Highlight(s) of the Week: Teaching the new strength class, a surprisingly fast 5K, and lots of company on my runs!
Monday | November 3, 2014: 5 m run (w/Kelly) + 8 m run + teaching strength class x2
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 41°/41°, Time: 47:54, Pace: 9:34 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Loc: Millennium Trail to Nippersink FP, Temp: 58°/57°, Time: 1:16:54, Pace: 9:37 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: hungry
Strength: Two dumbbell, Difficulty: medium, Felt: hyper
Strength: Two dumbbell, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great, excited that my new class was so fun!
Tuesday | November 4, 2014: 7 m run (w/Kelly)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 53°/54°, Time: 1:10:13, Pace: 10:02 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: challenged by the wind. And by my stomach, ha ha.
Wednesday | November 5, 2014: rest
Thursday | November 6, 2014: 5 m run (w/Kelly)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 46°/46°, Time: 49:12, Pace: 9:50 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, happy to work out the DOMS
Friday | November 7, 2014: teaching strength class + Full Moon 5K
Strength: Body Bars, Difficulty: easy (mostly observing), Felt: good
Loc: Zion, Temp: 41°/40°, Time: 23:41 (23:29 official), Pace: 7:38 (7:34 official), Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: great/strong
Saturday | November 8, 2014: 7.2 m run (w/Bobbi, part of Efit Run/Walk Social)
Loc: Independence Grove, Temp: 43°/44°, Time: 1:12:45, Pace: 10:06 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great
Sunday | November 9, 2014: 18 m run (middle 8 w/Bobbi)
Loc: Savanna to McDonald Woods and back, Temp: 36°/42°, Time: 3:08:02, Pace: 10:27 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: mostly good (just super frustrated with the wind at the end, and struggling with a headache)
Notes:
- Holy cow, I had DOMS so bad late Tuesday and Wednesday, from teaching those two Monday night strength classes. Lesson learned (derrrr) – don’t go all out when teaching back to back classes, Kim!
- But! The new class went really well! The students are a lot of fun and they picked it up quickly! I’m looking forward to working with them again this Monday.
- Next week is my first (of two) peak weeks of training and I am really excited! I am doing a virtual half marathon on Tuesday and a 22 miler on Saturday! Fun fun fun!
- The forecast is calling for some lows in the 10s and 20s next week! That is totally fine with me – if the wind mostly goes away. Ha ha! Would you rather run in “cold” temps or in warmer temps with high winds?
Cold Temps all the way!
I vote anything without wind. I hate the wind.
I super duper love that photo of Bobbi and you. You both look so happy, vibrant and strong.
When I teach/taught back-to-back, I usually picked one class where I mostly instructed/coached rather than led by doing. It can get hard on those muscles!
Thank you!!! 😀
I totally need to do that! I am going to try, tomorrow 🙂
COLD! I hate the wind. The wind is my nemesis.
I don’t mind running in the 20s as long as there is no wind. And I prefer to go for longer runs to stay warm. Lower than the 20s, however, it can be pretty cold. Are you doing another marathon? I missed this info…
Yeah, I am running the Dallas marathon in Dec.
Your”would you rather” answer? Neither. I hate both. LOL I do think wind is my very least favorite, but if it’s humid, I’ll tell you that is my least favorite. At least with wind you can turn and get a break from it.
Glad you had such a great week!
Ha! Except when the wind feels like it’s coming from every direction! That mostly just happens on the bike though 😉
COLD COLD COLD!!! Always cold! Never hot! And no wind! And preferably overcast. haha Yes, I’m a fair-weather runner.
What virtual half are you doing?
The Jost Running Strength in Numbers one. I liked the medal 🙂
I’m happy your new strength class went well! Do they seem excited, too?
I really don’t mind cold but wind is the worst. Especially cold wind!
Thanks! They did seem excited!
I don’t do cold, so I would definitely say heat. I know everyone runs better when not overheating, but I just seriously hate the cold!