Not Training for Anything Week 2/3

 Week-beginning Thoughts:

It's Sunday... so whoops

Monday

Did: MBFW1 Total, 1.12mi @ 9:03/mi avg

Planned on running the track during kiddo's soccer practice, but had to dart home after a mile and swap with my husband. Finished by working out, though. 

Tuesday

Did: 6.3mi @ 9:32/mi avg

Easy 10K with the crew

Wednesday

Did: nada

Worked due to travel at the end of hte week...

Thursday

Did: 5.57mi @ 8:55/mi avg with Little Chemist

Loved joining one of my running besties for some miles while traveling. 

Friday

Did: nada

Slept in.

Saturday

Did: 2.08mi @9:03/mi avg

Fit in some miles around soccer, but not much. 

Sunday

Did: 10.28mi @ 9:40/mi avg

Felt sluggish and blergh for the first 10K, but finished off quick

Total Weekly Mileage: 25.4

Week-ending Thoughts: 

• Guess we can call this "taper week"? lol 

Not Training for Anything Week 1/3

Week-beginning Thoughts:

Three weeks 'til the half marathon I signed up for last year. I wrote myself a training plan, but just don't have the motivation to execute or try. I think I'm just working on progressing too many things right now to want to work at marathoning or training. 

Monday

Did: MBFW1 Upper

Crazy hungry today, and ate so many granola bars from work :P 

Legs are soo sore from yesterday's lifting. This makes me happy. 

Had a crazy day, but still hit up the weights for my upper body after putdown. 

Tuesday

DId: 6.3mi @ 9:39/mi avg

Easy 10K with the crew

Wednesday

Did: 1mi WU, 3mi tempo, 1mi CD = 5.18mi @ 8:41/mi avg

I'm starting to get into a routine for my off Wednesdays and have a route to run after daycare drop-off, which is great. 

Miles felt so easy. It's nice to feel confident again: 9:08/ 8:37/ 8:20/ 8:06 /9:06

Thursday

Did: 2mi WU, 4x400, 2x200, 1.66mi CD = 6.36mi @ 8:52/mi avg

Today was the first arm sleeves day of the season. Hooray, cooler weather. I opted for a shorter track workout, thinking I'd do 4x400.

1:38- felt easy? 

1:43- didn't feel slower than the first lap, but was by a good bit

1:40

1:43

Not the greatest splits, but I also had 9:22 as my slowest "recovery" 400 pace, so obviously this weather is impacting me a lot. I'm sure I could've done them faster if I'd actually recovered.

I didn't feel like I'd reached a point where the workout pushed me into productive mode, so I tacked on 2x200 at the end (46 and 47s, respectively), which made me feel proud and accomplished for the day. 

Friday

Did: MBF Core

Saturday

Did: 10.22mi @ 9:43/mi avg

Nice run with my TP. 

Sunday

Did: 4.08mi @ 9:08/mi avg

OMG, today was just ideal running weather. So much joy in these miles today.

Total Weekly Mileage: 32,1

Week-ending Thoughts: 

• Feeling good and grateful

Travelin'

Week-beginning Thoughts:

Yeah, definitely not signing up for a marathon....

Monday

Did: rest

Tuesday

Did: 6.3mi @ 9:53/mi avg

Wednesday

Did: 5.39mi @ 8:35/mi avg

Faster than expected.... guess I won't do speedwork tomorrow. lol

Thursday

Did: 5.06mi easy @ 9:40/mi avg

So much stress. Ugh. 

Friday

Did: nada

Guess what! My cat has fleas. Uggggggghhhh

Saturday

Did: 30min bodyweight workout + 5mi walking around campus

Football day with the fam

Sunday

Did: 5.0mi @ 8;14/mi avg

Had to keep up with my little cyclist on the Swamp Rabbit Trail today

Total Weekly Mileage: 21.8

Week-ending Thoughts: 

• Yeah, not doing a marathon is the right call. I like not having to structure my life around training. 

Fall Running

Week-beginning Thoughts:

Thinking about signing up for a marathon... Maybe the Donna in Jacksonville this February? 

Monday

Did: rest

Tuesday

Did: 6.3mi @ 9:19/mi avg 

Life stress turned this into a bit of a progression run, from 10+ min/mi to 8:15.  

Wednesday

Did: 3.22mi @ 9:49/mi avg, LIIFT4 Week 8 HIIT

Fit in a short run along the greenway between kid drop off and a doctor's appointment, then got the last LIIFT4 workout in field-side at kiddo's soccer practice. 

Thursday

Did: 4x800m/400m = 5.71mi @ 8:31/mi avg

I didn't know what I was going to do today. In fact, last night, I felt so "off" that I wasn't even sure I'd show up FOR speedwork. During the warm-up, I thought I might start off with an easy 4x400. I'd thought about planning my training plan yesterday, but it didn't happen. I did get to the point where I decided I'm going to see if I like half training before launching into a marathon. After all, next year we're trying to plan a family Disney vacation, I have various BOD meetings for my professional org across the country, and chorus is going to ramp up since it's an International contest year. 

My teammates were doing mile repeats. I thought about that, but realized I couldn't really fit in more than 2 due to time constraints, and our extended (1.75mi) warm-up. Instead, I opted for 800s-- a bit more in line with a half marathon goal than (4)-400m repeats. 

I didn't look at my watch at all during the laps, and was SO stoked by my splits-- all well below my hope of an 8min/mi pace, and IDENTICAL.

3:30.3

3:30.0

3:30.9

3:30.4

Yassssssssssssss. What a win for the day. 

Friday

Did: 4.01mi @ 9:23/mi avg

Felt a bit sluggish today, but got out anyways. Couldn't waste this weather. 

Saturday

Did: 10.26mi @ 10:04/mi avg

TP was out this morning, so I had to go solo. Originally, I'd wanted to do a half marathon today, but just didn't have the mental interest in getting it done solo. More than "running solo", I've had a hard time lately feeling safe when I'm on the roads alone. I let myself sleep and wake up without an alarm, hit the roads at 6am, and had a great route with multiple police officers on patrol. My pace was definitely slow, but that's what a long run should be, right? 

Sunday

Did: 4.11mi @ 9:30/mi avg with stroller

Total Weekly Mileage: 33.6