Week-beginning Thoughts:
Can't tell if my legs are injured or just sore/tired....
Can't tell if my legs are injured or just sore/tired....
Monday
Scheduled: rest/yoga
Did: 1hr yoga
Yes. This was just what I needed this morning. Ran through two Yoga with Adriene videos, plus a Caroline Jordan calf stretch one. Feeling sore, but proud of taking care of myself and listening to my body.
Tuesday
Scheduled: 8mi easy, 2xstrength circuit
Did: 8.25mi @ 9:33/mi, 2xstrength, Big 5
Fit my two strength circuits in pre-run today. I think one of my goals for this training cycle is to actually DO all of the small strength workouts Coach prescribes along with my runs... heheh.
Run felt fine enough. I've had what I'm dubbing "at-risk calves" for a little while-- basically that slightly tender sensation I've gotten before calf strains in the past. They're fine to run on, but I'm paying enough attention to my body to know I need to treat them gingerly. I ran with calf sleeves today (as protection? as a safeguard? as a placebo? who knows...) and was no worse for wear at the end of it.
Fit my two strength circuits in pre-run today. I think one of my goals for this training cycle is to actually DO all of the small strength workouts Coach prescribes along with my runs... heheh.
Run felt fine enough. I've had what I'm dubbing "at-risk calves" for a little while-- basically that slightly tender sensation I've gotten before calf strains in the past. They're fine to run on, but I'm paying enough attention to my body to know I need to treat them gingerly. I ran with calf sleeves today (as protection? as a safeguard? as a placebo? who knows...) and was no worse for wear at the end of it.
Wednesday
Scheduled: 20min WU, 8x60s hill jogs, 20min CD
Did: 5.49mi @ 9:37/mi avg, Big 5
I really like having a Wednesday workout. I think making Mondays a "rest" (yoga) day, as scheduled, is going to work well for me in the future. I met some teammates early for the warm-up and, even though I did the workout by myself, it still helped to know they were/had been out there too.
I really like having a Wednesday workout. I think making Mondays a "rest" (yoga) day, as scheduled, is going to work well for me in the future. I met some teammates early for the warm-up and, even though I did the workout by myself, it still helped to know they were/had been out there too.
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| too bad Garmin doesn't understand appropriate y-axis scaling for elevation charts... |
Thursday
Scheduled: 20min WU, 30min fartlek, 20min CD, 2x strength circuit
Did: 7.58mi @ 9:14/mi avg, 2xstrength, Big 5
Another day I'm grateful for my teammates. I woke up really hoping that it would be thunderstorming so I could bail on this workout and cuddle up in bed a little longer. Nope. Not even rain.
We opted against the track today and decided to do a road run, which meant I'd be randomly speeding up and slowing down while the others ran straight. To help me not have to think, I programmed a "random" series of time-based intervals into my watch. Every few minutes, it would beep at me to let me know to change paces. Before it beeped, I would make a decision on whether my next "interval" would be recovery, moderate, or fast. I think it worked out well.
Got back to the house, absolutely drenched (it didn't rain, but we did have 100% humidity-- barf), stretched and finished up with my strength circuits.
Another day I'm grateful for my teammates. I woke up really hoping that it would be thunderstorming so I could bail on this workout and cuddle up in bed a little longer. Nope. Not even rain.
We opted against the track today and decided to do a road run, which meant I'd be randomly speeding up and slowing down while the others ran straight. To help me not have to think, I programmed a "random" series of time-based intervals into my watch. Every few minutes, it would beep at me to let me know to change paces. Before it beeped, I would make a decision on whether my next "interval" would be recovery, moderate, or fast. I think it worked out well.
Got back to the house, absolutely drenched (it didn't rain, but we did have 100% humidity-- barf), stretched and finished up with my strength circuits.
Friday
Scheduled: 30min strength
Did: 30min weights, 1mi @ 9:30ish on treadmill, 2.5mi walk
Got some good lifting in this morning while traveling. Also did a mile on the treadmill because I wanted a little more of a HR boost before sitting around in meetings all day. Finished the day off with a nice walk home from the team dinner.
