Training Week 203
Highlight of the Week: Hmm! Such a fun week, I don’t know what the highlight is! Bike riding with Steven was very enjoyable. Running with friends was awesome. Teaching the first Friday am class. Two races. Who knows!!!
Monday | September 2, 2013: rest
Tuesday | September 3, 2013: 8 m run (w/Adam)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 54°/53°, Time: 1:13:53, Pace: 9:14 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: great
Wednesday | September 4, 2013: 4 m run
Loc: Chicago, Temp: 68°/78°, Time: 40:23, Pace: 10:05 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Thursday | September 5, 2013: 6 m run (w/Bobbi) + teaching strength
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 69°/71°, Time: 1:00:10, Pace: 10:01 avg, Difficulty: medium/hard, Felt: out of breath!
Strength: Back to School 1200 Workout, Difficulty: easy (mostly observing)
Friday | September 6, 2013: 2 m run + teaching strength + 2.1 m run (w/Pete & Brian) + 7.7 m bike (w/Steven)
Loc: hood, Temp: 51°/51°, Time: 19:23, Pace: 9:42, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Strength: Back to School 1200 Workout, Difficulty: easy (observing)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 53°/54°, Time: 20:56, Pace: 9:59, Difficulty: easy, Felt: like running more
Loc: Prairie Path, Temp: 81°/76°, Time: 44:37, Pace: 10.4 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: very happy to be cycling w/Steven
Saturday | September 7 2013: 17 m run (10.7 m (5-10 w/xaarlin) + Chicago Lung Run (6.3 w/Anne + Melanie))
Loc: Chicago Lakefront Path, Temp: 68°/71°, Time: 1:43:11, Pace: 9:40 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: great
Loc: Montrose Harbor, Temp: 71°/76°, Time: 1:20:45, Pace: 12:54 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: good
Sunday | September 8, 2013: 7.8 m run (4.3 m WU w/Bobbi + On the Run 5K + .4 m CD) + strength
Loc: Round Lake, Temp: 67°, Time: 45:03, Pace: 10:29 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: super sweaty
Loc: Round Lake, Temp: 67°, Time: 25:55, Pace: 8:12 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: strong then gassed at the end
Loc: Round Lake, Temp: 67°, Time: 3:52, Pace: 9:45 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Strength: circuit, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay
Notes:
- Gah, what a difference cooler temps make! My Tuesday morning run felt so easy, and it was at a faster pace for me. Thank you, 50 degree temperatures. Now… let’s just keep them dropping… ha ha ha. Next week, not looking so great.
- It was so nice to go on a bike ride with Steven on Friday night! And then follow it up with Asian food take out. Ha ha.
- And! Fun to run with so many people this week! I am spoiled! I wasn’t expecting to run with xaarlin on Saturday, and that was great! Especially since she is probably pacing me for a marathon in November…
- My mileage the past few weeks have been a bit over 40, and I keep thinking, “I wonder if I will get to 50 soon!” Derp. Then I realized, if I counted Sunday- Saturday instead of Monday-Sunday, I would be at 54.1 for the week. Ha ha. If you count weekly mileage, from which day to which day is it?
- My strength classes this week were almost 100% instruction. Most of the time, the class is following me and I (selfishly) get a workout too. So, I decided to do a little strength workout in the studio Sunday after a consultation with a new client.
Themocracy
I can’t wait to try your class when I return!!! I may need a 4:30am “GET YOUR BUTT UP” text though. 😉
Ha ha ha! Not a problem! One person’s attendance was contingent on a wakeup text!
I can’t wait for the cooler temps down here! They’ll be coming eventually. Yay for bike riding! Isn’t it amazing how great of a workout it is but how different it is than running? I feel like I could just do it forever. I count my miles Monday-Sunday because I always think of my Saturday Sundays as a unit. You are clocking some really serious mileage! Are you doing a training plan? What race are you training for in November?
YES! It is amazing! Sigh. I just want to ride it ALLLLLL the time 🙂 I need to work a long ride in to my schedule soon!
I am… not really doing a training plan. I bumped in to one I liked and think I might take a workout or two from it, but I kind of just do things really randomly. I should probably focus more! I am training for the Naperville (Chicago suburb) marathon. A friend of mine hooked me up with a free entry! I am not sure why I chose the marathon and not the half. LOL.
I am SOOO looking forward to the cooler temps, although this weeks beginning will start steamy. Another great week in the books for you girl!!
I was also going to comment that you definitely had lots of company this week! It’s great huh! I do still love my solo runs but I think about 75% social and 25% alone would be perfect for me.
Congrats on a successful week!
I count my mileage from Sunday to Saturday. I think that’s how my Garmin training center program counts it.
I got to see you so much! 🙂 YAY!
I count weekly mileage from Monday to Sunday (mostly because that’s how daily mile tracks it). And I think it’s cheating (for me) to bust my weekends in half, because I don’t always do my long run on the same day. So if there’s a week I run long on Sunday followed by a week with a Saturday long run, it’ll look like I had a kick ass mileage week when that isn’t really accurate…
It’s definitely not accurate if that is not your normal long run day, but I still think it’s worth recognizing when on the Saturday of that week you are all “what the eff, legs?!” ha ahahahhahahjahlkjjljsd a
I need another PRing in seeing Bobbi week!
Cooler temperatures definitely help to make a great week. I’ve always counted Monday – Sunday!
I LoVED running with you Saturday! I’m so happy we get to do it again in a few short months! (And then you are all mine for 26.2 miles!!) hehe
I cannot WAIT for the cooler temps!! It is still a little warm for my liking here. Ugh!
You did strength all on your own?? Look at how far you’ve come 🙂
Heh heh heh. Since I was there and it was already set up! Gah, that workout the class is doing is HARD!