Training Week 463
Highlight of the Week: Doing speedwork! Riding my bike! Rainy runs!
Monday | August 27, 2018: 4 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: hood, Temp: 80°/79°, Time: 41:24, Pace: 10:20 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: miserable, then better when I picked up the pace
Strength: dumbbells & cardio/core, Felt: good! so sweaty
Tuesday | August 28, 2018: rest
Wednesday | August 29, 2018: 4.5 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: Lakefront Trail, Temp: 73°/67°, Time: 45:15, Pace: 10:03 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: tired but good
Strength: Airex pad, kettlebells, boxing, Felt: great
Thursday | August 30, 2018: 3 m run
Loc: hood, Temp: 68°/68°, Time: 28:52, Pace: 9:37 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Friday | August 31, 2018: teaching strength class + one-on-one session
Strength: dumbbells and slam balls, Felt: good, sweaty
Saturday | September 1, 2018: 16 m ride + 4 m run (incl. 4×400)
Indoor Ride Time: 59:20, Pace: 16.2 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, glad to be back on the bike
Loc: hood, Temp: 72°/72°, Time: 38:46 Pace: 9:41 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: good, enjoyed the rain
Sunday | September 2, 2018: 10 m run
Loc: VP Woods Loop, Temp: 69°/70°, Time: 1:47:10, Pace: 10:43 avg, Difficulty: easy-ish, Felt: good, but heavy
Notes:
- As of my Monday run, I’m officially sick of hot weather. It was in the low 80s with whatever high humidity and high dew point when I started my run (at 5:30 am), and just BLAH. I’m grateful we haven’t had many more mornings like that (I know lots of people have that more often), but I don’t think I have the mental capacity to ignore it anymore.
- Wednesday’s run was much more enjoyable – cloudy/moody and rainy! As long as I have my visor for a rainy run (and it’s not a downpour), I’m happy!
- During Thursday’s run I chatted with a neighbor that I haven’t before! She was so sweet, telling me to be safe and offering for me to cut through her yard whenever I want.
- Part of the reason she was telling me to be safe was because they are repaving the two-lane highway we live off of. I’m SO EXCITED for our road to be repaved. It’s the road I spent the most time running on, and it would be a dream to have paved shoulders and not have to run on the rocks anymore.
- I taught strength class on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and whoa that wore me out! I felt like a pile of bricks each morning after. I also did a one-on-one session this week, for the first time in almost three years.
- I hit my 200th run of the year on Sunday!
- My pool posted pictures of the “annual” maintenance they are doing which made me understand why it’s taking an entire month – it looks like they are doing a lot more than annual maintenance!
- I remembered the tidbit my RTT post ate – it was about my watch. It usually bugs me that it buzzes when it disconnects and reconnects to my phone, but on Monday night it saved me some hassle – I was about to leave the studio when it buzzed that it was disconnected – I had left my phone inside!
- Monthly recap! In August I ran 108.3 miles (21 runs), cycled 0 miles (eek) and swam 3,277 yards (3 swims). My coldest run was 63°F and my warmest was 89°F. I taught 9 strength classes,1 fitness boxing class, did 1 one-on-one session, and attended the Efit Games. I ran in my most states per month in August – five! August was a crummy month for me, workout-wise, and I feel it. September will be better!
Themocracy
The pool will look really good when its done. Good about the road too. Kind of sounds like they upgrading everything for your fall workouts 🙂
Yeah, seems like it! I feel lucky!!! 🙂