Training Week 325
Highlight of the Week: Indoor cycling (2x!) with Steven!
Monday | January 4, 2016: 7 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: hood, Temp: 28°, Time: 1:04:28, Pace: 9:12 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay, but regretted my afternoon snack choice
Strength: medicine balls, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Tuesday | January 5, 2016: 5 m ride (w/Steven!!!) + 20 mins strength
Indoor Ride Time: 19:50, Pace: 15.2 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Wednesday | January 6, 2016: 11 m run
Loc: hood, Temp: 27°/24°, Time: 1:38:59, Pace: 9:00 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great, esp. after I woke up! Ha!
Thursday | January 7, 2016: 6 m run (incl. 6×400)
Loc: hood, Temp: 37°/37°, Time: 52:16, Pace: 8:42 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: good, grateful for the warmth
Friday | January 8, 2016: teaching strength class + 16 m run
Strength: medicine balls, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: Grayslake/Gurnee loop, Temp: 39°/38°, Time: 2:33:24, Pace: 9:35, Difficulty: easy, Felt: decent, tired legs after speedwork (per usual)
Saturday | January 9, 2016: 10 m run (incl. hills) + 6.5 m ride (w/Steven) + 20 mins strength + boxing w/Steven
Loc: Hood to Heather Ridge, Temp: 35°/35°, Time: 1:30:30, Pace: 9:03 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: good, gassed at the end
Indoor Cycling Time: 25:32, Pace: 15.3 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Sunday | January 10, 2016: teaching fitness boxing + 5 m run
Strength: body weight w/hand resistance bands and boxing, Difficulty: easy (mostly observing), Felt: great
Loc: hood, Temp: 13°/13°, Time: 40:22, Pace: 8:04 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Notes:
- I’m loving running in our rental neighborhood! The location is similar to my old neighborhood, in that I am mostly locked in to the northeast corner of where two highways intersect (with few opportunities to cross), but the difference here is that there are tons of connecting neighborhoods, so I can run a variety of routes! At the old house, there were just two neighborhoods to run through (and a trail going in two directions, to use when not covered in snow) and that got really old in the winter (it was A LOT of cul-de-sac running…).
- My feet and legs let me know it was time for new running shoes this week. Ugh. I was hoping losing weight would make my shoes last longer – nope – I still wildly supinate to the midfoot on one side, and the rearfoot on the other, and that destroys my shoes.
- And speaking of feet… my entire long run was in the rain this week, and that was NOT good for my toe with the missing toenail. Ouch. For whatever reason, it aggravated it.
- This was my fourth week in a row teaching fitness boxing! I thought I’d be ready for a break next weekend, but I am kind of sad I am not teaching it again until the 23rd.
Themocracy
How cute that Steven worked out with you this week! When is your next big race?
Yeah, a few weeks ago he told me he wanted to do some cardio at home. But that’s hard with the treadmill packed up, so we got his bike out of storage 🙂 I hope he gets back in to his workout routine!
I actually have a post drafted for tomorrow about my next race – a 5K where I’d like a course PR. That’s it! I am only signed up for one race so far this year 🙂
Nice job 🙂 I day dream about being able to run like that lol my body does not like the mileage I desire to run…I will live vicariously reading your awesome recaps 🙂
Thank you! I am sorry that your body does not cooperate with you! Keep in mind, too, I built up to this weekly mileage after several years!!! 🙂