Training Week 252
Highlight of the Week: Doing my long run with Rachel on a crazy new-to-us path!
Monday | August 11, 2014: 4 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 77°/81°, Time: 45:13, Pace: 11:18 avg, Difficulty: medium/hard, Felt: like my skin was on fire
Strength: Arms of Summer workout, Difficulty: easy (mostly observing), Felt: good
Tuesday | August 12, 2014: 5 m run (w/Kelly)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 63°/62°, Time: 50:26, Pace: 10:05 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: tired
Wednesday | August 13, 2014: rest
Thursday | August 14, 2014: 7 m run (w/Kelly)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 57°/54°, Time: 1:11:14, Pace: 10:08 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good!
Friday | August 15, 2014: teaching strength class + 14.75 m ride (w/Janet) + 3.2 m run
Strength: Arms of Summer workout, Difficulty: easy (mostly observing), Felt: good
Loc: Grayslake to Prairie Crossing, Temp: 48°/51°, Time: 58:09, Pace: 15.2 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: happy!
Loc: Ray Lake FP, Temp: 77°, Time: 33:33, Pace: 10:30, Difficulty: easy, Felt: content
Saturday | August 16, 2014: 22.2 m run (w/Rachel)
Loc: Geneva Lake Trail, Temp: 58°/78°, Time: 5:08:38, Pace: 13:54 avg, Difficulty: hard, Felt: decent enough
Sunday | August 17, 2014: 14.7 m ride & 3.3 m run (w/Bobbi for her LR)
Loc: DPRT to Independence Grove, Temp: 64°, Time: 2:37:42, Pace: 5.6 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: DPRT, Temp: 63°, Time: 42:18, Pace: 12:49 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: fantastic
Notes:
- I’ve been trying to ramp up my mileage this month in case I’m able to run the marathon I’m signed up for in October, and I realized that half way through the month, I had already run more miles than in July. Oops! The good news is, my body seems to like running more. I like it and it’s definitely making running feel easier!
- I rode both my road and mountain bike this week! Woo hoo! It’s crazy how much less time it takes me to complete any distance on my road bike – I am so used to thinking about how long things will take me when running them (and those estimates have been a bit too low (too fast) lately, ha ha)! I hope I can get out on my road bike a bit more when it’s still “warm” out!
Themocracy
Look at you, 22+ mile long run, NBD.
Glad to hear high mileage is working well for you! Hope next week goes just as well for you!
Our run was the highlight of my week too! Congrats on a great week of workouts. Are we getting our mojo back???
YAY!
And YES! I think we are!!! We know we will get some solid runs in this weekend! And by solid, I mean they will be done. Ha.
I did not know you had signed up for a marathon. Wait, I did not know you were training for one. Or did I? Which one?
I am registered for Milwaukee and Dallas.
Way to go!!