Training Week 201
Highlight of the Week: My dad telling me, TWICE, that “Body Glide is the best thing since sliced bread.” *snicker*
Monday | August 19, 2013: teaching strength class
Strength: dumbbells and cones, Difficulty: easy, Felt: hyper
Tuesday | August 20, 2013: 5.5 m run (w/Emily + Adam)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 63°/63°, Time: 55:28, Pace: 10:05 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Wednesday | August 21, 2013: 7.1 m run incl. 5×5:00 @ 8:40mm (w/Emily and GRCers) + 5.6 m ride + strength class
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 67°/67°, Time: 1:06:18, Pace: 9:20 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: good
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 88°/87°, Time: 23:25, Pace: 14.4 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: bueno
Strength: medicine balls, Difficulty: medium, Felt: schweaty
Thursday | August 22, 2013: rest
Friday | August 23, 2013: 8 m run incl. 5×20 sec strides (w/Emily + Yvonne)
Loc: Nippersink FP & Millennium Trail, Temp: 56°, Time: 1:16:07, Pace: 9:31, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: great
Saturday | August 24, 2013: 7.5 m run (w/Bobbi)
Loc: DPRT, Temp: 56°/56°, Time: 1:14:30, Pace: 9:56 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, minus those bathroom breaks
Sunday | August 25, 2013: 15 m run (first 5.65 run/walk w/Dad, rest w/Dad on bike)
Loc: Guttenberg, Temp: 73°/77°, Time: 2:48:29, Pace: 11:14 avg, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: okay
Notes:
- I am one lucky gal to have pals with me on almost all of my workouts this week! Those four early morning runs probably wouldn’t have happened unless I was meeting someone!
- I wish I could have gotten more time in on my road bike this week. I am looking for a clearing in my schedule to take her (him?) out on a long arse ride. Maybe Labor Day. Maybe.
- Check out my dad’s shirt in the Sunday pic. Aww! That is actually a wicking shirt I saw and had to get for him, as he loves classic cars. Speaking of my dad! He ran over 4 miles today! Two 2-mile stretches and about a quarter of a mile after that. Woo hoo! We are talking about doing another 5K together in October. Psssh, talking about. No. It’s fo sho.
- I actually did speed work this week! And it wasn’t bad! I also tried to incorporate some speedier miles in to the end of my long run today, but that only lasted for about three miles until I almost melted in the sun. Ha ha.
- I busted out some new kicks and put on a schweet charm from my friend Chris. Cute!
Themocracy
Nothin’ better than great training weeks. Love the pics/post.
Awesome week!! Glad I was able to get in so many runs with you too. Bonus!
P.s. I will just say again how much I LOVE that you run with your dad. What an awesome experience! His shirt looks super cool too 🙂
the charm is cute! I love that your dad is sharing your passion
What an awesome shirt you found for your dad! Where did you find it? Let me guess. Amazon?
Where do you think you’ll take your bike for a long ride?
Actually, I found it at Walmart when we were there getting things for Steven’s camping trip! Crazy!
Probably the north shore/McClory/whatever trail. Or back to the Prairie Path if I remember to downshift for the hills this time 🙂
Yay for your dad!! Another 5K already! He’s a beast!!!
I have two charms on my shoes! A 26.2 and a crown, you know, ‘cos I’m the queen yo!!
Nice training last week. Your runs were fantastic, and that is some serious mileage!