Training Week 319
Highlight of the Week: A new 10K PR and consistent splits on my long run.
Monday | November 23, 2015: 12 m run + 15 m ride + teaching strength class
Loc: hood, Temp: 28°/33°, Time: 1:46:4, Pace: 8:53 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Indoor Ride Time: 57:15, Pace: 15.7 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Strength: Body Bars & Resistance Bands, Difficulty: easy (partner based, mostly observing), Felt: good
Tuesday | November 24, 2015: 5.2 m run
Loc: hood, Temp: 41°/40°, Time: 43:24, Pace: 8:21 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, unsafe in the dark
Wednesday | November 25, 2015: 3.1 m run + 10 mins kettlebells + 7 m ride
Loc: hood, Temp: 46°/47°, Time: 27:25, Pace: 8:51 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, legs a bit tight
Indoor Ride Time: 31:18, Pace: 13.4 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Thursday | November 26, 2015: Mayor’s Turkey Day Run (10K)
Loc: Kenosha, Temp: 52°/53°, Time: 45:36, Pace: 7:22 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: pretty good until the wind @ 4.5
Friday | November 27, 2015: teaching strength class (rest day)
Body Bars & Resistance Bands, Difficulty: easy (partner based, mostly observing), Felt: good
Saturday | November 28, 2015: 7 m run
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 30°/33°, Time: 1:03:53, Pace: 9:07 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, but not in to it
Sunday | November 29, 2015: 21 m run
Loc: around town, Temp: 24°/35°, Time: 3:23:24, Pace: 9:41 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: good, but like I should be home working on things
Notes:
- We’ve hit that time of year with my favorite running temperatures – the 30s! These temps make me feel like I can fly… well, as long as I am not dodging ice on the ground or bundled up in layers because of the wind. Ha. I cherish this small season of my ideal temps – it makes me feel like a strong runner!
- I’m happy I was able to race a 10K while I was in 10K shape! Now, to find a half marathon. Ha ha, just kidding, that will wait for next year.
- My Sunday long run proved to me that I am ready to race a marathon in two weeks if I decide to. Now… I just have to decide. We had the trip booked to Dallas many months ago, and weren’t expecting to sell our town home and needing to move out the same weekend as the trip. Fudge! I’m really grateful our home is selling, but damn, the timing sure sucks for many reasons.
- We’ve added a few end of the year indoor cycling classes at Essential Fitness (the studio where I teach), and I get to teach one next Saturday. I’m pumped! I’ve been working on my playlist for it for a few months now. Ha, that sounds silly, but what you do in the class is very connected to the music, so it matters!
Themocracy
Yay for the 30 degree temps! I ran a half marathon yesterday and it was wonderful. Felt like I could run forever (and I wore shorts)!
ISN’T IT THE BEST?!!?!? Ahh, love it! We must relish it while it lasts!
Moving is the worst! It makes your whole life feel unsettled, but I still say go for the race!
It sure does!
I really want to. I feel like running is helping me hold on to that part of my identity, since most of what we talk about now is house stuff (understandably). I haven’t even been knitting. 😮
Yay for cooler temps. Its still up and down here but the days were it gets below the 60s I’m a happy bunny. You should still race. Let Data do the move, ha ha! Seriously I’m sure you could work around it but that is sucky timing.
I hope you have lots of days like that in your future!
Ha! I should let Data handle it, hee hee.
I have enjoyed the cooler temps too 🙂
Awesome 10k time!
Music does make a huge difference in a group class 🙂 I had fav aerobic tracks in classes for years. We used to request them lol
You have been running so much faster lately! Nice job! And congrats on shaving an entire minute per mile off your 10K PR, holy freaking cow!
Are you training for anything right now? If not, I’m really impressed that you do 21 mile runs just for the heck of it. You couldn’t pay me to do that, lol
Thanks 🙂
I might run a marathon in two weeks. 😉