Training Week 460
Highlight of the Week: Getting to run so much while on work travel.
Monday | August 6, 2018: 5 m run + 5 m run
Loc: Jeffersonville to Louisville and back, Temp: 75°/73°, Time: 48:58, Pace: 9:47 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, sad one pedestrian bridge was closed
Loc: Jeffersonville to Louisville and back, Temp: 86°/84°, Time: 50:31, Pace: 10:05 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: full from dinner, but okay!
Tuesday | August 7, 2018: 3 m run
Loc: Ohio River Greenway, Temp: 75°/76°, Time: 30:43, Pace: 10:13 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: tired at first, then fine
Wednesday | August 8, 2018: rest
Thursday | August 9, 2018: 4 m run
Loc: hood, Temp: 70°/71°, Time: 37:41, Pace: 9:25 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great, running in the rain
Friday | August 10, 2018: teaching strength class + 1,176 yd swim + 7.5 m run
Strength: BOSU and med balls, Felt: good, hot
Loc: FitNation, Time: 25:07, Pace: 2:08 min/100 yd, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: VP Woods Loop, Temp: 77°/76°, Time: 1:18:17, Pace: 10:26 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: thirsty, a bit blah & sluggish
Saturday | August 11, 2018: 4 m run + Efit Games
Loc: hood, Temp: 64°/63°, Time: 41:36, Pace: 10:23 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: still sluggish
Sunday | August 12, 2018: 12 m run
Loc: DPRT/Kilbourne loop, Temp: 68°/78°, Time: 2:10:06, Pace: 10:50 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: good!
Notes:
- I’m grateful I could fit in three runs while on travel this week. I think the Louisville waterfront park is great and would love to run more there. When I was logging my Monday night run, I saw it was my first run (starting) after 6:00 pm all year. I wonder if I’ll have many more night runs.
- My Thursday run window coincided with a severe thunderstorm warning which meant the temperature dropped, yay! I got soaked, and ran up and down our street to stay close to home.
- The fitness studio I work for held our second annual “Efit Games” on Saturday. There were six teams of four, and ten events – things like bucket carry, tug-of-war, push-ups, ball toss, etc. My boss organizes it all and we just show up and have fun! And we did! Except I had a bad headache that up-down events made worse. But I powered through, and my team ended up placing third!
- Man, I was SORE when I woke up Sunday, which I expected. It was mostly upper body – I was surprised it wasn’t my calves – I could feel them locking up during tug-of-war, so badly that they were shaking after.
- Everyone got an “Efit Games” shirt, and for the first time of me going to/working at Efit, racerback tanks were offered! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those are my preferred style! I hope we order more. And since I had that style on, several people commented on my tattoo (it’s covered otherwise)!
- My method for dealing with the heat and humidity this summer has been to ignore it. I go out for my run with a lot of water, choose shady routes, etc. But I try not to dwell on it before or during the run because it is what it is! So when I have a crappy run like I did Friday night, I forget that weather might be part of that until after I am done. Then think, “oh! yeah!” Ha.
- Alright, I haven’t ridden my bike in two weeks. And done a speed workout in maybe three or more. It’s time to fit those things back in!
Themocracy
I get that weather amnesia as well, forgetting that the reason why a run was stupid hard was the 98% humidity, 80 degrees at start time. Soon (sooner for you, lucky duck), a crisp cool day will be here and running/biking will become nine million times easier. 🙂
Ha! I like your name for it! Weather amnesia!
Yes, we are lucky! We start to get glimpses of the cooler days in September. I hope you get some previews, too!