Training Week 331
Highlight of the Week: Doing all of my runs outside!
Monday | February 15, 2016: 15 m ride + 13 m run + teaching strength class
Indoor Ride Time: 57:37, Pace: 15.6 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: town loop, Temp: 26°/27°, Time: 1:58:46, Pace: 9:08 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great to run outside!
Strength: body bars and resistance bands mixed mode, Difficulty: easy, Felt:good, sleepy
Tuesday | February 16, 2016: 7 m run
Loc: To Van Patten Woods and back, Temp: 29°/29°, Time: 1:01:27, Pace: 8:47 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Wednesday | February 17, 2016: rest
Thursday | February 18, 2016: 6 m run (incl. 9×400)
Loc: 9th Street, Temp: 26°/26°, Time: 51:31, Pace: 8:35 avg, Difficulty: medium/hard, Felt: decent
Friday | February 19, 2016: teaching strength class + 7 m run
Strength: body bars and resistance bands mixed mode, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: To Van Patten Woods and back, Temp: 55°/55°, Time: 59:25, Pace: 8:29, Difficulty: medium, Felt: good
Saturday | February 20, 2016: 5 m run + teaching indoor cycling + teaching fitness boxing
Loc: around “town,” Temp: 39°/48°, Time: 42:44, Pace: 8:33 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Indoor Cycling Time: 54:31, Pace: 22.8 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Strength: boxing and light free weights, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, but off/distracted
Sunday | February 21, 2016: 20 mins strength + 13 m run
Loc: to Lake Andrea and back, Temp: 36°, Time: 1:57:32, Pace: 9:02 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: really good
Notes:
- Well… we’ve reached the burnout phase of Frosty Footrace training – which happens every year. I’m happy the race is only a week away and I can quit with the focused 5K speedwork and do whatever (speedwork) I feel like!
- Holy cow my Friday run was WINDY. 33 mph winds with 43 mph gusts. I-N-T-E-N-S-E. There were times running in to the wind that I didn’t feel like I was moving. And times it pushed me sideways. And forwards (those times were okay, ha!). I wouldn’t have gone out in those high winds but it was in the 50s and I wanted to enjoy the weather – and I did!
- The nice weather continued through to Saturday am. It was still sunny and warm, and a bit less windy. And I was teaching two indoor classes and wishing a little bit that I was outside. HA! But I’m not quite ready for warm temps yet. I was happy when it went back to overcast and cooler on Sunday.
- I woke up Saturday with a bit of a cold and am taking Mucinex to cover it. I hope it doesn’t get worse. Blah!
- Sunday was the first time I ran from the new house to Wisconsin and back. The roads were mostly quiet and I felt safe (I checked out the road my neighbors gave me a tip on!). Yay for new running routes!!!
Themocracy
That’s so cool you can say you ran to Wisconsin and back! I hope your cold is better.
I thought it was fun! I think I will be running there a lot!
Thanks! I hope I can sleep better with it tonight! I’ve been sneezing and blowing my noise a lot today!
It was definitely windy on Friday! I ran outside on Saturday and while it wasn’t as bad as Friday, it was still nippy.