Monday: planned 3 miles; actual 3.26 miles. Whew. I ended up just taking this one slow. I was feeling really sore from Sunday's 12 miler. Even after my warm-up, the first steps running felt really hard through my hips especially. Since I was running on the track at the Y, I ended up doing a sort of ladder exercise. I ran 1 lap, walked 1; ran 2, walked 1. And went up to running 5. Then I started over. I was half way through the second set of running 4 laps when I hit 3 miles, so I finished the last two laps and called it done. Thankfully, the more I ran, the looser my hips felt. But I still didn't want to over do it. Final stats were 3.26 miles in 40:14 - a 12:19 average.
Tuesday: planned Interval Conditioning/kettle bells; actual IC/kettle bells. What will I remember about this class? BURPEES. As in she did 5 sets of them. 5 sets of 20 of them. Good Lord. I cannot do burpees that fast. Instead of 100, I ended up with 62 of them. And I feel pretty darn good about that. But wow. If they weren't such a good exercise, I would boycott against them. LOL
Wednesday: planned 6 miles; actual rest - unless you count the little walk Ava and I took around the block. I had been feeling so sore all week, that I decided since it was sort of my Friday (with spring break Thursday and Friday) I would treat it like a Friday and give my legs a rest.
Thursday: planned 3 miles and IC/kettle bells; actual 1.26 miles walking and IC/kettle bells. I had just started my run when one of the other ladies that goes to class started talking to me. I ended up walking and talking with her until class started. It was refreshing to just talk with someone; but I did miss getting the miles in. From there we headed to class where we did some swings of course, some plyometrics, and some bicep curls. I actually appreciated that we utilized just regular hand weights to mix things up from the kettle bells.
Friday: planned rest; actual rest! I wanted to try to make up some missed miles, but we also had fun plans to take Ava to the Minnesota Children's Museum. We wanted to leave by mid-morning to avoid large crowds and traffic, and I didn't get up early. (It is spring break after all ... not that it makes it a good excuse!). By the time we got home, the energy of the day had depleted me.
Saturday: planned 9 miles; actual 9.01 miles. It was a glorious run! Little slow on the start, but once I got warmed up I felt great. Ended with what is most likely my fastest time for 9 miles; plus had enough left in the tank to make mile nine the fastest! Other than that, it was a pretty uneventful run! Ended with 9.01 in 1:38:34 - a 10:56 average!
| Mile | Time | Change | Avg Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
1
| 11:48 | -- | 11'48"/mi |
2
| 22:38 | - 0:58 (8%) | 10'50"/mi |
3
| 33:46 | + 0:18 (-3%) | 11'08"/mi |
4
| 44:40 | - 0:14 (2%) | 10'53"/mi |
5
| 55:39 | + 0:06 (-1%) | 10'59"/mi |
6
| 1:06:21 | - 0:17 (2%) | 10'41"/mi |
7
| 1:17:05 | + 0:01 (-1%) | 10'43"/mi |
8
| 1:27:57 | + 0:08 (-2%) | 10'52"/mi |
9
| 1:38:21 | - 0:28 (4%) | 10'23"/mi |
Sunday: planned cross training; actual (approximately) 2 miles of walking and an at-home workout I found on Pinterest. I was determined to do the 6 miles I missed on Wednesday, and the weather was perfect for it! However; I also wanted to make sure Ava got some outside time, so I opted for the family walk - dog included! After our walk and stop at the park, I packed lunches for the week, folded and put away laundry, ate supper, and attempted to Skype with my parents. We ended up talking mostly on the phone because it kept freezing on us! I spent an hour waiting for them to tell us they were home and ready to Skype. Had I known it was going to take that long, I would have used that time differently! After waiting not so patiently for Ava to fall asleep, I finally got to the workout after 8:30pm. Ugh. Repeated 5 times in 36 minutes. It was really not that difficult; but I had a good sweat on by the end of it! I can see myself using this routine again in the future for a quick get-up; it would also make a good fitness test to monitor progress - you know, see how many times you can get through it in a set amount of time? Anyway. Not a bad way to end the week.
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Totals for the week are:
12.27 miles of running in 2:18:48
2.26 miles walking - took approximately 70 minutes
2 Interval Conditioning classes for 80 minutes
1 cross training session for 36 minutes
Total time training: 5:24:48
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low points of the week were how long it took to get over the soreness from last weekend's long run, and only getting 12 miles of running in.
high point of the week was the time of Saturday's run, hands down.
How was your week?
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