Training Week 450
Highlight of the Week: Having a good tempo workout / cool running weather Friday – Sunday / getting to run in Iowa and Minnesota!
Monday | May 28, 2018: 16 m run (incl. 12 tempo MP)
Loc: Lake Andrea/Outlet Mall Loop, Temp: 67°/74°, Time: 2:22:39, Pace: 8:55 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: fantastic
Tuesday | May 29, 2018: 12 m run + 20 mins strength + 10 m ride
Loc: Kilbourne/DPRT Loop, Temp: 66°/63°, Time: 1:58:34, Pace: 9:53 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, legs tired to start!
Indoor Ride Time: 38:27, Pace: 15.6 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, arms shaky from strength workout!
Wednesday | May 30, 2018: 40 min walk
Thursday | May 31, 2018: 22 m run
Loc: DPRT/Delaney&Kilbourne, Temp: 69°/74°, Time: 3:39:12, Pace: 9:58 avg, Difficulty: medium/hard, Felt: good, but a bit out of it
Friday | June 1, 2018: teaching strength class + 1,008 yd swim + 3 m run
Strength: resistance bands & cards, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: FitNation, Time: 20:51, Pace: 2:04 min/100 yd, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: hood, Temp: 59°/59°, Time: 26:50, Pace: 8:55, Difficulty: easy, Felt: so good!
Saturday | June 2, 2018: 10 m run
Loc: Guttenberg, Temp: 57°/55°, Time: 1:31:59, Pace: 9:12 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great, a bit tired (legs) at times
Sunday | June 3, 2018: 4 m run
Loc: Bear Creek Trail, Temp: 58°/58°, Time: 35:47, Pace: 8:56 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Notes:
- I was anxious about doing Monday’s tempo run with our hot weather, but I was able to hold all the miles (and get it done WELL before we hit the day’s high of 90°!). Woot!
- Thursday’s long run was also in warmer (than I’d like, ha!) weather, but I survived! I ran out of water and was so glad I had brought cash and could stop at a gas station and buy more fluids. Good to know if I ever do that route again (miles 14-17 were new route to me).
- And let’s continue on this weather discussion roll – the temps dropped to the glorious 50s on Friday and I very much enjoyed how easy my Friday, Saturday, and Sunday runs felt with those cool temps! On Sunday I got to run on a new-to-me trail in Rochester, Minnesota. Yay!
- Monthly recap time. In May I ran 243.2 miles (25 runs), cycled 87 miles (5 indoor rides, 1 outdoor rides) and swam 4,284 yards (4 swims). My coldest run was 42°F and my warmest was 85°F. I did 2 hill workouts, and 4 tempo workouts. I taught 7 strength classes and 2 fitness boxing classes. I did 1 strength workout at home. I ran two races, the Wisconsin Half Marathon, and the Chocoholic 5K.
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I do not miss those temps, good job on getting out early!
I usually carry a card so I can do stops like that but I really want the FR645 for music and gramin pay (even tho the battery is sh;;t) so if I forget stuff I have money and music.
You ran so many miles holy crap, even not missing a long run I probably would have struggled to hit 200 AND you cycled, gymed and swam….you are a beast.
Thanks! It’s easy to get out early now with the early sunrises! I hope I can keep that up this summer!
Ooo, I wonder if many places will take Garmin pay! I was looking at that watch, too! Will the battery last for the ultra on the watch you have now?
Aww, thanks! 🙂
Yay! Glorious 50s. Yay! 🙂
Right?! What a treat! Hope we see it again… before September!