Training Week 458
Highlight of the Week: Riding Day 7 of RAGBRAI with Dad, Gina, and Steve!
Monday | July 23, 2018: 4 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: hood, Temp: 74°/74°, Time: 38:51, Pace: 9:42 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: swollen
Strength: plates and kettlebells mixed mode and boxing, Felt: good
Tuesday | July 24, 2018: 7 m run
Loc: VP Woods Loop, Temp: 79°/77°, Time: 1:09:57, Pace: 9:59 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, hot
Wednesday | July 25, 2018:
Thursday | July 26, 2018: 10.5 m run + massage
Loc: Redbox return loop, Temp: 69°/71°, Time: 1:44:40, Pace: 9:58 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, still swollen
Friday | July 27, 2018: teaching strength class + 1,008 yd swim + 3 m run
Strength: plates and kettlebells mixed mode and boxing, Felt: good
Loc: FitNation, Time: 20:42, Pace: 2:03 min/100 yd, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great (post massage swim)
Loc: hood, Temp: 65°/67°, Time: 29:11, Pace: 9:43 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, wished I had more time to run!
Saturday | July 28, 2018: 3.5 m run + RAGBRAI Day 7
Loc: Coralville, Temp: 56°/56°, Time: 34:31, Pace: 9:52 avg, Difficulty: somewhat easy, Felt: good, glad to wake up the legs
Loc: Iowa City to Davenport, Temp: 63°/77°, Time: 5:22:54, Pace: 13.7 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Sunday | July 29, 2018: 11.5 m run (last 7.5 with Gina and Dad (on bike))
Loc: Guttenberg, Temp: 58°/62°, Time: 1:49:35, Pace: 9:32 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: great until the last mile!
Notes:
- Our next door neighbor rides his bike all year long (never with a helmet, sigh) and I often see him while running. On Monday, I saw him twice on my run. The second time I saw him, he did a 180° turn in the street in front of an oncoming van. I didn’t see him ride by after and wondered if he was talking to the van because he knew the person. Then the van eventually drove off and I saw my neighbor and his bike on the ground. I was worried he got hit, but he told me he fell, because he turned and didn’t see the van. Sigh. I wish he’d wear a helmet and use a mirror. We live by roads with high speed limits, and he worries me!
- Ugh, my Monday run felt somewhat miserable because my feet and ankles were so swollen from my mosquito bites. Blah. Does that happen to anyone else – you feel your bug bites affecting your run?
- Then, Monday night, I fell down a few stair steps and messed up my legs even more. Yay!
- But I got a massage Thursday and that helped BIG time, thankfully!
- I had to share a lane for the end of my swim on Friday and WHOA that was difficult. I felt like I was going to run in the to wall each time the other person went by. It would be good practice for a triathlon if I had any interest in doing one.
- RAGBRAI Day 7 was a blast and I felt great for the entire ride! I will blog more about that in a few days, hopefully!
- We’ve been having cooler weather in the mornings and it’s such a treat! Gina and I ran Sunday, not knowing how far we’d go, but kept going because we felt so great (until the last mile for me where my body said “no more!,” ha).
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Yikes, I would be worried about your neighbor too! Hope he changes and starts wearing a helmet. Glad to hear the massage helped out.
I hope so too, but in the last 2.5 years, I’ve never seen him with one! I should leave one on his door step 😉