Thanksgiving Week

Week-beginning Thoughts:

Life is even life-i-er this week.

Monday

Planned: nada
Did:  4mi walk

Tuesday

Planned: 10KTuesday easy w/4x20s bursts in last mile
Did: as scheduled = 6.3mi @ 9:23/mi avg

Wednesday

Planned: 3-4mi easy... or lifting
Did: MBF Total Body + MBF Core + some walking around the neighborhood

Thursday

Planned: Gobble Wobble 10K with double stroller (2mi WU, 6x3min @ 5K effort with 2min jog, CD to finish)
Did: as scheduled = 6.29mi @ 9:22/mi avg with the double

Really freaking proud of this one. It was such a struggle with the double this morning, but I'm incredibly proud of getting out, getting it done (even if I walked a bit up a hill and had a few stops to re-adjust blankets/put mittens on the munchkins) with everything that's happening in life right now. 

Friday

Planned: 5mi with 4 strides in last mile

Did: 4mi easy @ something with double

 

Saturday

Scheduled: 11-12mi easy

Planned: nothing

Got stomach bug while single parenting yesterday... the worst.

Sunday

Planned: 2mi WU, 1mi hard, 1mi CD

Did: laid in bed

Total Weekly Mileage: idk

Week-ending Thoughts:

• barf

3rd Week of November

Week-beginning Thoughts:

Life. So lifey right now. 

Monday

Planned: nada
Did:  MBF Week 3 Upper

Tuesday

Planned: 10KTuesday easy w/4x20s bursts in last mile
Did: as scheduled = 6.3mi @ 9:29/mi avg

Wednesday

Planned: 2mi WU, 12x30s @ MP/2min recovery, CD to 6mi
Did: as scheduled = 6.23mi @ 9:05/mi avg

Weeee, this was fun to be on the track and going fast. Everything was a sub-6 pace. Quads and hams were sore the next day. Love it. 

Thursday

Planned: 4mi easy
Did: 4mimi @ 9:29/mi avg

Friday

Planned: 5mi with 4 strides in last mile

Did: 5.05mi @ 9:11/mi avg

 

Saturday

Planned: 10-11mi easy

Did: 10.07mi with double stroller @ 9:59/mi avg

Husband got sick with the kids' stomach bug late last night, which meant I was on single parent duty all day. I'm so proud I got this run in, and so grateful to my kids for being so chipper and cheerful while it happened. 

and we found two giant leaves for entertainment

Sunday

Planned: 2mi WU, 4 PRO to 10K pace, 1mi CD

Did: as scheduled with single = 7.01mi @ 9:00/mi avg

So much easier to push a single than a double. :) 

Total Weekly Mileage: 38.7

Week-ending Thoughts:

• Weee, running

2nd Week of November

Week-beginning Thoughts:

Um, well, it's Friday, so... idk.

Monday

Planned: nada
Did:  nada

Tuesday

Planned: 10KTuesday easy
Did: as scheduled = 6.3mi @ 9:33/mi avg

Wednesday

Planned: 4mi easy w/4 strides
Did: as scheduled = 4.12mi @ 9:28/mi avg

Thursday

Planned: 5mi easy
Did: 5.10mi @ 9:36/mi avg

Friday

Planned: 10-20min WU, 30min hard, sustained effort, 10-20min CD
Did: as scheduled = 7.09mi @ 8:38/mi avg

The official workout today read as this: 

Lactate Threshold Test: 10-20 min WU, Sustained fast pace for 30 min (no fly&die) on a flat course. At 10 min, check HR, at 30 min, check HR again, CD

We explored a new-to-us track for today's workout and I'm really glad we did. It was much easier, mentally to do this workout on a track rather than the roads. Thinking of it as "only 16 laps max" helped me a ton. I wasn't sure exactly how fast I could run/maintain, and probably short-changed myself a bit, since I could still talk at the end, but was really trying to focus on what I could comfortably hold for the entire 30min. 

HR: 145 @ 10min, 174 @ 30min

Avg Pace for 30min: 7:45/mi 

pretty even pacing, and a consistent build on my HR

 

Saturday

Planned: 12mi easy

Did: 12.62mi ! 9:27/mi 

Brrr. 

Sunday

Planned: 4mi easy

Did: 5.63mi @ 9:27/mi avg

Total Weekly Mileage: 40.9

Week-ending Thoughts:

• None

1st Week of November

Week-beginning Thoughts:

Blergh. Meh. 

Monday

Planned: nada
Did:  nada

Tuesday

Planned: 10KTuesday w/4x20s bursts in the last mile
Did: as scheduled = 6.3MI @ 9:27/mi avg

Wednesday

Planned: 2mi WU, 6x2min @ 5K/2min, CD to 6mi total
Did: 6.22mi @ 9:03/mi avg

Thursday

Planned: 5mi easy
Did: 5.06mi @ 9:29/mi avg

Friday

Planned: 5mi easy with 4 strides
Did: 30min yoga, ~5mi of walking

Saturday

Planned: 11mi easy

Did: 11.17mi @ 9:13/mi avg

Hilly route, but great weather (low 40s) = fast pace. 

Sunday

Scheduled: 2mi WU, 2mi hard, 2mi CD

Did: as scheduled , with the last mile alongside my little one = 5.67mi @ 8:44/mi avg, plus a mile at 14:13

Hard miles: 7:28, 7:16 :) 

Total Weekly Mileage: 34.4

Week-ending Thoughts:

• Having Halloween candy in the house, on the kitchen counter is NOT good. I absentmindedly grab a couple hundred calories worth of it far too often... 
• Evidently, low 40s is my body's preferred running weather