Running + Training

By kilax, September 27, 2015 3:59 pm

Highlight of the Week: All the fun workouts with Gina!

Monday | September 21, 2015: 5 m run + 6 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: hood, Temp: 64°/67°, Time: 47:18, Pace: 9:27 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, but irritated
Loc: trail to hood, Temp: 67°/65°, Time: 56:42 Pace: 9:26 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: surprisingly good
Strength: box, kettlebells and boxing, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Tuesday | September 22, 2015: rest day!
Wednesday | September 23, 2015: 10 m run (incl. 5 hill repeats, w/Gina) + 10 mins kettlebells (w/Gina)
Loc: Grant Woods FP, Temp: 58°/70°, Time: 1:40:58, Pace: 10:06 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: pretty good!
Thursday | September 24, 2015: 8.5 m run (w/Gina)
Loc: Chicago Lakefront Trail, Temp: 62°/67°, Time: 1:21:45, Pace: 9:37 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Friday | September 25, 2015: teaching strength class + 15.7 m ride (w/Gina)
Strength: box, kettlebells and boxing, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay, but off
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 59°/61°, Time: 1:30:03 Pace: 10:05 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good!
Saturday | September 26, 2015: Big Hollow PTO 5K (+WU & CD w/Gina)
Loc: Fish Lake Rd, Temp: 65°/66°, Time: 23:02, Pace: 7:27 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: okay
Sunday | September 27, 2015: 21 m run (w/Gina and Steve (last 10 w/Steve))
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 62°/66°, Time: 3:33:10, Pace: 10:09 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: strong

Notes:

• What a great week! Gina’s been here since Tuesday night, so we got to run together four times (and with Steve, on Sunday)! On Thursday we went down to the city and ran a fun “city view” route so Gina could see all the cool Chicago vantage points. It’s such a treat to have her here! And I felt strong for all of my runs, which made me happy – the last time I saw her I wasn’t the best running partner (because I was getting over a stomach thing and it was crazy humid and a bit warm).
• I surpassed last year’s running mileage (1610.8) during today’s run (I’m at 1629). Yay! Now I am going after 2013’s mileage (1915.1).
• I am not signed up for any more races this year, but do have a few in mind (the 5K yesterday was one of them – we decided to run it midweek) – a few 5Ks, maybe a half marathon… maybe a marathon if I decide to lose some weight. But I will be content to keep running and not do any races, too.
• I’ve actually done some strength training at home the last three weeks (as opposed to just doing it while teaching class). I’d love to keep that going.

Link to Training Week 309

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