Training Week 305
Highlight of the Week: Two runs accompanied by family on their bikes!
Monday | August 17, 2015: 5 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 81°/84°, Time: 10:42, Pace: 53:31 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: hot, but good
Strength: body bars and boxing bags, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Tuesday | August 18, 2015: 5.5 m run (incl. 10×1:00) + 4.1 m run
Loc: Round Lake, Temp: 76°/76°, Time: 54:21, Pace: 9:53 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: pissy at work but intervals helped
Loc: to Gerber, Temp: 76°/75°, Time: 42:15, Pace: 10:19 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Wednesday | August 19, 2015: rest
Thursday | August 20, 2015: 8 m run
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 61°/60°, Time: 1:20:43, Pace: 10:05 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Friday | August 21, 2015: teaching strength class + 14.4 m run + 6.6 ride
Strength: body bars and boxing bags, Difficulty: easy (mostly observing), Felt: okay
Loc: Around Round Lake, Temp: 75°/80°, Time: 2:35:36, Pace: 10:48, Difficulty: easy, Felt: really good
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 80°, Time: 32:17, Pace: 12.3 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: so hungry
Saturday | August 22, 2015: 3 m run (2 w/Dad & Will)
Loc: Guttenberg, Temp: 78°/79°, Time: 30:31, Pace: 10:09 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay (bathroom emergency!)
Sunday | August 23, 2015: 10.6 m run (w/Dad on bike)
Loc: Guttenberg, Temp: 63°/60°, Time: 1:57:38, Pace: 11:06 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Notes:
- The last two Tuesdays I’ve been lucky enough to run errands… literally. Ha ha. Last week, I ran to the studio to train a personal client, and this week, I ran to the auto repair shop to pick up my car. It feels so purposeful to actually run somewhere to take care of something. And people’s reactions to it can be amusing. I was hoping to run another errand tomorrow, but it sounds like it won’t work out. Bummer!
- The sample cool weather this week has me excited for fall running! Not that I don’t get excited about running now, but not being completely drenched in sweat sounds p-r-e-t-t-y amazing!
- I feel so grateful that my family members are willing to ride their bike with me while I run – it’s a fantastic time to connect without (m)*any distractions. And I feel so grateful, in general, that they support that I workout at all, and don’t mind if I take a bit of time to do it when I am visiting them. It means a lot to me.
*There was that cute cat we stopped to pet today, but that was a welcome distraction.
Themocracy
That cat looks adorable! And I agree, I am so grateful that my family supports my running and even join in at times. I’m loving the cooler mornings we’ve had recently. It’s definitely helped the running.
Really looking forward to fall too!