Training Week 337
Highlight of the Week: Fast finish long run.
Monday | March 28, 2016: 8 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: VP Woods Loop, Temp: 42°/44°, Time: 1:11:08, Pace: 8:53 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: fine, annoyed with the wind
Strength: kettlebells and boxing pads, Difficulty: easy (observing boxing), Felt: good
Tuesday | March 29, 2016: 10 m run
Loc: DPRT/Kilbourne Loop, Temp: 51°/51°, Time: 1:25:47, Pace: 8:35 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: good, annoyed with wind, upset stomach
Wednesday | March 30, 2016: rest
Thursday | March 31, 2016: 15 m ride + 20 mins strength + 5 m run (incl. up ladder: 400, 800, 1200, 1600) + 5 m run
Indoor Bike Time: 1:01:46, Pace: 14.6 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: fine, but too hot
Loc: hood, Temp: 62°/65°, Time: 42:12, Pace: 8:26 avg, Difficulty: hard, Felt: too hot then too windy
Loc: hood, Temp: 51°/55°, Time: 43:06, Pace: 8:37 avg, Difficulty:easy, Felt: good
Friday | April 1, 2016: teaching strength class + 7 m run
Strength: kettlebells and boxing pads, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Loc: VP Woods Loop, Temp: 45°/47°, Time: 59:45, Pace: 8:32, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay, tired (didn’t sleep well night before)
Saturday | April 2, 2016: 5 m run + 15 m ride
Loc: hood, Temp: 31°/33°, Time: 44:23, Pace: 8:52 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, not horribly windy yet
Indoor Ride Time: 1:01:33, Pace: 14.6 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Sunday | April 3, 2016: 15 m run + 15 mins strength
Loc: DPRT/Kilbourne Loop, Temp: 37°/49°, Time: 2:14:13, Pace: 8:57 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Notes:
- Ha ha, what a goofy weather week. Some runs were in shorts and a tank… and one run was in full winter gear, while it was snowing. Ahh, spring in the midwest!
- My long run was the first time since moving (so just over eight weeks) that I’ve used my hydration back pack – I’ve been too lazy until now! But some of the routes I want to run don’t have places to get water, and my handheld is barely enough for eight miles when it’s not hot, so backpack it is!
- March Recap! In March I ran 206 miles and cycled 104.25 miles. I taught 9 strength classes, 2 fitness boxing classes, 1 Burn & Buff class, and 1 indoor cycling class. I rode my bike 9 times outside of class (once outside!), and also did 6 strength sessions at home. My coldest outdoor run was 21°F and my warmest was 65°F. I did four doubles (runs) to get mileage in on my busier work weeks.
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Yay for another strong training week and month! Yes on the crazy weather, especially the on-and-off blizzards/50 MPH winds yesterday intermixed with clear blue skies. Most bipolar weather I’ve ever experienced in Chicago. Congrats on your fast-finish long run!
I think it was the craziest weather I have seen in Chicago too, and that says a lot! The radar was ridic if you looked at it – it showed the spots of snowstorms passing through!
Bipolar is exactly the way I described it too!
You are quite the beast 🙂 I mean that in the every nicest way…
Your runs are kicking butt!
Don’t say the “h” word, I am not ready for heat, but it is coming.
Thanks 🙂
Someone told me yesterday they heard we’ll have a hot summer. No gracias! Ha ha.