Training Week 145
Highlight of the Week: Chasing some club members for my long run Saturday. I couldn’t keep their pace, but it was nice to have other people around for that many miles.
Monday | July 23, 2012: rest
Tuesday | July 24, 2012: 8 m run
Loc: Around Town, Temp: 79°/80°, Time: 1:21:35, Pace: 10:12 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: great
Wednesday | July 25, 2012: strength class
Strength: Weighted bars and medicine balls, Difficulty: medium, Felt: a bit pukey
Thursday | July 26, 2012: 7 m run
Loc: Grant Woods F.P., Temp: 80°/79°, Time: 1:13:45, Pace: 10:32 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: decent enough
Friday | July 27, 2012: strength + 4 m run
Strength: dumbbells/plyo, Difficulty: medium, Felt: challenged
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 77°/76°, Time: 44:04, Pace: 11:01, Difficulty: medium, Felt: so achey
Saturday | July 28, 2012: 20 m run (w/GRC)
Loc: Around Lindenhurst, Temp: 64°/74°, Time: 3:55:47, Pace: 11:47 avg, Difficulty: hard, Felt: like death on my legs
Sunday | July 29, 2012: rest
Lessons learned:
- Maybe run less hills. Every run this week was hilly. Maybe that is not so good for me, until I get more used to them.
- There’s a lesson in here, somewhere, about strength training, but I am not sure what it is. My IT bands started to hurt Thursday night. They were really sore during my Friday afternoon run. On Saturday morning I could not sit down without bracing myself – my IT bands, quads and butt were so sore. On Sunday I started to feel a bit better. I am not sure WHAT I did in class on Wednesday night – maybe it was just that I didn’t work with my trainer last week and this week was a shock to my body? Or maybe I just worked that hard in class? Who knows. Either way, I could NOT get my legs moving for my long run Saturday. They were just too sore. The run took me forever. BUT – I plan to run the 50K at a slower pace than that run, so maybe it’s okay? We’ll see if I can get the pace down a bit on my next 20+ run.
Themocracy
Great week, hope the legs feel ok after the 20 Mildred. Looks like some tough workouts in there
Hahaha… Mildred… gotta love autocorrect.
Great mileage week! Sorry about your IT bands. 🙁 That sucks. Hope you’re feeling better!
Oof, four solid runs on hills? You’re beasting it!!
50K!!! Wow! Lady, you’re on fire! Hope your IT band feels better soon.
Sore legs just means they’re getting stronger afterward, right? Right?
You look so miserable in the Friday run photo. Did you make that face on purpose?
I did not need to make that face on purpose. I had to go to the bathroom for the last mile of my run and felt uncredibly uncomfortable 🙁
Nice going with the 20-miler! I do hope your IT band feels better. I’m a fan of taping. And rolling, of course.
I have not tried taping! I see people wearing it all the time though!
I hope you are feeling MUCH less sore and tired now after some rest 🙂