Training Week 151
Highlight of the Week: Definitely friends getting me through these last (I hope?) humid runs of the year. I kind of decided Monday morning that I was not going to do any more runs in the humidity alone, and luckily, I had people to run with five times this week.
Monday | September 3, 2012: 14 m run (w/Bobbi and GRCers) + 26 m ride
Loc: Around Grayslake, Temp: 66°/74°, Time: 2:36:27, Pace: 11:11 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great – wanted to keep going!
Loc: Prairie Trail/Hebron Trail, Temp: 87°/84°, Time: 1:57:23, Pace: 13.3 mph avg, Difficulty: easy-ish, Felt: excited
Tuesday | September 4, 2012: 7.15 m ride
Loc: Around Round Lake, Temp: 86°, Time: 37:28, Pace: 11.4 mph avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: ok until I crashed
Wednesday | September 5, 2012: strength + 5 m run (w/Bobbi)
Strength: Kettlebells and Step, Difficulty: Medium, Felt: sore from crashing on Tuesday
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 76°/73°, Time: 52:57, Pace: 10:35 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Thursday | September 6, 2012: rest
Friday | September 7, 2012: 4 m run (w/Kate) + strength + 6 m run/+walk (w/Kelly)
Loc: Rollins Savanna, Temp: 68°/66°, Time: 37:46, Pace: 9:26, Difficulty: medium, Felt: good
Strength: Resistance Bands and Weighted Bars, Difficulty: hard, Felt: weak
Loc: Grant Woods FP, Temp: 62°/58°, Time: 1:00:04, Pace: 10:00 (mile 6 @ 12:29), Difficulty: medium, Felt: fast
Saturday | September 8, 2012: rest
Sunday | September 9, 2012: Chicago Half Marathon (w/Emily)
Loc: Chicago, Temp: 56°/64°, Time: 2:22:55, Pace: 10:50 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: strong
Lessons learned:
- Slow down for those sharp turns on the bike.
- More time at home = more workouts (really… more time commuting = less workouts). I knew this, but it was nice to only commute two days this week and have some fun workouts.
- Be really careful when running on sidewalks in the dark/transitioning from trail to sidewalk/running by a house with a scary giant skull in the yard.
Themocracy
I love Halloween but it’s not even October yet! I bet that skull is just part of that family’s landscaping.
I think I need to go back and take a picture of it. How is your ankle?
Congratulations for finishing today’s race with such impressive numbers.
You are such an inspiration to me!!!!
Aww, thank you 🙂
totally LOL about the skull in the front yard! Looking forward to your HM recap.
The fact that you get in so many workouts in one day amazes me. Two runs and strength in one day?? Can you send some of that motivation to me?
It’s not motivation, it’s crazy! And I think it has rubbed off a bit on you… 🙂