Training Week 139
By kilax, June 17, 2012 9:05 am
Highlight of the Week: Watching my brother-in-law do a triathlon in Topeka, KS!
Monday | June 11, 2012: rest
Tuesday | June 12, 2012: rest
Wednesday | June 13, 2012: strength class
Strength: Kettlebells and steps, Difficulty: easy
Thursday | June 14, 2012: 6.5 m run (last 3.5 with GRCers) + 6 m run
Loc: Rollins Savanna FP, Temp: 49°/54°, Time: 1:02:29, Pace: 9:37 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy
Loc: Millennium Trail to Round Lake and back, Temp: 81°/78°, Time: 1:09:07, Pace: 11:31 avg, Difficulty: medium
Friday | June 15, 2012: 8 m run
Loc: Millennium Trail to Nippersink FP to Round Lake and back, Temp: 89°/87°, Time: 1:32:53, Pace: 11:36, Difficulty: medium
Saturday | June 16, 2012: rest
Sunday | June 17, 2012: rest
Lessons learned:
- Slow down for those hot runs and watch your heart rate! My heart started to beat pretty hard at the end of my Friday run so I took a few walks breaks.
Themocracy
Congrats to Andrew on the triathlon!
You chose a good week to take some rest days (I know, it wasn’t really your choice). It’s hot out there!
It is crazy how hot and humid it is! I wonder what we have in store for us for the rest of summer. Lots of slow runs, I think. Ha ha ha.
I’m definitely taking a lot of walk breaks in the heat! Also – I love this thing you do with the pics.
Thanks! I like doing that a lot better than when I used to post a zillion huge photos. It was too long and boring 🙂
Sounds like you had a good time cheering your brother in law on – I can totally see you doing a tri one of these days!
Walk breaks are a must this time a year. I also have to consider taking some of those rest days that you have on your schedule!
I used to never take a rest day then my coach encouraged me to take one a week! And it helps so much! Unfortunately I had a lot more this week due to my schedule and travel. Wah wah wah. 😛
Good advice from your coach. It’s better to take a rest day voluntarily, than to over-train and be forced to take a “rest month” in order to recover from an injury.
I should really start wearing my heart rate monitor. Today it was hot out there and it felt like my heart rate increased as a result. I took a short walk break and it was a little better. I need to carry water and possibly monitor my poor heart. The heat really gets to me!