I look back at this week and it makes me smile. Right now (Sunday night), I feel pretty good. My legs are tired but I don't feel like I'm on the verge of sleep like I have been in the weeks prior.
Monday, September 4
Plan says: Rest
What I do: I had a dull headache on Monday still and just felt off still from the weekend migraine so I took the day off.
Tuesday, September 5
Plan says: Easy 6
What I do: It felt really really good to run, even though I felt a little off and still had a bit of a headache. Managed to get an easy paced 10K in.
6.2 miles, 51:22 (8:17 avg pace).
Wednesday, September 6
Plan says: 1.5 mile warm up, 3 x 2 miles at 10K pace (0.5 miles jog in-between), 1.5 miles cool down
What I do: Alright it was go time. Time to do the one fast workout I was going to do this week. This felt AMAZING. Seriously. I was flying and feeling good. I zoomed past the high school cross country team on their practice. "Old Lady on your left!"
Goal pace is 6:34.
1.5 mile warm up 11:44 (7:49 avg pace)
2 miles, 13:03 [6:25, 6:30] (6:30 avg pace) / 0.5 miles 4:11.5 (8:25 avg pace)
2 miles, 13:08 [6:36, 6:28] (6:33 avg pace) / 0.5 miles 4:20.3 (8:42 avg pace)
2 miles, 12:45 [6:20, 6:24] (6:22 avg pace)
1.5 mile cool down, 12:19 (8:13 avg pace)
I had to do this same workout twice during my marathon training, so you KNOW I was curious.
Two mile repeats on April 10:
13:42
13:43
13:49
Two mile repeats on April 24
13:24
13:10
13:27
Granted, my goal pace for the 2 mile repeats during marathon training was 7:05, not 6:34. Just typing that seems insane.
Thursday, September 7
Plan says: 6 miles easy
What I do: I slept in on Thursday, which meant I was running after work before the bus, which meant that unless I sprinted, I wasn't getting 6 miles in. I did log 4.52 miles.
4.52 miles 36:41.2 (8:07 avg pace).
Friday, September 8
Plan says: Off
What I do: This day was my daughter's birthday and she wanted doughnuts for breakfast. I was up early but not to run - to go get doughnuts! We went to see Wicked right after work/school so no run, and I was out until after midnight. SO TIRED!
1.5 mile warm up 12:53 (8:36)
4 miles, 27:33 (6:53 avg, mile splits = 7:03, 6:59, 6:45, 6:44)
1.5 mile cool down 11:44 (7:49)
Saturday, September 9
Plan says: 10-12 miles
What I do: The official plan said 10 miles, but I wanted to see if I could do a bit more if I was feeling good. My husband let me sleep in until 8 AM which was awesome. I ended up doing this run after lunch. I didn't want to do this too fast, but I did want to be closer to the 7:30 end of my long run pace since I skipped a tempo run this week. I was happy with this run. After the first mile, I was in 7:30 range for the remainder of the miles and it felt decent.
11.02 miles, 1:23:14 (7:33 avg pace)
Sunday, September 10
Plan says: easy 6
What I do: I got up early and headed out the door. First run of fall where I needed a long sleeve shirt for the entire run. (Funny because I did Saturday's run in a crop top and shorts.) My legs definitely felt tired, even with my compression socks. I finally started loosening up around mile 6 (!) so I decided to go the extra mile, literally.
7.2 miles, 1:00:37 (8:25 avg pace)
Amended Plan Miles: 38
Total Weekly Miles: 38.94 (seriously wish I would have calculated that before hand so I would have ran an extra 0.06 miles!)
Yay! So glad you had a solid week of training!
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