Monday, August 31, 2015

End of August

Last week:
Monday: 7 with strides
Tuesday: 12
Wed: rest (flew to NY)
Thurs: 10 miles with 5 @ HMP (over 10 and pretty darn fast--Garmin wasn't working, so had to look it up later, but there were some 7-minute fear miles in there!)
Friday: unscheduled rest day (scheduled for 5 recovery, but knew I wouldn't get them in. First run I've missed since December). Drove from NY to MI; 13 hours in car.
Saturday: 20 miles scheduled, ended at 19.78 (Garmin quit at 11.81, so had to guess...pretty darn happy I got so close!) A little faster than planned at 10:06/mile, but it was pouring rain and pretty cold. Dad biked next to me the whole time which was such a treat.

Week ended at 49 miles

6 miles today; last run for August, which gives me 203.84 miles for the month--yippee! First time I've ever broken 200 miles!

Saturday, August 22, 2015

8/22 & 8/21

8/21: 7.1 with strides on the treadmill. First 5.5 miles were about 10:10/mile, then 8x100 strides to finish out the last mile and a half. Felt good during the run but a little stiff afterwards, probably from speedwork after ST the previous day.

8/22: 18.74 miles over bike paths, dirt trails, and concrete. Didn't sleep much at all the previous night, despite taking melatonin and going to bed early--just too worried about the run the next day, especially since my training program has always had me doing 4 easy before a long run, not 7 with speedwork. Anyway, ran 7.5 at around 10/mile down to meet up with the trail running group; they were splitting into a 9/mile group and a 12/mile group, so I went with the 9 and got in a good 6.26 miles of marathon-pace miles (actually a little faster than MP). It was really nice to get some actual dirt miles in there and I felt pretty good until the last mile or so and then as the conversation lagged I had a half-mile or so of wondering if I was going to throw up (I had been talking so much that I hadn't been drinking), so I just focused on rehydrating. Then I split from the group to run home, since I knew I was already over mileage but my stupid Garmin quit AGAIN. Ran 5.13 home...no idea on pace but I think it was still pretty good--closer to 9/mile than 10 (so probably too fast).

Total for the week: 50.84 miles (new record!) and 148.84 for the month.

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Catching up again

8/20: Yoga and strength training
8/19: 11 miles @ 10:15--easy general aerobic
8/18: 4 recovery miles
8/17: 10 miles with 5 @ HMP

Previous week: 37 miles--CUTBACK WEEK, 98 miles for month thus far
8/16: Rest
8/15: 8 miles on trails, then ST at home--switched runs around to accommodate Juliet's baptism day
8/14: 4 recovery miles
8/13: 12 miles (late night on treadmill...pretty grueling)
8/12: 5 recovery miles

Monday, August 10, 2015

8/10

Nothing like holding your 5K pace at 11 PM.

8.2 miles with 10x100 strides and core work.

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Week of 8/8

Monday: 9 miles with 10x100 strides/core
Tuesday: 5 m recovery/strength training
Wednesday: 10 miles general aerobic/core
Thurs: yoga/core
Friday: 16 miles with 10 @ MP (nailed it and came under by 3 seconds--boom!)
Sat: 5.1 recovery with core

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

8/5

10.2 today on the TM somewhere around 10:15 pace, plus core work. Felt more tired than I would have liked, but I didn't sleep well last night.

5 recovery miles TM yesterday with 2 circuits of strength-training afterwards.

Monday, August 3, 2015

Catching up 8/1 through 7/28

August 1:
Either 15 or 16.02 today--not sure which thanks to running through

super-thick tree cover and my temperamental Garmin. I planned a route today
that would take me on as many bike paths and woodchip/dirt trails as
possible, since my knees hurt for four days after the concrete-fest last
Saturday. So I ran my favorite route through the woods, which the parks
service says is 1.5 miles one way, but which my Garmin only clocked as 1.3
and also dropped my pace per mile significantly (like 2 minutes per). I
figured maybe the parks service was just rounding, since I've never been
able to get a really solid fix on mileage through those trees and have
ended up relying on sites like mapmyrun or runningmap, and so I ran until
my Garmin said 7.51 and then turned around and ran the exact same thing in
reverse, but it only got me to 14.8 by my house (so of course I ended up
running another .2). So frustrating! I ran 4 loops in total of that
particular trail so it really does make a difference in mileage if it's not
tracking accurately. I don't know if this is just something I need to do
with--the trees are SO thick that it's impossible to see the sky and it's
very dim; my previous Garmin didn't even pretend to get a signal in there
and would just quit--or if I need to return it and try again. Average pace
(assuming I ran the 15, which I know is at least partially inaccurate based
on the out-and-back) was 10:39; 9:58 if it was 16.02. Wanted to pick it up
the last couple of miles because I'm a little nervous about the 10 at MP I
have next week, so I ran 9:35 for mile 14 and 8:55 for mile 15.

Anyway, it was a good run aside from that--the woods parts were really
muddy, but that kept my concentration from wandering! It was quite a hilly
run and included the hill that I always dread but try to make myself run
(miles 6.5-8.5) and I have to say that I felt SO good on it--definitely
noticing an increase in my fitness!

July 31: 4 recovery miles; 166 for the month!


July 30: SRD; yoga and core work

July 29: really long miserable 10-miler. I didn't get to start until about 9 PM, and I was not feeling great--my mouth filled with stomach acid about 2 minutes in and I knew it was going to be a long one! I gutted out six miles on the treadmill and then ran the last 4 outside. I was still really stiff/sore from the ST the previous day, plus I was on the last day of knee soreness after the concrete-fest I ran on Saturday.

July 28: Recovery day--ran 5 miles and then did two circuits of the strength training outlined in my training program book. Felt fine while I was doing them but really felt it the next day.