Got some good lifting in this morning while traveling. Also did a mile on the treadmill because I wanted a little more of a HR boost before sitting around in meetings all day. Finished the day off with a nice walk home from the team dinner.
Saturday
Scheduled: 5mi easy
Did: 5.03mi @ 9:03/mi avg, Big 5
So, maybe running solo through a college campus where there were panther sightings (11 years ago, when I was in school there) the morning after discussing a colleague's experience with a mountain lion during a hike through Yosemite was NOT the brightest idea. I spent the first two miles thinking about how running solo in the dark was a stupid, stupid idea, and second-guessing every single sound in the woods. Then I made it to campus, and the sun started coming up, and it was awesome. That said, I literally only saw two other people (including cars with occupants) during my entire run, and both of them were other runners when I finally made it to the dike around 6:15am.
Run was faster than planned, but felt good. Calves are feeling much better, though I'm still rocking the sleeves because they make me feel better.
So, maybe running solo through a college campus where there were panther sightings (11 years ago, when I was in school there) the morning after discussing a colleague's experience with a mountain lion during a hike through Yosemite was NOT the brightest idea. I spent the first two miles thinking about how running solo in the dark was a stupid, stupid idea, and second-guessing every single sound in the woods. Then I made it to campus, and the sun started coming up, and it was awesome. That said, I literally only saw two other people (including cars with occupants) during my entire run, and both of them were other runners when I finally made it to the dike around 6:15am.
Run was faster than planned, but felt good. Calves are feeling much better, though I'm still rocking the sleeves because they make me feel better.
Sunday
Scheduled: 11mi easy
Did: 11.01mi @ 9:43/mi avg with the stroller, Big 5
Woke up with suuuuuuper sore shins? NO idea where that came from, but my best guess is due to booking it down the hills yesterday at Clemson. I was grateful to have had a plan and a couple accountability partners to keep me on track.
I had one of my running mamas start before dawn with me (and her kiddo). We used the opportunity to teach our munchkins about the importance of safety gear.
Woke up with suuuuuuper sore shins? NO idea where that came from, but my best guess is due to booking it down the hills yesterday at Clemson. I was grateful to have had a plan and a couple accountability partners to keep me on track.
I had one of my running mamas start before dawn with me (and her kiddo). We used the opportunity to teach our munchkins about the importance of safety gear.
The run felt more or less good. I had a small bit of right hamstring soreness around mile 5, and a couple miles of struggling when we were running on a heavy cross-slope on the main road. It was nice to split the run up into two parts. After the first six, we took about a 5min break to drop lights at the cars and meet another mother runner (and her little one) for another outing. I finished off feeling like I could have done another three... even if my kiddo was definitely ready to be done.
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Total Weekly Mileage: 38.4mi run, 1 strength session (in addition to the little 10min or less circuits Coach has me doing), ~4mi walking
Week-ending Thoughts:
Whelp, we're halfway through training, and I don't know that I'm really any stronger or faster? Like, I'm sure this training is doing something. Maybe I should give the fact that I just had an almost-40-mile-week (and traveled) and feel like it was an "easy mileage" week some credit? Certainly that says something about my training. :P
Next week, I'll be starting back as a Run Leader for the Atlanta Track Club's In-Training for the Thanksgiving Half program. I'm excited to be involved with that again (the last time I was a RL was Fall 2016), but it will require a bit of adjustment for my Saturday schedule. I'll probably end up doing my long runs Sunday and letting Saturdays be "easy mileage", depending on the training plan... which I hope to get today.
Whelp, we're halfway through training, and I don't know that I'm really any stronger or faster? Like, I'm sure this training is doing something. Maybe I should give the fact that I just had an almost-40-mile-week (and traveled) and feel like it was an "easy mileage" week some credit? Certainly that says something about my training. :P
Next week, I'll be starting back as a Run Leader for the Atlanta Track Club's In-Training for the Thanksgiving Half program. I'm excited to be involved with that again (the last time I was a RL was Fall 2016), but it will require a bit of adjustment for my Saturday schedule. I'll probably end up doing my long runs Sunday and letting Saturdays be "easy mileage", depending on the training plan... which I hope to get today.
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