Training Week 294
Highlight of the Week: Running a kick-@$$ half marathon with Gina on Saturday!
Monday | June 1, 2015: 5 m run + 5.5 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 49°/52°, Time: 47:22, Pace: 9:28 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: too hot
Loc: hood, Temp: 54°/56°, Time: 53:13, Pace: 9:40 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: okay but tired. And hot. Ha ha.
Strength: Lebert – bodyweight & kettlebells, Difficulty: medium, Felt: good
Tuesday | June 2, 2015: 5 m run (w/Kelly) + 15 m ride
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 41°/39°, Time: 48:09, Pace: 9:37 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: tired (legs)
Bike Time: 58:50, Pace: 15.3 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good for the legs
Wednesday | June 3, 2015: rest
Thursday | June 4, 2015: 5 m run (incl. 1×1600, 2×800, 2×400)
Loc: hood, Temp: 79°/81°, Time: 47:50, Pace: 9:34 avg, Difficulty: hard, Felt: okay, hot stomach
Friday | June 5, 2015: teaching strength class + 8 m ride
Strength: Lebert – bodyweight & kettlebells, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay – hot and struggling with headache
Bike Time: 29:39, Pace:16.2 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: fine
Saturday | June 6, 2015: Hospital Hill Half Marathon (w/Gina)
Loc: KCMO, Temp: 70°/70°, Time: 2:09:49, Pace: 9:54 avg, Difficulty: medium/easy, Felt: good/great
Sunday | June 7, 2015: 3.3 m run
Loc: Line Creek Trail, KCMO, Temp: 82°/85°, Time: 34:24, Pace: 10:26 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: hot hot hot
Notes:
- I might have to quit running on the forest preserve trail behind my house – I stop too much to take nature photos on it! Like this fawn, on Monday:
- A headache kept me from meeting Kelly on Thursday am to do speedwork. I was bummed to miss doing it with her, and worried because skipping the am time slot meant I would be running in much hotter temps later in the day. It was about 80°F when I went out. I survived. I aimed to hit an 8:00 mile pace for each interval. It’s slower than I would have done in the morning, but WAY better than not doing it at all! My body felt fine, but my stomach did not – something about the heat and sun makes it feel so… icky. Not queasy or barfy, just all sloshy and hot.
- I woke up with another horrible headache Friday morning at 1:00 am and was really worried about my upcoming trip to Kansas City (KC) – the constant changing weather (and sometimes dehydration) gives me nasty headaches, and we were going to really hot temps in KC. And… I am just no fun when I have a headache (or am sick). But, luckily, I had ZERO headaches in KC despite it hitting the high 80s/low 90s most days and being outside a lot. Yay!
- Oh my gosh – even though it was crazy hot (for me) a lot of the time in KC, we had AMAZING weather for the race – overcast, then rain for the last five miles! We had a stellar race and the hills didn’t even feel that horrible… and I know A LOT of it is because the weather was so great (and because of the hill work I did to prepare). I can’t wait to write the race report and actually look at the photos Steven took at the race (ha ha, been a bit busy since then!). Steven, Steven’s dad, Steve, Luca and my dad all spectated the race (Gina, Andrew and I ran)! It’s such a treat to have personal spectators out there!
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I am glad the headaches didn’t plague you! Just the name Hospital Hill sounds intimidating lol I am glad it went well. You did work really hard to prepare.
What a sweet picture you captured, totally worth it 🙂
I am glad it didn’t, too. I feel completely out of control when I get a headache like that!
We saw a fawn this past Monday, too! And got to see its mom feeding it! Awww. 🙂
Oh the deer! Sooo cute! I would have to stop & take pictures, too. Glad the headache went away in time. The ones where you wake up in the night with them are the worst!