Training Week 136
Highlight of the Week: Running related – a surprise decent time at the 10 Miler on Saturday! Social life related – kayaking, picnicking, and beach-bumming with Erin on Sunday! It was the perfect way to take advantage of the super hot day! And spend time with my best friend. I can’t wait to do it again!
Monday | May 21, 2012: 8 m run
Loc: Around Round Lake, Temp: 65°/63°, Time: 1:22:00, Pace: 10:15 avg, Difficulty: easy
Tuesday | May 22, 2012: 10 m run (last 4 with GRCers)
Loc: Rollins Savanna FP, Temp: 43°/46°, Time: 1:42:47, Pace: 10:17 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium
Wednesday | May 23, 2012: strength class
Strength: hurdle bars, medicine balls and dumbbells, Difficulty: medium
Thursday | May 24, 2012: strength
Strength: weighted bars and plyo Difficulty: medium/hard
Friday | May 25, 2012: 3 m run
Loc: neighborhood, Temp:74°/74°, Time: 29:06, Pace: 9:42, Difficulty: easy
Saturday | May 26, 2012: 10 m run + 3 m run
Loc: Elgin, Temp: 64°/62°, Time: 1:25:24, Pace: 8:32 avg, Difficulty: medium/hard
Loc: Neighborhood, Temp: 71°/71°, Time: 32:37, Pace: 10:52 avg, Difficulty: easy
Sunday | May 27, 2012: kayaking (with Erin)
Loc: Independence Grove, Temp: 81°/85°, Time: 1:04:32, Pace: 27:46 avg, Difficulty: easy
Lessons learned:
- No need to run when my body tells me not to. I set out to get a few miles in Sunday morning but was a bit stiff from my race. No need to run through that.
- The front facing iPhone camera makes me look like caca.
- A run can sometimes make a headache feel better!
- Sometimes a more adventurous run makes me more excited about running than just going out there and trying to run certain paces.
Reminders for next week:
- Wear bug spray if your runs take you through the woods!
Themocracy
Im sure i mentioned this last week- but I love the weekly photo recap 🙂
Congrats on the 10 miler and another stellar week of training!!
Thank you! I am happy you like the photos! My recaps used to be much too long – I like this shorter format better 🙂
You did strength 2 days in a row? Brave girl…My arms just stopped hurting today…so glad you and Erin had a great time today! Must try kayaking. It has to be sort of like canoeing, right?
Strength was crazy this week. I am usually not sore right away but I was on Wednesday! And again on Thursday!
I have never canoed! I think kayaking is similar. Maybe easier? 🙂
Sounds like a great training week – you are a badass, by the way! And congrats on a good 10-miler. That is a great time, especially with hills! Hope you have a terrific Monday.
Thanks 🙂
Wait, you ran AFTER your race? I must be a lazy smack because I usually consider a race good enough. John has a kind-of joke about how a race is really good enough for double the miles on your training schedule since you run faster than a training run 🙂
I also had a great time on Sunday! And I love that my arms aren’t sore at all today. I must be in pretty good shape because I could definitely feel them working in that kayak!
I was hoping that a post race run would shake out my stiff legs. It didn’t help that much. My run this am felt good, thankfully!
My arms were not too sore from kayaking either! I guess we should go longer next time?!?!?!
The bugs are really bad so bug spray is pretty necessary but I always forget it.
I love the pictures!
Wow! Sounds like an exciting week!
You look so happy on Monday and Tuesday, but not so much on Thursday!