(2) - 30min strength sessions per week: 1 out of 1 weeks in 52 week/year
Break 23:00 in a 5K
Run a race in just a sports bra and shorts
Monday
Did: 3mi @ 9:31/mi avg, bootcamp
Nice easy run, that was actually a bit faster than expected. Felt good and necessary.
Bootcamp was full of bodyweight exercises (3 times through a set of 20 exercises, done for 25s each, plus two "fence runs"). Class was crazy full (thanks to new years + gym only offering one session today), but enjoyable. I'm definitely going to be sad when this groupon pricing runs out :(
Tuesday
Did: 10K @ 9:24/mi
Been up on and off since 1:50am with the kid. Blergh.
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| at least the weather is nice? |
Had a bit of weird achilles soreness (felt like tendonitis) that came up during the post-run stretches, but was otherwise unnoticeable.
Wednesday
Did: rest, barely got 2000 steps
Man, rest day is my fave. Achilles was fine-ish today. I only notice it when I try to make it hurt. Kind of worried about tomorrow's run, but we'll see what happens...
Man, rest day is my fave. Achilles was fine-ish today. I only notice it when I try to make it hurt. Kind of worried about tomorrow's run, but we'll see what happens...
Thursday
Did: 3.12 @ 9:16/mi avg + kettlebell workout at bootcamp
Singlet and shorts on Tuesday. Today: tights, socks, gloves, earband, underarmour and a t-shirt. Crazy weather. Run felt good, and was surprisingly fast (9:39/9:09/8:58 splits). I enjoyed the cold.
Thursdays at bootcamp are weight days. When I came in and saw the workout, it didn't look very hard or long, but appearances were deceiving. I had our instructor help me a lot today, from picking out appropriate weights for each exercise to fixing my form on the modified pull-ups (think TRX system) and kettlebell dead swings. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure I did enough wrong on the swings before he got to me to strain my back a little. I iced it this morning and expect to be sore in the morning...
I was able to do 12lb weights on the push press, 33lb on the dead swings, and 22lb on the squat pulses. Definitely feeling good about the progress I've made so far.
Singlet and shorts on Tuesday. Today: tights, socks, gloves, earband, underarmour and a t-shirt. Crazy weather. Run felt good, and was surprisingly fast (9:39/9:09/8:58 splits). I enjoyed the cold.
Thursdays at bootcamp are weight days. When I came in and saw the workout, it didn't look very hard or long, but appearances were deceiving. I had our instructor help me a lot today, from picking out appropriate weights for each exercise to fixing my form on the modified pull-ups (think TRX system) and kettlebell dead swings. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure I did enough wrong on the swings before he got to me to strain my back a little. I iced it this morning and expect to be sore in the morning...
I was able to do 12lb weights on the push press, 33lb on the dead swings, and 22lb on the squat pulses. Definitely feeling good about the progress I've made so far.
Friday
Did: 4.16 @ 9:30/mi avg
Another brisk, chilly morning, brightened up with a great run. I felt like I was running comfortably, but faster than the pace we ended up with. Felt a little hamstring tightness, but attributed it all to just being cold/stiff.
Another brisk, chilly morning, brightened up with a great run. I felt like I was running comfortably, but faster than the pace we ended up with. Felt a little hamstring tightness, but attributed it all to just being cold/stiff.
Saturday
Did: 6 in the SNOW nothing easy 5K on the 'mill @ 9:48/mi
Planned on meeting the crew for six miles of snow run on the greenway, but I felt unsafe even walking on my driveway due to the ice. I could have run on the treadmill, but decided to enjoy my off day instead. After all, I'm not training for anything right now and we have no obligations today. Why not enjoy one of the few days I get like this? :)
...but then one of my friends casually mentioned she was doing her run on the 'mill today. She has a goal half next weekend, so she really couldn't skip her run. And then I heard about how, after she finished, her husband went downstairs to do his run on their treadmill while she took over babycare.
