Running + Training

By kilax, May 27, 2018 6:16 pm

Highlight of the Week: Running a race with Rachel! / Feeling so great on my runs and not wanting to stop!

Monday | May 21, 2018: teaching strength class
Strength: sandbags and cones, Felt: good, tired from being in the city all day
Tuesday | May 22, 2018: 14 m run (incl. 10 tempo MP)
Loc: Lake Andrea/Outlet Mall Loop, Temp: 60°/59°, Time: 2:05:57, Pace: 9:00 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: mostly great
Wednesday | May 23, 2018: 7 m run
Loc: VP Woods loop, Temp: 69°, Time: 1:06:51, Pace: 9:33 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good after a few miles, warm
Thursday | May 24, 2018: 19 m run + 13 m ride
Loc: DPRT/Kilbournee Loop, Temp: 51°/61°, Time: 3:06:43, Pace: 9:50 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: mostly great, breathing a bit harder than normal
Loc: Lake Andrea/Outlet Mall Loop, Temp: 67°/75°, Time: 50:18, Pace: 15.5 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, annoyed with wind noise
Friday | May 25, 2018: teaching strength class + 924 yd swim + 4 m run
Strength: sandbags & cones, Felt: good, tired (didn’t get enough sleep)
Loc: FitNation, Time: 20:17, Pace: 2:12 min/100 yd, Difficulty: easy, Felt: not in to it
Loc: hood, Temp: 83°/85°, Time: 41:04, Pace: 10:15, Difficulty: medium, Felt: fine, just hot and taking it easy
Saturday | May 26, 2018: 14 m run (incl. 4 hill repeats) + teaching strength class
Loc: DPRT/Kilbourne Loop, Temp: 68°/70°, Time: 2:15:50, Pace: 9:42 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great, didn’t want to stop!
Strength: whole body moves & boxing, Felt: great
Sunday | May 27, 2018: Chocoholic 5K (w/Rachel)
Loc: Burlington, Temp: 79°/82°, Time: 28:59, Pace: 9:27 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, super sweaty

Notes:

• My marathon pace (8:46) feels really easy when it’s overcast… but I got a chance to run part of it in the sun on Tuesday’s tempo, and it helped to see how it feels with a hot face, sun sick stomach, and sweat dripping down my arms. (It feels not as easy, ha!)
• I love doing my long runs Thursdays before work. I wonder if I will keep that up after the marathon.
• I road my bike outside for the first time this year on Thursday! I had forgotten how annoying the slightest wind is. It’s mostly the noise in my ears that’s bugging me.
• We got hit with nasty hot weather for the last three days of the week. It didn’t affect me on Saturday’s run (thankfully) but I could feel it during the 5K I ran with Rachel on Sunday. The race started at 9:30, which is a time I’d want to be done well before in that kind of weather. But we took it easy and had fun. And… there’s your recap. Ha! Maybe I will write an actual one, too.

Link to Training Week 448

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