Week 8 featured the longest run in the 10-week plan and it's done! Overall it was a good training week.
Monday: 4.2 miles 33:23 (8:08 avg pace) + 8 strides
I was pleased with the pace of this recovery run!
Tuesday: 5.04 miles, 39:05 (7:46 avg pace)
Wednesday: Unfortunately I had another child-sleep related incident on Wednesday and I ended up trying some Hyland's Calms Forte to get back to sleep after tossing and turning for an hour. YIKES. I not only slept through the alarm, but I felt pretty groggy the entire next day. I ended up leaving work to do this run by my office. I was supposed to do 1 mile warm up, 4 miles cutdown, 1 mile cool down but I ended up starting fast so I just went with it. My cutdown was supposed to be 7:20/7:10/7:00/6:50. I cut down a little farther than that and finished with a 2 mile cool down.
4 miles, 27:00 (6:44 avg pace) 7:14/6:44/6:38/6:13
2 miles, 14:46 (7:21 avg pace)
This was faster than it should have been, I think because I was nervous I wouldn't get back in time to get my kids picked up.
Thursday: 5.5 miles, 43:48 (7:58 avg pace)
Flew out to Boston, then drove to Falmouth to meet up with some girlfriends from graduate school!
Friday: off
Saturday: I woke up and it was misting rain. I brought along a pack of Gen UCan to try for the first time so, prior to heading out for my run, I drank about 8 oz of the 16 oz I made. I brought the remaining 8 oz along in my hand-held bottle. I didn't have any expectations for this run. I didn't really know where I was going - I had some loose directions from my friend. I ran along the ocean for the first few miles and then turned onto a wooded bike path and turned around at Woods Hole. I thought about continuing through Woods Hole and attempting to return to the house but got nervous that I would get lost so just double backed the way I came. I finished the rest of my Gen UCan by the 8 mile mark. At 10 miles, I went back to the house and ran in to get my phone to run back to the harbor for a picture. Overall it was a decent run. I felt tired. I do always struggle with new food, new environment so that may have contributed to feeling a bit off.
11.01 miles, 1:21:13 (7:23 avg pace)
Splits:
7:44
7:38
7:30
7:39
7:31
7:08
7:05
7:18
7:17
7:18
7:04
The Gen UCan went down well - I had no distress from drinking that. It was a little chalkier than I expected, particularly the first half. The second 8 oz was mixed a lot better from sloshing around during my run. The taste was nice and light though.
Sunday: off
Total Week 8 miles: 31.64
The most exciting thing is that I broke the 1,000 mile mark for 2016 last week! I didn't break the 1,000 mile mark until December last year. I also have cleared 100 miles for October, which is my first 100 mile month since May (I just missed it for September).
Wow- that sounds like a really great run. Did you use the code I gave you for the UCAN? I've found that you really do need to make sure it's properly mixed otherwise it's really lumpy. But yes, it digests really easily. Congrats on getting to 1,000 miles for the year.
ReplyDeleteYes! I used the code you gave me! Thanks! I think I bought some sort of starter pack - it had envelopes of several different flavors!
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