Training Week 297

By , June 28, 2015 5:36 pm

Highlight of the Week: Getting a lot of runs in with Kelly before she moves / teaching fitness boxing!

Week297

Monday | June 22, 2015: teaching strength class
Strength: Mixed Mode: Body Bars & One Dumbbell, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Tuesday | June 23, 2015: 5 m run (w/Kelly)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 68°/65°, Time: 48:25, Pace: 9:41 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Wednesday | June 24, 2015: 7 m run (w/Kelly) + swim
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 59°/56°, Time: 1:07:16, Pace: 9:34 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: Grayslake Pool, 500m freestyle 11:56, 500m breaststroke 14:20, 250m backstroke 6:57
Thursday | June 25, 2015: rest (sick)
Friday | June 26, 2015: teaching strength class + 4 m run (w/Kelly)
Strength: Mixed Mode Body Bars & One Dumbbell, Difficulty: easy (mostly observed), Felt: okay
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 60°/63°, Time: 41:43, Pace: 10:26, Difficulty: medium/hard, Felt: ok, challenging on the lungs
Saturday | June 27, 2015: 4 m run (incl. 8×1:00)
Loc: hood, Temp: 66°/68°, Time: 39:34, Pace: 9:53 avg, Difficulty: medium/hard, Felt: okay, hard to breathe

Sunday | June 28, 2015: 7.15 m ride + teaching fitness boxing + 7.65 ride
Loc: home to Efit, Temp: 58°/65°, Time: 33:56, Pace: 12.6 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: calm
Strength: boxing and body weight workout (BOSU), Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, super sweaty, raspy voice
Loc: Efit to home, Temp: 70°/70°, Time: 34:56, Pace: 13.1 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: exhilarated

Notes:

  • This was Kelly’s last full week here, so we tried to run together as much as possible! Rain and me getting sick messed with our plans a bit, but we did the best we could, and I am happy for that!
  • Yeah… I got some nasty chest cold… thing. My colds usually run a very typical course – sore throat, painful unproductive cough, draining face, finishing with productive cough (which sometimes lasts weeks). This went straight from sore throat to difficulty breathing with a painful cough unproductive/productive combo. Makes me wonder if it’s something more serious with my lungs. I am going to visit the doctor this week if my breathing doesn’t get under control!
  • It probably didn’t help that as I was getting sick, I decided to hit up the pool for some laps, for funsies. I hope I can go back soon, when I am feeling better. I’d love to pay a coach for some pointers in the water! I am a confident swimmer, but I bet my form is all over the place, ha ha.
  • I rode to and from my Sunday class at Efit. It’s a short ride, but pretty exhilarating because some of it is with traffic, and while I am brave enough to go out in it, I prefer riding in traffic in a group (or solo, on a trail). I’m grateful to have one of those sunglasses mirrors for my bike, so I can see behind me – even if it makes me look like a dork!

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8 Responses to “Training Week 297”

  1. Pam says:

    Hope you start feeling better soon! My colds always warn me they’re on the way too. I’ll have a sore throat usually for at least a day before I feel anything else.

  2. jan says:

    Oh no, sorry you’re sick! 🙁 Getting colds in the summer sucks. I hope it goes away soon!

  3. Marcia says:

    Blech those lingering chest things are no fun. Hope it all clears soon. Since tri has been my focus all year, I’m obsessed with all things swim stroke. I still need so much work. Sigh.

  4. Hope you feel better soon 🙁

  5. Lesley says:

    My colds have always been bad. Recovery seems to take the longest.

  6. Erin says:

    I hope your breathing starts feeling better!

    Also, I think it’s awesome that you’re a confident swimmer. I don’t hear that often from people who didn’t grow up doing swim team or something!

  7. karen says:

    Glad you still had had fun even though you weren’t feeling great. You always do a great job mixing it up each week. I am chicken of traffic, I stay in quiet neighborhoods or on a trail.

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