Positive peer pressure/FOMO won out and I ended up doing an easy 5K on our treadmill too. Kept it way easy at a 10:00 for the first bit, then gradually sped up the last mile.
Planned on meeting the crew for six miles of snow run on the greenway, but I felt unsafe even walking on my driveway due to the ice. I could have run on the treadmill, but decided to enjoy my off day instead. After all, I'm not training for anything right now and we have no obligations today. Why not enjoy one of the few days I get like this? :)
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| hahaha... vibram footprints :) |
...but then one of my friends casually mentioned she was doing her run on the 'mill today. She has a goal half next weekend, so she really couldn't skip her run. And then I heard about how, after she finished, her husband went downstairs to do his run on their treadmill while she took over babycare.
Positive peer pressure/FOMO won out and I ended up doing an easy 5K on our treadmill too. Kept it way easy at a 10:00 for the first bit, then gradually sped up the last mile.
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| getting it done |
Sunday
Did: 2-3 w/stroller 6.44 @ 8:57/mi
15 degrees was too cold for a Running Mamas stroller run, so we opted for brunch with the kiddos instead. That left me on my own to do a run... if I wanted to. I had two options with the Rside crew for group runs: 10am and 1pm. The 10am conflicted with brunch, so I opted into the 1pm (it had warmed up to 28 degrees by then)
Note to self: 1pm runs are HARD to fuel for. Brunch consisted of eggs, half an english muffin, a few slices of delicious bacon, a latte, and two mimosas. It certainly enough food to fuel a long run, but awkwardly timed at 10am-ish. That was the only thing I ate/drank before my run, and it was not ideal.
Fortunately, I'm not on a training plan right now. I had zero ambitions for pace or distance. The group message spoke of 6-8, with a few responding they needed 10. I figured I'd run with the group and bug out whenever I felt like it. Ah, the beauty of not being "in-training".
We ended up doing the hills of Martins Landing, which was great, because I haven't done many hilly runs since... um... fall training.
While we had a sizeable group, a few sub-groups formed almost right off the bat when we started running. I hadn't planned on running "fast", but found myself paired up with Jody, in the front of the group. When we were still together after two miles, I decided that, while it felt "comfortable", I was probably running "fast".
15 degrees was too cold for a Running Mamas stroller run, so we opted for brunch with the kiddos instead. That left me on my own to do a run... if I wanted to. I had two options with the Rside crew for group runs: 10am and 1pm. The 10am conflicted with brunch, so I opted into the 1pm (it had warmed up to 28 degrees by then)
Note to self: 1pm runs are HARD to fuel for. Brunch consisted of eggs, half an english muffin, a few slices of delicious bacon, a latte, and two mimosas. It certainly enough food to fuel a long run, but awkwardly timed at 10am-ish. That was the only thing I ate/drank before my run, and it was not ideal.
Fortunately, I'm not on a training plan right now. I had zero ambitions for pace or distance. The group message spoke of 6-8, with a few responding they needed 10. I figured I'd run with the group and bug out whenever I felt like it. Ah, the beauty of not being "in-training".
We ended up doing the hills of Martins Landing, which was great, because I haven't done many hilly runs since... um... fall training.
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| I hate Garmin's absurdly large y-scale. It does NOT do these hills justice. |
While we had a sizeable group, a few sub-groups formed almost right off the bat when we started running. I hadn't planned on running "fast", but found myself paired up with Jody, in the front of the group. When we were still together after two miles, I decided that, while it felt "comfortable", I was probably running "fast".
It caught up to me around m3, as we turned into a sidestreet for, yep, MORE hills. "Just make it to the top of the hill," I told myself. I was breathing harder, but, with the end in sight, there was no reason to stop. I was definitely grateful for the company and chatter, especially around m4, where I was mentally crapping out and wanting to just stop and walk. We made it back to the cars, and, while the others continued on for a total of 8-10, I happily stopped at 6.5ish, proud to see a sub-9 average pace on my watch.
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| 28-30 degrees is awesome running weather |
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