Training Week 281
Highlight of the Week: Racing in a new state, with Bobbi! And having a decent long run (with Kelly!) despite the cold and high winds.
Monday | March 2, 2015: 10 m run (first 8 w/Kelly)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 10°/7°, Time: 1:33:42, Pace: 9:22 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: really good
Strength: Kettlbells & Bench, + boxing, Difficulty: easy (mostly observing), Felt: okay
Tuesday | March 3, 2015: 5 m run
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 26°/25°, Time: 52:03, Pace: 10:24 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: surprised by the rapid snowfall
Wednesday | March 4, 2015: 3.2 m run + 10 m bike
Loc: hood, Temp: 18°, Time: 29:02, Pace: 9:04 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: surprisingly good
Bike Time: 34:22, Pace: 17.5 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good/normal bike boredom
Thursday | March 5, 2015: rest
Friday | March 6, 2015: teaching strength class + 18 m run (last 12 w/Kelly)
Strength: Ketllebells & Bench, + boxing, Difficulty: medium, Felt: okay
Loc: hood, Temp: 2°/18°, Time: 2:56:57, Pace: 9:48, Difficulty: easy to medium, Felt: good until the last 2, then tired
Saturday | March 7, 2015: Hot Dash 10 Mile w/Bobbi (+1 mile WU before)
Loc: Minneapolis, Temp: 36°/40°, Time: 1:45:40, Pace: 10:34 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay
Sunday | March 8, 2015: 7 m run (incl. 4×400 & 4×800)
Loc: Minneapolis hotel treadmill, Time: 1:04:02, Pace: 9:09 avg, Difficulty: hard, Felt: okay
Notes:
- On Monday I was thinking about how I hadn’t ordered any running shoes in awhile, so I decided to look on Amazon for fun to see how much they were and HOLY COW my size and style was $43!!! Can you believe I only ordered two pairs? Ha ha.
- I originally intended to do my long run Tuesday morning, before work. I thought it would be better to do it then, than the day before the 10 mile race (like I ended up doing). I was all set – I started running at 4:00 am and Kelly was going to meet me at 5:00 am for her long run… and then snow started coming down thick and fast around 4:30. I couldn’t see, I doubted cars could see me, and the roads were SLICK. So I called it. Ugh. Kind of weird to start off thinking you’re doing 18-20 and end up with 5! I am happy it still worked out on Friday for Kelly to meet me for our long runs!
- I realized it a few days late, but Monday was my two year anniversary teaching strength training classes at Efit!
- Dad, Will and I signed up for RAGBRAI this week! Dad and I are riding Wednesday and Thursday, and Will is riding Thursday.
- Gina got in to the NYC Marathon via lottery this week! I am so stoked for her! To this day, NYC is still my favorite marathon, and I bet it will have even more meaning for Gina, since she grew up there!
- I am super stoked that I raced in a new state this weekend, and that I got to race with Bobbi!
- I signed up for a 5K in Iowa on April 4th, and won’t do the one I was planning on this Saturday. The new one is flat, flat, FLAT!!! (But has a TON more people – around 1500!)
Themocracy
Congrats to Gina!!!! Sounds like a great week over all!!! And way to score on your shoes! That’s awesome!!!!
$43 shoes? Sweet! I sometimes look on Amazon but my feet are big and a lot of times I can’t find my size in the color I want.
I hear ya – I wear a size 12! I will usually get any color as long as it’s not white! 🙂
You are racking up the miles…that ultra is toast!! Nice find with the shoes.
Nice job this week!
Awesome news about RAGBRAI! I’ve always wanted to go back to my home state and take on the full week. One year I’ll get to it! I can’t wait to hear all about it!
Congrats to Gina on the lotto! and you to practically winning the lotto with cheap shoes!
Ha ha – that IS what I felt like! I wanted to buy way more pairs but held off. 😉
That is great that you and Bobbi got to run a race in Minnesota together! Congrats to Gina on the NYCM, too – she didn’t have to wait long at all! WOW on the $43 shoes. Did you get the Cumuluses? I don’t need any more running shoes right now, but for that price I could be convinced. =D
She tried to get in last year too – I am happy it only took two tries and that now she has a marathon under her belt. She’ll do really well at NYC 🙂
Yeah, more cumuluses. You wear a 10, right? They didn’t have any 🙁
That is so cool about Gina! Are you planning to be out there too ?
I would love to! I am not planning on it at this point, though. Maybe if I come across some great tickets! I like to spend Halloween weekend with my family, and that is when the race is (and I missed Halloween with them last year).