Training Week 469
Highlight of the Week: Running a half marathon with a hobby horse, and running with Dad!
Monday | October 8, 2018: 4 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: hood, Temp: 82°/82°, Time: 41:40, Pace: 10:25 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: surprisingly good (given the temp and my poor weekend diet!)
Strength: kettlebells and cones, Felt: good
Tuesday | October 9, 2018: 15 m ride + 7 m run
Indoor Ride Time: 1:00:13, Pace: 14.9 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: VP Woods Loop, Temp: xx°/xx°, Time: 1:10:10, Pace: 10:01 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: surprisingly good, again, with the heat
Wednesday | October 10, 2018: rest
Thursday | October 11, 2018: 3 m walk
Friday | October 12, 2018: teaching strength class + 3 m run
Strength: kettlebells and cones Felt: fine
Loc: Plymouth, MN, Temp: 46°/45°, Time: 30:20, Pace: 10:06, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, chilly, regretted that sandwich
Saturday | October 13, 2018: Gear Western Half Marathon
Loc: Long Lake, MN, Temp: 36°/42°, Time: 2:10:40, Pace: 9:59 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: good!
Sunday | October 14, 2018: 8 m run
Loc: North Bran, Temp: 35°/34°, Time: 1:21:47, Pace: 10:13 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: good, tired at the end
Notes:
- We had high temps (low 80s, high 70s) back for Monday and Tuesday’s runs. And they surprisingly weren’t horrible! I’m glad we didn’t have that weather a day earlier, on Chicago Marathon day. Their overcast rainy day looked decent (to me!) for running. My last two marathon PRs have been in that kind of weather.
- I kind of forgot that I was running a half marathon on Saturday, when I was thinking ahead about my workouts for the week (I figured I’d do my normal six days of running). I remembered by Thursday and swapped my run for a walk, and did a somewhat easier strength workout Friday morning.
- I didn’t make time to go to the pool Friday morning, so I could hit the road to Minneapolis instead.
- My runs in Minnesota were my coldest of the fall season, for sure. And they felt great! But I was freezing after each of them. At home I’d jump in to a hot bath to warm up. A hotel shower just doesn’t have the same effect.
- The half marathon was so fun, and I loved the hilly course! I can’t wait to write about it later this week.
- I got to run with my Dad on Sunday! Yay! (I was with my parents because we were at a family wedding Saturday night, more on that later today?)
- I think last week was my ninth year of tracking my workouts here. Nutso!
Themocracy
Can’t wait to hear about the HM!
It’s up!