Training Week 358
Highlight of the Week: Having more time to workout (because we weren’t working in the attic all weekend and every weeknight)!
Monday | August 22, 2016: 12 m ride + 4 m run + teaching strength class
Indoor Bike Time: 47:00, Pace: 15.3 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: hood, Temp: 75°/75°, Time: 38:07, Pace: 9:31 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: surprisingly good!
Strength: one dumbbell and cards, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Tuesday | August 23, 2016: rest
Wednesday | August 24, 2016: 5 m run + 13 m ride + attic work
Loc: hood, Temp: 74°/75°, Time: 47:45, Pace: 9:32 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, but hate wearing a visor
Indoor Ride Time: 50:50, Pace: 15.4 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, but a bit sore butt!
Thursday | August 25 2016: 6 m run
Loc: hood, Temp: 70°/72°, Time: 1:01:06, Pace: 10:11 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: super muggy out
Friday | August 26, 2016: teaching strength class + 800 m swim (breaststroke, w/Anne) + 5 m run (incl. 10×1:00)
Strength: step, 1 DB & boxing, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: Grayslake Pool, Temp (air): 64°, Time: 22:58, Pace: 2:35min/100m, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: hood, Temp: 75°/73°, Time: 48:14, Pace: 9:38 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, especially after my knee warmed up! Enjoyed the breeze
Saturday | August 27, 2016: 8 m run + 5 m ride
Loc: Van Patten Loop, Temp: 70°/72°, Time: 1:23:52, Pace: 10:28 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: tired legs, muggy
Indoor Ride Time: 23:25, Pace: 12.8 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: tired
Sunday | August 28, 2016: 12 m run
Loc: Kilbourne to trail head loop, Temp: 69°/74°, Time: 2:05:32, Pace: 10:28 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, just thirsty!
Notes:
- My right knee was so tired this week. I think it’s either from crawling around in the attic so much the last three weeks, or needing new shoes, or a combo of both. The good news is, I won’t be in the attic as much in the future, and I have new shoes I can wear, so I’ll see if those two things help! Or maybe my body was just like, “Whoa, we’re actually running our normal amount this week? WTH?”
- Yay! I actually did get to run my preferred 6 days, and 40 miles this week! HORRAY!!!!
- Friday was the last day the pool Anne and I swim in after class is open for lap swim in the summer. Sadness! We both really enjoyed going there after class. I’d kind of like to find another pool I (we!) can drop in and swim laps for relaxation, but I don’t think I am going to find another one with a $3 drop in fee!
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Super bummed that swimming is already over for the season 🙁 Doing that back-to-back with your class was definitely tiring, but also really fun! There is a nearby indoor pool that has lap swims after Friday class, but the drop-in fee is $6!
Tiring, but also so convenient! $6 isn’t HORRIBLE, but TWICE the price! LOL. Where’s that?
I was wondering what the sad faces were about in the pool photo! Too bad that it’s the last day. That’s a great price for the drop in fee.
Isn’t it?! I wish I could find that indoor for the winter! 🙂
Glad you could get your mileage back up – hopefully your knee will catch up. All that stooping and crawling had to mess with it.
I thought about trying lessons swimming for Sept. but now I am thinking it is not the right time – trying to increase my mileage and something new at the same time may make me crumble ya think? One of these days I want to learn a real swim stroke!
Why do you hate a visor?
Yeah, and you might be pressed for time! When you do have time to swim though, I recommend it! I find it helps big time for recovery!
Visors make me sweaty and make my head feel so hot – they hold the heat in.
I actually swam at Grayslake Aquatic Center last Thursday morning because my gym pool was closed (and is still closed this week too grrrr). I’m glad I read about that pool here or I would never have known about their morning swim hours! And $3 is a steal! I’ve been looking for other places to go and the pool nearest me is $12, yikes! I wish Grayslake was open for 1 more week!
Oh awesome – that you swam there, not that your gym is closed! Let me know if you ever find anything cheap for swimming – there is a Y I am looking at, but I think the drop in rate is still $$