Weekly Wrap-Up: 9.7.15-9.13.15

Monday, 9/7: I tired to go into Labor Day with the thought that it was an extension of the weekend, and I should get my missed long run in. I tried. I really did. I was dressed in running clothes even. But then the stress of not being ready for the school year crept up. I ended up going to pick up a few things for Ava and, more importantly (?) for my classroom. As much as I needed to run, I also needed to take care of the to-do list.

Tuesday, 9/8: After a weekend of little energy and a lot of school (work) prep, I had fallen being on getting assignments for my Masters done. I skipped the Y, and submitted my assignments 20 minutes before the submission deadline. Whew.

Wednesday, 9/9: If I counted right, it ended up being an unintentional 10 day break from running. Not good, folks, not good. There have been times that has played into my favor, and I've gone out on fresh legs running faster than expected. Tonight was not one of those runs. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised. I ran 4.7 miles in beautiful fall like temps!

Split	Hours:Minutes:Seconds Time	Miles Distance	Minutes per Mile        Avg Pace
Summary	1:00:12.8	4.79	12:34
1	12:49.1	1.00	12:49
2	12:26.4	1.00	12:26
3	12:33.1	1.00	12:33
4	12:23.5	1.00	12:24
5	10:00.8	0.79	12:42

Thursday, 9/10: I intended to go to kickboxing and kettle bells, but left work later than I anticipated. Made it to just kettle bells. We did bosu with a lot of upper body work, and a few set of lunges.

Friday, 9/11: Planned rest, and although I thought about making up for some missed workouts I went home and crashed that night!

Saturday, 9/12: 50 minutes of Cycle Box

Sunday, 9/13: 10 miles! Finally hit double digits after a rough five weeks that included my bum foot in the middle of August, three weeks out of town (including the weekend of my recent 10k), and a humid, stressful weekend. I wish I would've gotten it done earlier and built my mileage up smarter. But, I can't change it now. The first 4 miles went well, 5 was starting to feel hard, so I gave myself a little bit of a recovery. I knew I shouldn't have done that. It was so hard to get back to the paces I had the first half of the run. 7&8 were tough, 9&10 edged on miserable. Most of it mental - my mental game was weak. Hope it's not a preview of Sunday's half!

Split	Hours:Minutes:Seconds Time	Miles Distance	Minutes per Mile               Avg Pace
Summary	2:09:03.0	10.01	12:54
1	12:49.4	1.00	12:50
2	12:12.9	1.00	12:13
3	12:14.0	1.00	12:14
4	12:24.4	1.00	12:25
5	12:12.5	1.00	12:13
6	13:06.8	1.00	13:07
7	13:07.3	1.00	13:07
8	13:04.2	1.00	13:04
9	13:35.2	1.00	13:35
10	14:11.7	1.00	14:12
11	:04.5	0.01	12:33

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Still not my best week, but better than the last. Need to just keep approaching each week with the intent of improving and putting forth my best effort. Before I know it, this routine will be second nature.

Training Total:
2 runs for 14.78 miles
2 group fitness classes (kettle bells and cycle box)

Time: 4:39:14