry to hear about your stomach issues! I had the same problem when I got back from Mexico!! Were you glad to get back to the cold weather or do you miss the warm??
=^..^=
Gina got it too, so we wondered if we both just had some water in something… or what else it could be? What do you think caused it for you?
Well… I don’t mind being back in the cold. Even though the high tomorrow is 9, and 3 or something silly on Thursday. But it was a super nice treat to go jacket-less and show some skin in February! 😀