Highlight of the Week: Running a pretty great marathon, and feeling so proud of my friends who participated too!
Monday | September 29, 2014: 4 m run (w/Kelly) + teaching strength class
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 55°/55°, Time: 38:33, Pace: 9:38 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Strength: Kettlebells and Step, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good!
Tuesday | September 30, 2014: 5 m run (w/Kelly) + walk (w/Steven)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 47°/46°, Time: 49:08, Pace: 9:50 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Wednesday | October 1, 2014: rest
Thursday | October 2, 2014: 3.5 m run (w/Kelly)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 60°/60°, Time: 33:49, Pace: 9:40 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Friday | October 3, 2014: teaching strength class
Strength: Kettlebells and Step, Difficulty: medium, Felt: good
Saturday | October 4, 2014: 3 m run
Loc: hood, Temp: 39°/38°, Time: 28:55, Pace: 9:38 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Sunday | October 5, 2014: Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon (first almost 13 w/Bobbi and Dawn)
Loc: Grafton, WI to Milwaukee, WI, Temp: 36°/50°, Time: 4:44:59, Pace: 10:53 avg, Difficulty: easy/hard, Felt: mostly great
Notes:
- On Tuesday’s run, Kelly and I had to re-route TWICE because we ran in to live skunks. What. The. Heck!
- Man, the taper makes me NUTS. Not in the “I am worried I am losing fitness” or “I think I am injured!” sense. But in the, “I want to run what I want to run and I know I shouldn’t” sense.
- The marathon went really well! Not my best by speed, but my best by strategy! I feel really encouraged by it! I just wanted to maintain sub 11:00s. My average pace was 10:53, and I ran the first half in 2:22:17, and the second in 2:22:42. Those have GOT to be my most even splits ever. More to come later this week!
I’m looking forward to hearing about the marathon because I know how you struggle from mile 16ish onward. This sounds like you might have applied some of those previous lessons learned. Did you like the race just as much as you remembered from the past?
Thanks! I got to 16 and was like “OMG I AM NOT HITTING THE WALL YET!” I did at a more normal time around 21!!!
Yes, I still really do like the race (for many reasons, but a big one being the shade!). The last two miles were still hard since they are so open, and it was sunny and I was running in to a headwind 🙂
Congratulations on a successful marathon plan and execution!!! I take it not having your backpack hydration didn’t hurt you too much?
I went okay without it, was just an annoyance not to have it. I had to get my water bottle filled up at every stop (I would grab a few cups and keep running while I filled it). I had to ask my friends to hold things for me while I took something out of my HipsSister, when normally I could have put it in my backpack. I had to have Steven meet me on the course with Vitamin Water and extra food that I couldn’t carry from the start. But it worked ok!
What is up with you and skunks? Seriously, this is weird. Congrats on your marathon. Can’t wait to read about it!
NO IDEA! Gah! Is it bad karma?!?!?!
Thanks!
Been skunky around here too! Must be a weird year for them.
Great splits on the marathon! Can’t wait to hear about it and what you did differently!
I think so, too. I kind of want to see if I can read up on it, when I remember too!
Thank you!
Glad the marathon went great – can’t wait to hear more!
Skunks, really???
Thanks!
Yeah, sigh. I’ve been seeing so many of them this year. I am pretty afraid of getting sprayed, because I am so sensitive to smells (get migraines from them, etc.).
Great job on the marathon! I’m looking forward to the recap.
And yes we are overrun by skunks here. I am so done with them…
Thanks! I have it ready for tomorrow!
It makes me feel better that someone else is noticing it too!
You pumped for Sunday?! 🙂
Yay great job on the marathon….I’d be so proud of those splits (I’m a fader in the 2nd half)! Looking forward to your recap.
Thank you!
Great job on the marathon! I am super impressed with the splits. I’m a positive splitter, no lie. I can’t wait to hear more about it.
Thank you! I was hoping for even splits but was really surprised when I saw that! 🙂
Woo hoo! Congrats on finishing yet another marathon, Kim! Sounds like you executed your marathon plan really well–those splits are amazing! I’m looking forward to reading your recap!
Thank you! 🙂
Great job on your race! I loved all the pictures!