Highlight of the Week: Getting back in to the marathon training grove / actually doing speedwork <— I know, whuuuuut?!
Monday | October 13, 2014: 10 m run (first 5 w/Kelly) + teaching strength class + 3 m run (w/Bobbi)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 55°/55°, Time: 1:41:27, Pace: 10:08 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good / challenged by the humidity!
Strength: Cone and one dumbell, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good – workout flowed much better than last week
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 62°/63°, Time: 30:47, Pace: 10:15 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Tuesday | October 14, 2014: 4 m run (w/Kelly)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 60°/60°, Time: 41:17, Pace: 10:19 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: blah (poor sleep / horrible humidity)
Wednesday | October 15, 2014: rest
Thursday | October 16, 2014: 9 m run
Loc: Millenium Trail to Nippersink FP and back, Temp: 57°/56°, Time: 1:32:34, Pace: 10:17 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great after 3ish miles
Friday | October 17, 2014: teaching strength class + 16.5 m run (first half w/Bobbi)
Strength: Cone and one dumbbell + boxing, Difficulty: medium, Felt: great
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 58°/58°, Time: 2:55:46, Pace: 10:39, Difficulty: medium, Felt: decent / normal delirium at end
Saturday | October 18, 2014: 3 m run
Loc: hood, Temp: 42°/47°, Time: 29:28, Pace: 9:49 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Sunday | October 19, 2014: 5 m run (incl. 6×400)
Loc: hood, Temp: 32°/36°, Time: 48:53, Pace: 9:47 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: good
Notes:
- Afternoon running is just not my forte. It takes me so much longer to warm up than when I just roll out of bed and go. So odd. When does running (or exercising) feel naturally best to you?
- I am starting to ramp up my mileage for Dallas Marathon training. Toward the end of Milwaukee training, I was running 5-6 days a week, around 40 miles a week. I am going to continue to run 5-6 days, but try to get the mileage closer to 50 a week, so my long run doesn’t end up being the majority of my weekly miles. I’ve done this type of training in the past and it seems to work the best for me (and make me feel awesome)!
- I feel this way all the time, but have been thinking about it more this week – it’s such a blessing to have friends to run with. My training partner, Kelly, meets me at 5:00 am (or earlier!). Bobbi came over and ran the first half of my long run with me this week. I enjoy the miles solo or with friends… but they do feel easier and faster with a friend there!
I wish I could be an early morning exerciser, but every time I’ve tried I just end up grouchy all day. Evening exercise is ok, although sometimes I feel groggy. The last couple Sunday’s I’ve taken an 11am yoga class, and it seems to be the *perfect* time for me! I wish I could exercise at that time every day! 🙁
I wish you could, too! Does your office building have a gym… or do you not get a lunch break?
No office gym, and *if* I actually get away for lunch I’m lucky if it’s 30 minutes. We tend to get our lunch and get back to our desk. Yesterday I was in so many meetings I didn’t even get my lunch until after 2:30!
Ah, man! That is tough! 🙁 At least if you get out you get a short walk 🙂
Great week. I feel better waking up and going as well. My body just feels sluggish if I run later in the day. Having friends to run with is awesome, it makes the runs so much more pleasant. Especially those long runs!
I feel great about 8 or 9 a.m., which so doesn’t work all the time. I much prefer getting it done in the morning! I ran at 2 p.m. Sunday and was burping up my lunch (Chinese food).
Great job this week! I definitely learned during half training that doing higher mileage really improves results.
Yes! Afternoon heartburn is the pits. Wah. LOL
Thanks. Yeah, higher mileage helps me so much. Just the time on my feet, I guess!
The miles go infinitely faster with friends. Maybe because I like to talk? (and listen!!) I ran for 1:45 yesterday with my best friend from college (which is a pretty long time to be running with someone) and could have run for 3+ hours just talking to her!
Yay! That is fantastic! I am happy you two got to run together! Do you get to very often?
Unfortunately no 🙁 She lives in Tampa and I’m in Birmingham so I only get to see her once or twice a year if I am lucky. But when we see each other it’s like no time has passed at all.
I still feel stronger and faster in the afternoon, between 5 and 6PM. There’s a reason my marathon PR is from a race that started in the early evening 🙂 I can get up and workout but I don’t feel as good as I do the late afternoon/evening. I’ve been working out at lunch lately and I think I actually feel weaker then than I do either in the morning OR afternoon!
I am happy those late in the day races exist for you! 🙂
Are you eating lunch after you workout? I always feel a bit off when I workout when I normally eat lunch.
I try to have a snack around 10:00 and then workout around 11:30 and eat lunch afterward.
I feel my most energetic a couple of hours after getting up. So that really only works out for me running-wise during the winter!