Training Week 304
Highlight of the Week: Seeing an amazing rainbow on Monday’s run!
Monday | August 10, 2015: 8 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: Millennium Trail to Nippersink FP, Temp: 71°/73°, Time: 1:20:15 Pace: 10:02 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Strength: Body bars and boxing bags, Difficulty: medium, Felt: good
Tuesday | August 11, 2015: 7.2 m run + 2.9 m run
Loc: to Efit, Temp: 74°/73°, Time: 1:14:08, Pace: 10:18 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: tired
Loc: from Efit, Temp: 72°/72°, Time: 29:39, Pace: 10:13 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: better
Wednesday | August 12, 2015: rest
Thursday | August 13, 2015: 6 m run
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 65°/64°, Time: 1:02:48, Pace: 10:28 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Friday | August 14, 2015: teaching strength class + 20 m run
Strength: Body bars and boxing bags, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: Round Lake/Grant Woods FP, Temp: 71°/77°, Time: 3:50:45, Pace: 11:32, Difficulty: easy/hard, Felt: steady (first 13)/soaked (last 7)
Saturday | August 15, 2015: 11 m ride
Loc: Round Lake, Temp: 81°/81°, Time: 49:02, Pace: 13.5 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: hot, but good
Sunday | August 16, 2015: 8 m run (virtual w/Kelly, incl. 2×800, 4×400, 1×800) + OWS
Loc: hood, Temp: 71°/71°, Time: 1:23:57, Pace: 10:29 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good!
Loc: Grays Lake, Temp (air): 75°/79°, Time: 22:00, Pace: 2:31 m/100 yd (est), Difficulty: easy, Felt: refreshing
Notes:
- My running pace typically gets much higher in the summer, and it hasn’t increased as much this year, but I’ve noticed I’m taking more pauses and walk breaks toward the ends of my runs than I normally do. Which means I am running too fast. So I slowed down this week, and ran much more consistently. I’d rather have that than a lower average pace (with a crazy huge time gap between elapsed and moving time)!
- We’ve had a streak of oppressive, muggy days here. It was so bad during my long run that all the sweat from my legs dripped in to my socks, so that I was running with slippery bath water toes… which really hurts my Morton’s toe. Wah wah wah, I know. Ha. I think I will start carrying another pair of socks in my pack to see if switching them out helps at all. Can’t wait to see how the pedicure technician reacts to my toes on Tuesday!
- The good thing about my long run is that I ran through some neighborhoods that I hadn’t before (to get to a forest preserve). I have a few long run routes I can take from my house that I really like, but I was just looking for something different, so that was a nice change.
- This week someone commented on how me eating a burrito wasn’t healthy. I said “I’m going to run 12 miles today, I think I’m fine” (full disclosure – I only ended up with 10 because I got a much appreciated ride back on my run commute, but whatever). Sigh. Yeah, I shouldn’t eat a burrito every day (I don’t). I should lose weight (eh). But… people should also keep their mouth shut about what I eat! How about that?! Ha. Don’t worry, it didn’t bother me. I mostly thought it was funny.
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It’s so hard to run in this heat and humidity. Kudos to you for sticking through it. I feel like I can’t physically run slow enough to compensate for how much I slow down in the heat. 🙂 Hope you can figure out the sock thing! Or better yet, I hope that it cools down soon!
Umm… that’s weird that someone felt the need to tell you eating a burrito wasn’t healthy. There can be healthy burritos and even if it wasn’t… occasional indulgences are good for our mental health!
Ha ha, I was thinking about your comment and how the burrito had beans, rice, lettuce and tomato. The “worst” part was the tortilla, but just because it’s so big (I am not anti carb AT ALL). So. Yeah, not THAT unhealthy. And I was so hungry and it was delish and totally hit the spot 🙂
What is up with these people who feel the need to meddle in other people’s affairs, e.g. what they are eating? That is so rude! Good for you for not being bothered by it.
Cheers to adjusting your training and running slower, more consistent paces with good results. I’m definitely a big believer in “what matters is that you covered the prescribed distance – how fast you ran it doesn’t matter.”
I don’t know. Food seems to be a big thing that people comment on! If I ever decide to ask someone about their food, it’s usually, “that smells good, what is it?”
Yeah, totally! I don’t typically get caught up in pace so it was weird that I was running faster then having to slow down. Like… I didn’t even realize it for a few weeks! Oops! And some people put time over distance and that over pace! I usually go for distance. 🙂
I’ve never understood commenting on someone else’s food choices other than “Yum, I’m jealous!” … what are they really projecting there?!