Weekly Wrap-Up: 4/28/14-5/4/14

A little late, but last week's wrap-up none-the-less. It was another mediocre week, at best. I don't know ... It's just the rut I am in. Here's what was accomplished in Week 11 of Grandma's Marathon training:

Monday: planned 5 miles; actual 0. I would have tried to plan this run elsewhere in the week had I remembered Chad and I needed to take an online class for the house loan. And the certificate of completion needed to be included in the paperwork our lender sent to the underwriter. The class started at 6:30 and went until just before 9. Not my idea of a fantastic Monday night; but good to have that task off the to-do list.

Tuesday: planned and Interval Conditioning/kettle bells. She did three rounds of cardio, swings, some ab work, and some targeted arm/upper body moves. Each round the reps increased. It felt a lot harder than it probably should have, although I think that had a little something to do with the fact that with the running round to dance on Tuesday nights, I don't ever eat a real good supper. So I get to class feeling just a little sluggish. Still sporting the 14 as my moderate and the 12 as my light, so appreciating the progress there!

Wednesday: planned 8 miles; actual 0. Ugh. No real good excuse minus this:

 

And as though I needed any more help feeding my excuse train; it really has been a tough two weeks weather-wise. All this in addition to the week I was sick, moving craziness, and life getting in the way. I just keep reminding myself it will get better, it will get better, it will get better!  

 

 

Thursday: planned 5 miles and Interval Conditioning/kettle bells. Actual was 3.00 miles (because I can never get out of the house fast enough after getting home from work to fit in more) in 33:48, for an 11:15 average. Not a bad run, but typically feel like I should be able to maintain faster for just 3 miles. Once again, I had gone from Saturday to Thursday without running though, and it wasn't very warm out! Splits are below. I also made it to class, and I am finding I am running out of new and interesting things to say about class in my wrap-up posts. What I remember from this one ... jump roping was our cardio intervals - which always amuses me since I spend more time tripping over the damn rope. Our time increased with interval from 30 seconds up to 1:30. We held some planks for the same duration afterwards ... everything else must have been business as usual.

 

 

 

Friday: my usual rest day. Not that I needed another rest day.

 

Saturday: planned 18 miles; actual 10.69 miles. After missing the early registration date, I was going to pass on the YMCA 10k race. It was the 14th annual 5k, but the first year they also offered the 10k. Yet, I couldn't get it out of my head that it was going on, and Friday night determined I was just going to do it. They had race day registration until 8:30, so I got my first 2 miles in by running to the Y in 23:10, an 11:14 average. It was a tough 2 miles, but a nice warm-up. At 9:00, the race started. I didn't want to necessarily race it, but I didn't want to go super slow either. I knew if I went too hard, the rest of my long run would be tough. I also knew if I took it too easy, I would regret it. I was actually fairly happy with my time; according to my Nike app, it was my fastest 10k time - by roughly a minute. But hey - faster is faster. Nike told me I ran the 10k in 1:05:50. My official race results were 1:07:52; however, my GPS also said I ran 6.42 miles. Someone else said their watch said 6.45 miles. Either way it is a 10k race PR, since I have never raced that distance before! While the 5k had roughly 55 runners, the 10k had just 22. What can I say, small, local race! (they do get bigger turnouts for some of their other races.) I placed 17 overall, and 4/6 in my age group.

 

Mile	Time	Change	Avg Pace
1	10:05	--	10'05"/mi
2	20:29	+ 0:18 (-4%)	10'23"/mi
3	31:05	+ 0:11 (-2%)	10'35"/mi
4	41:54	+ 0:14 (-3%)	10'49"/mi
5	52:51	+ 0:06 (-2%)	10'56"/mi
6	1:03:43	- 0:04 (0%)	10'52"/mi

 

 

I stuck around for the awards, which maybe I shouldn't have done. It made it really hard to try to even attempt the 10 miles I had left to get to 18 for the day. Still, I had it in my head I was going to (though I doubted I would even before I started the 10k - dumb, I know). So, I took the Gu I had shoved in my water bottle carrier, and took off ... on the long route home! Well - turned out I should have just ran the 2 miles home. I got 2 miles out and just wasn't feeling it. I was frustrated with my Garmin being dead, my phone was half dead and I knew wouldn't stay charged for the 10 miles, my legs were could decide between feeling good and being tight, and my head won. So, knowing Chad and Ava were our at garage sales, I called and told him to come pick me up. I was really frustrated with myself afterwards. I totally felt like I could've had that run. It totally made my all or none thinking habits start to wonder what my mental game is going to be like on race day. At any rate, my last stretch before throwing in the towel for the day was 2.21 miles in 27:46, a 12:34 average - mainly due to messing my electronics and doubting myself.

 

Sunday: planned Rest, and despite intentions to make up some of the missed miles from Saturday, I followed through. Mainly because packing and cleaning took over my day. And it took until about an hour after I had made up my mind that they were going to accept that this is just where I am right now. Some things (running and work outs, along with some other things I would like to be more on top of) are just not going to get all the attention and time I want to give them until we are through this transitional phase. I will keep getting the important things in, but I also need to get through this move with some sanity. What will be, will be and this too shall pass! I need to believe that right now, and still trust and believe in myself.

 

 

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So totals for the week:

 

just 13.69 miles of running in 2:32:33

2 interval conditioning classes for 80 minutes

Total Training: 3:52:33

 

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Moving on! How do you best get yourself out of a rut? Do you trust in the natural ebb and flow of the cycle? Or get down and hard on yourself? Maybe it is situational in determining what it legit and what it excuses?