Training Week 233 & 234
Highlight of the Week(s): Getting a few longer distance runs in with friends!
Monday | March 31, 2014: teaching strength class
Strength: one dumbbell and resistance bands, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Tuesday | April 1, 2014: 3.2 m run (w/Kelly) + 3 m run (w/Emily)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 44°/39°, Time: 31:03, Pace: 9:44 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good! Surprisingly not too annoyed with the 20+mph winds
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 46°/44°, Time: 32:13, Pace: 10:44 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: winded
Wednesday | April 2, 2014: rest
Thursday | April 3, 2014: 4.6 m run (w/Kelly, incl 6 hill repeats)
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 39°, Time: 48:13, Pace: 10:29 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: like I need to do more hill work!
Friday | April 4, 2014: teaching strength class
Strength: one dumbbell and resistance bands, Difficulty: medium, Felt: challenged
Saturday | April 5, 2014: 15.1 m run (2 m run + South Shore Half Marathon w/Rachel)
Loc: Milwaukee, Temp: 33°, Time: 19:55, Pace: 9:57 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: okay
Loc: Milwaukee, Temp: 33°/43°, Time: 2:13:56, Pace: 10:13 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: good at first / out of it at the end
Sunday | April 6, 2014: 3.6 m run (w/Efiters)
Loc: Rollins Savanna, Temp: 41°/45°, Time: 38:40, Pace: 10:46 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay
Monday | April 7, 2014: 11 m run (w/Kelly) + teaching strength class
Loc: Around Grayslake, Temp: 35°/34°, Time: 1:51:07, Pace: 10:06 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good! So nice out!
Strength: one dumbbell and resistance bands, Difficulty: medium, Felt: good/hyper
Tuesday | April 8, 2014: rest
Wednesday | April 9, 2014: rest
Thursday | April 10, 2014: 6.5 m run (w/Adam)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 49°/49°, Time: 1:01:17, Pace: 9:26 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: fast! (when the wind was at my back for 2 miles)
Friday | April 11, 2014: teaching strength class + 10.1 m run (w/Valerie)
Strength: kettlebells/body bars mixed mode, Difficulty: medium, Felt: the workout needs tweaking
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 48°/58°, Time: 1:40:44, Pace: 9:59, Difficulty: medium/hard, Felt: too sunny
Saturday | April 12, 2014: rest
Sunday | April 13, 2014: rest
Notes:
- Yikes! I am behind on my training recaps! Life’s a little busy for me right now (with good stuff), so I haven’t been spending that much time on my computer. Anyway…
- The only big note worth mentioning is how much I am struggling with the warmth and full sun. I am sweating out a ton of salt, which is highly unusual for me. This last Sunday morning I was really sick, I think due to dehydration (and stress, odd eating, high temps (85°F wtf), a hot tub and a few glasses of wine)… and woke up today feeling a bit blah as well, so a visit to the doctor might be in my future. Although! It looks like the cold and snow is back, so that should help. Ha ha ha.
Themocracy
I love your training recap. You are so motivational! I need to get on a training schedule… Especially with Spartan coming up in the fall. YIKESSSS!!!
Nice pic! Also happy that the cold and snow is back, so much nicer to run in. 🙂
AGREEEEEEEEEEEEED! 😀
I had the same salt problem last week. Clearly summer does not agree with us.
Is it highly unusual for you, too?!
I’m having the salt issue as well! I started using my Nuun tablets again hoping to replenish electrolytes that way instead of the sugar filled Powerade I used to drink!
Ooo, I am happy you found something to help you! is the nuun working? All of those sports drinks bug me, but my friend Rachel helped me find a vegan Electrolyte Stamina pill to try 🙂
I love Nuun! I started using it last year when I was biking pretty heavily in the summer. It’s amazing and doesn’t give me the GI issues that sugary sports drinks do, and it’s really refreshing!!!