Training Week 129
I’m trying out a new weekly training post format, as I mentioned I would here. The idea is to mention training highlights, have a photo collage, actual training, then lessons learned and reminders for the next week. Maybe this will be more concise? Sounds like a lot when it’s all written out… let me know what you think!
Highlight of the week: Running with friends! I ran with friends on Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, and it was such a “DUH!” moment when I remembered how much easier runs feel when I am running with other people… and how much faster the runs feel like they go by!
Monday | April 2, 2012: rest
Tuesday | April 3, 2012: 5.2 m run with Maggie
Loc: North Branch Trail, Temp: 52°/55°, Time: 44:25, Pace: 8:33 avg, Difficulty: medium
Wednesday | April 4, 2012: 8 m run with club + strength class
Loc: Rollins Savanna, Temp: 43°/43°, Time: 1:13:45, Pace: 9:11 avg, Difficulty: medium
Strength: medicine balls/core focus, Difficulty: mostly easy
Thursday | April 5, 2012: rest
Friday | April 6, 2012: strength + 6 m run
Strength: plyo box with weights, Difficulty: Brian is trying to kill me
Loc: neighborhood, Temp: 48°/44°, Time: 58:15, Pace: 9:42, Difficulty: easy/medium
Saturday | April 7, 2012: 4.16 m run with Bobbi then 6.12 m run with Bobbi, Katie and Stacy
Loc: Independence Grove, Start Temp: 30°, Time: 39:51, Pace: 9:35, Difficulty: easy
Loc: Independence Grove, End Temp: 51°, Time: 1:03:53, Pace: 10:27, Difficulty: easy
Sunday | April 8, 2012: 14 m run (first 4+ with club)
Loc: Rollins Savanna, Temp: 42°/53°, Time: 2:15:42, Pace: 9:41 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium
Lessons learned:
- Eat healthier to have more energy (and be more hyper, sorry, Steven) – I will work out when I eat like crap but I feel so much more energized if I eat something good for me
- Choose tunes wisely – music makes me run faster than the Jillian Michaels podcast
- Use the garmin as a stopwatch – turn off pace/distance view and just go with the flow (time view only) for a relaxing run (did this on my last three runs this week)
- Foam roll every day! I am putting a reminder in my calendar for that.
- Eat more than you think you need to before a long run. A serving of oatmeal is NOT going to cut it. You WILL get hungry at mile 8!!!
- I saw this running apparel website in the back of the May issue of Runner’s World – INKnBURN. I thought they had some neat stuff! I may or may not have inquired about a blogger review/giveaway!
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I like this format! Especially the lessons/reminders at the end. I might just steal this idea …
Happy you like it! 🙂
I love this!!!
Thanks! 🙂
I heart running with you – must do that more often. I’m so glad you are finding the “fun” in your run again 🙂
I like this format. I like that you rate the difficulty of your runs, and it isn’t necessarily a reflection of the pace you were running. (I especially appreciated the “Brian is trying to kill me” level of difficulty!) I like the lessons and reminders at the endo too!
I love running with you too! I am serious about the 18 miler birthday run! Do it! Do it! Do it!!! (By “it,” I mean put it on Connect and make it a par-tay).
Happy you like the format!
You were out by my parents – my dad walks in Independence Grove almost every morning.
Independence Grove is a really quick drive from my house! That is where that 5K is next weekend that I mentioned on your blog 🙂
Absolutely love this post! You are inspiring me to work a little harder… I feel lazy after reading this post 🙂
Aww, thank you 🙂
I like the new format! I do miss the total mileage at the bottom though. You ran a lot this week! Glad you are enjoying it more. 🙂
Yeah, I was thinking about that after I posted this – that I left the weekly milage off. Oops! I was never good at math anyway… 😛 I’ll think about adding it back in!
run with me! run with me!
Tomorrow! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
All the photos are fun! And I like that you put the highlight first and included the lessons learned.
Thanks! I hope adding more bullets makes it easier to read. I tended to “blah blah blah” a lot before!
I like this format. A lot. Maybe I will need to still this one too. 🙂
Thanks 🙂