Training Week 94
I am training for the Milwaukee Marathon on October 2nd.
Day 652 | August 1, 2011: cross
I was going to run during lunch, but I turned in to a pissy pants when my garmin wouldn’t work and sulked back to my office. I ended up using my new bike trainer that night instead! I rode for 30 minutes and got all nice and sweaty. I really like the trainer. The only downfall is how noisy it is!
Day 653 | August 2, 2011: 6.5 m run + strength
I ran early in the morning before I left my home to drive to a conference. I don’t remember much from this run (that is what happens when you write your recap post at the end of the week – I usually write it as I go – too busy this week!) – just that it was muggy. In the evening I stayed with Erin (since the conference was so far from my home) and we did a strength workout together. The highlight was being able to do one 90-second plank. Then wanting to die. We also did some deadlifts that still had me sore on Saturday. Awesomeness. Those are the kind of strength workouts I like. Doing strength is a lot more fun with Erin! Erin, please move closer to me.
Distance: 6.5 | Temp: 77° | Dew Point: 72° | Time: 1:05:06 | Avg Pace: 10:01 | 1: 9:11 | 2: 10:20 | 3: 10:11 | 4: 10:17 | 5: 10:12 | 6: 10:02 | 7: 4:51
Day 654 | August 3, 2011: 7 m run (4.4 + 2.6)
Well, this was kind of a funky run. I ran the hilly trail behind my home, and the garmin thought I hit mile one in under 8 minutes. No way, garmin. Something was off. The whole run ended up being off by about .2 miles but luckily, I had run the course before so I knew how far I went overall. The garmin being off was so bizarre! Has that ever happened to anyone else? The funny thing is, I run these routes a lot, so I know when I am hitting the miles splits – I knew something was off right away.
I was surprised that the hills were feeling easier during this run, but I think I was just going slower! Or maybe it was the weather – although it was in the 80s, the dew point was in the low 60s so I felt a lot cooler.
After I ran in the house to double check my mileage, Steven decided to come out with me for a quick bike ride, so we went a couple more miles. Here I am going up one of the hills:
Yay, hills.
Distance: 7.0 | Temp: 83° | Dew Point: 63° | Time: 1:16:40
Day 655 | August 4, 2011: rest
Day 656 | August 5, 2011: 5 m run + 3.5 m bike + 3.5 m bike
I ran in the early dark morning, before I went to work. I couldn’t even see my watch and was surprised to have negative splits! I also rode my bike to and from the train station. It was actually somewhat difficult, riding my bike up those hills with a heavy backpack! But I still thought it was fun.
Distance: 5.0 | Time: 51:47 | Avg Pace: 10:21 | 1: 11:10 | 2: 10:28 | 3: 10:17 | 4: 10:05 | 5: 9:43
Day 657 | August 6, 2011: Just Book It! 5K
I ran our club’s inaugural 5K – the Just Book It! 5K – with Bobbi.
Day 658 | August 7, 2011: 17 m run + cross
I got up at a time that felt super duper early (4:00 am) to meet some fellow running club members on the Des Plaines River Trail. I ran the last 15 miles of this run with Bobbi. Ugh, I was NOT feeling it. Seriously. I knew I could do it, but I didn’t want to. We were both pretty meh about the run until I would say about 8 miles in (for me). Then I started to get more in to it. Nothing was hurting, I just didn’t want to do it. I think I was too tired. BUT! I got it done. And, mostly in the rain. It rained on and off on us, but toward the end, it was raining hard enough that the trail was collecting huge puddles and I had squishy socks. At least the rain makes me feel less thirsty (I think I still drank around 90 oz of water though, and took GUS at 4, 8, 12 and 15).
It was rainy and muggy enough that we could wring water out of our clothes.
It was also a bit muddy.
And I got bathtub feet. But no blisters! And hardly any chafing!
The other awesome (not) thing about this run, is that there were mosquitoes everywhere. You stop for a second and you were covered – good encouragement to keep going! Right? Right?!?!
Distance: 17.0 | Time: 3:14:33 | Avg Pace: 11:26
In the afternoon, I tried something new – kayaking! I will try to blog more about that tomorrow.
Week Summary: 38.6 miles
I thought I could push myself to 40 miles this week (just to see if I could do it). Guess not. There isn’t really any reason for that. I have just been running a TON of junk miles. It’s not really getting me anywhere. Not speedier. I am not sure if it helps with my endurance. I don’t eat healthy enough to lose weight. Oh well. Good thing I like to run!
Plantar fasciitis has slowly been sneaking up on me in my left foot, I think because I have been wearing flats to work lately (so many meetings) instead of sneakers. It was so bad yesterday after the race (it never hurts while running) that I didn’t want to put pressure on my foot at all. I am going to go back to wearing sneakers at work AND in the house. No. More. Flats.
Themocracy
The trainer is noisier with the more tread you have on your tires. It looks like you’re riding with a mountain bike. I started with cyclocross tires on my bike, and it was quite loud. But when I switched over to road tires, the noise decreased significantly.
Oh! Great point! I did want to get different tires for my bike. I should look in to that. Thanks!
Thanks again for running with me. And for dragging me the last couple miles, when I really didn’t wanna. And for the blanket 🙂
(I called John from the driveway, “Um, could you bring me out some flip flops?” He laughed at me…)
Can’t wait to hear more about kayaking!
What about Dr. Scholl’s inserts for your flats? It’d give you a bit of arch support.
Kudos to you for running in this humidity. I’ve been indoors a lot this summer. I’m heating for two, though.
I’ve tried inserts and they haven’t helped! I am not sure if they were Dr. Scholl’s though. Maybe I shouuld give them another try.
You do so much biking! I love it, and I’m jealous. I think that 38.6 is pretty dang close to 40, and it is more then zero so great job lady, don’t be so tough on yourself because you are a very active person.
My garmin gets wacky sometimes. Recently it told me that mile 1 of a run was like 4 minutes, then mile 2 was 30…that was kinda strange. I wish I could run a 4 minute mile, but only in my dreams!
I could NOT get re-hydrated after my run on Sunday morning. I was also exhausted by Sunday afternoon. I took an epic nap.
I’m impressed with your almost-40 week. I’m just excited that I hit 30. I’m really just thrilled any time I get over 20.
And just because you’re not doing speedwork or tempos doesn’t mean that you’re running junk miles. I’d still consider us novice marathoners so it’s probably better to just run at this point.
I hope it’s better to just run, because this is seriously another season of no tempos and speedwork. I feel like such a slacker!
Talk about being muggy! That was me too after my run Saturday – totally soaked – looked like I peed my shorts.