Monday: despite having been in the car for 5+ hours, and being tired from our weekend away; I did manage to get out and run 4.9 miles in 1:01.32. Not going to complain about the time - just glad I got out there on a night I typically would have skipped.
Tuesday: new running shoes ... (ah, yes. trust me, there was no plan to get new shoes just a few weeks before the race, but when I saw a hole starting to form I decided to play it safe and get new ones rather than have it get worse.) ... had me ready to go and try them out. I completed 6.89 miles in 1:20.15, and felt good.
Wednesday: I completed a fast 4.27 miles in 48 minutes! Anytime I can beat a 12 min/mile pace, I feel pretty good!
Thursday: rest (well deserved, if I say so myself!)
Friday: after driving up to my in-laws on Thursday night in preparation for a weekend up north, I got up to get my long run done! Looking back, it went okay. However, I did find myself feeling pretty tired, I ran short of water, and my new shoes bothered my right little toe from about mile 9 until the end. It could have been due to the 16 miles already logged for the week, not being properly hydrated or fueled from the drive the night before, or just one of those days. Still - lessons learned for race day (have fresh legs, don't give in to traveling cravings!). I hit the 5 mile mark in 1:00 on the mark (give or take a few seconds), the 10 mile mark in 2:02, the 11 mile mark (which was the planned distance) in 2:14, and walked the last .89 miles to make it a total of 11.89 miles in 2:29.40.
Saturday: rest and enjoying the great outdoors.
Sunday: after driving aaaallll the way home from up north, I did muster up the energy to go out and do a quick 2.05 miles in 24:20. The sole purpose of this short, short run was to be able to say I had a 30 mile week. It also gave me my 5 workouts on the week; which I will have to explain in a different post. :)
Total mileage: 30.00.
Feeling good about the work that was done this week!
No comments:
Post a Comment