Training Week 216
Highlight of the Week: Ugh! It’s so hard to decide! But I gotta go with running this morning with my Dad at a local forest preserve and just having that time to chat (we didn’t chat much during our race yesterday – ha ha!).
Monday | December 2, 2013: 3 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: hood, Temp: 41°/41°, Time: 10:11, Pace: 30:33 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay
Strength: Sandbags and Kettlebells Mixed Mode, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: excited to try a new mode
Tuesday | December 3, 2013: rest
Wednesday | December 4, 2013: Reindeer Run 5K
Loc: Zion, Temp: 48°/52°, Time: 25:28, Pace: 8:10 avg, Difficulty: medium/hard, Felt: decent
Thursday | December 5, 2013: 5.5 m run (middle 4ish w/Xaarlin)
Loc: Loop and Lakefront Trail, Temp: 30°/31°, Time: 1:00:33, Pace: 11:04 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: sore from the race, but the run helped
Friday | December 6, 2013: teaching strength class
Strength: Sandbags and Kettlebells Mixed Mode, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Saturday | December 7, 2013: Rotary Santa Run 5K (w/Dad)
Loc: Arlington Heights, Temp: 9x°, Time: 29:11, Pace: 9:24 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Sunday | December 8, 2013: 3.2 m run (w/Dad)
Loc: Ray Lake FP, Temp: 16°/17°, Time: 32:56, Pace: 10:17 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Notes:
- Just like the day after the 10K last Saturday, I felt soreness in my left lateral quad the day after the 5K this Wednesday. Luckily, a slower paced run with Xaarlin Thursday morning totally made me feel better, and I have felt fine since. I am hopefully done running fast for the year. Unless Gina wants to at Sunday’s race. In that case… I’ll do it all over again!
- Okay, speaking of Sunday’s race with Gina. GAH! I am so excited to see her! And run together in the ridiculous outfits we got! YAYSIES!!!
- I had a very ambitious yearly mileage goal in mind, but I don’t really see myself getting there with weeks like this one. Oops… ha ha. That mileage goal is only attainable because of the mileage I was able to put in on furlough. Funny thing (and writing furlough made me think of it), today I was telling my mom how I am not really in to decorating. Not really telling the full story here, but she asked if I would like it more if I was retired. I told her I would probably still rather run than decorate (clean, bake, whatever) if I was retired. What do you prioritize exercise over?
- I switch up the strength mode (dumbbells, body bars, kettlebells, etc.) every three weeks in the class I teach, and this week I started a mixed mode workout with kettlebells and sandbags. Everyone does the same exercises (more or less) but the front row is using one mode and the back row, the other. It was fun to play around with the sandbags! Have you exercised with sandbags before?
Sandbags @ Spartan
- We had our Efit Multisport Club holiday party last night! I brought the whole crew – Steven,
Data, Mom, Dad and Grandma. I still can’t believe what an amazing year it has been, with me becoming a personal trainer and getting to work with so many wonderful people!
Themocracy
CB is totes upset you did not give him a shoutout. That is all. 🙂
I was worried he would be. Sorry! I should have gone with my gut instinct. I always regret it when I don’t. Please tell him my family muchos enjoyed the pics of his Friday adventure 😉
I have used sandbags…but in medic field training, LOL. Great week girl! Hope the leg is feeling better!
Great photo! I used sandbags when I did PT. They are pretty cool!
As for your running mileage – it is already so ambitious, I think! Especially in the cold – I’m so spoiled in Southern CA.
Trying to think if I’ve ever used sandbags. I think not! But I used kettlebells this morning 🙂
So, you refer to the different pieces of equipment as “modes”? I’ve never heard that term used before.
Yeah, we call them different strength “modes.” So far, the sandbags are not too popular. They really require hand strength to grip them and you have to deal with the shifting sand. They’re a lot of fun!