Training Week 214
Highlight of the Week: So many workouts with friends! If only every week was this way! It’s so easy to get the workouts in when you’re meeting someone.
Monday | November 18, 2013: 8 m run (w/Kelly) + teaching strength class
Loc: Grant Woods, Temp: 37°/36°, Time: 1:27:27, Pace: 10:56 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: adventurous – lots of trees down!
Strength: medicine balls, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great! had a lot of fun
Tuesday | November 19, 2013: 6.2 m run (w/running club peeps)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 27°/26°, Time: 1:01:47, Pace: 9:58 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay/like I should rest on Wed.
Wednesday | November 20, 2013: rest
Thursday | November 21, 2013: 5 m run (w/Kelly)
Loc: Savanna, Temp: 40°/40°, Time: 48:25, Pace: 9:41 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good!
Friday | November 22, 2013: teaching strength class
Strength: medicine balls, Difficulty: easy, Felt: sleepy (shhhhh)
Saturday | November 23, 2013: 6 m run (w/Bobbi and Sara)
Loc: Deer Grove FP, Temp: 22°/22°, Time: 1:06:18, Pace: 11:02 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good! cold! (ha ha)
Sunday | November 24, 2013: Lincolnwood Turkey Trot (w/Anne)
Loc: Lincolnwood, Temp: 13°/13°, Time: 38:31, Pace: 12:24 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Notes:
- Another week of easy recovery from the marathon! I feel like I am 99% back to (my) normal! I am itching to get some more running in, especially now that it’s so nice and cold out!
- Is anyone asking you for a holiday wishlist? What’s on yours? Running gear? I feel like I have all the things I “need,” but it’s fun to see all the new stuff out there.
- Anyone else doing a “Turkey Trot” in the upcoming week? I think the one I did today will end up being the only one I do. I have three “holiday” themed races in mind for December though.
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No turkey trots planned this week. Oh yeah, I did do one today! Nice seeing you, by the way. Loved your and Anne’s wacky hats. 🙂
Great seeing you too! I hope you had a good race!
Glad you’re doing so much better, and I’m glad for the cold too. I run so much better now than when it’s so hot I want to melt!
I’m doing the Grant Park Turkey Trot next week, picked entirely because I wanted my first post partum race to have a medal, haha. I have not decided if I’m doing any Decemeber races yet though.
Have fun! Is that race on Saturday or is it on Thanksgiving?
It’s on Saturday! My husband is doing the North Shore Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving, so I’m just going to do a 3 mile run on Thanksgiving.
With just coming off my torn Achilles, I didn’t sign up for a TT this year. Instead, I’ll stuff my face at Bobbi’s house! <3 Happy Thanksgiving, Kim!
I will be there stuffing my face too 🙂 🙂 I can wish you Happy Thanksgiving in person!
YAY!!! I can’t wait!
I have running gear and a new pair of cross training shoes (which I do really, really need!) on my wish list this year 🙂
Wow, did you have ANY solo workouts last week? This week is going to be like that for me, which is fun 🙂 So glad we got to run together again today! I miss our regular run dates!
Cool! What do you use for cross training! I keep a pair of the shoes I use for running at the studio (but I’ve never run in them… okay, that’s a lie, just once). But I could probably use a different pair. Maybe those more flashy, fun Asics.
I didn’t! Isn’t that crazy? It was really nice. But then it’s hard to go back to solo weeks, even though I like that too.
I miss those run dates as well! Maybe we can work out some runs on Wednesdays when you are in the office 🙂
I wear the New Balance 797 for training. They’re super light, which is good for all of the plyo and burpees 🙂 Last year’s model is on sale for $40 on Amazon now.
Wednesdays work for me!