Highlight of the Week: A stellar 5K and last long run of the Dallas Marathon training cycle!
Monday | December 1, 2014: 10 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: hood, Temp: 20°/18°, Time: 1:39:25, Pace: 9:56 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, but so beat down by the wind
Strength: medicine balls, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good/energetic
Tuesday | December 2, 2014: 7 m run (w/Kelly)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 19°/20°, Time: 1:09:47, Pace: 9:58 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, sleepy, EXCITED FOR NO WIND
Wednesday | December 3, 2014: rest
Thursday | December 4, 2014: 6 m run
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 33°/31°, Time: 52:41, Pace: 8:47 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: really good
Friday | December 5, 2014: teaching strength class + Snowman Shuffle 5K
Strength: medicine balls and boxing, Difficulty: easy (mostly observing), Felt: good
Loc: Zion, Temp: 34°/34°, Time: 22:58, Pace: 7:22, Difficulty: easy/medium, Felt: good, pumped
Saturday | December 6, 2014: 12 m run (w/Rachel)
Loc: Madison, Temp: 32°/34°, Time: 1:57:50, Pace: 9:49 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Sunday | December 7, 2014: 7 m run
Loc: hood, Temp: 29°/34°, Time: 1:07:40, Pace: 9:40 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Notes:
- What happened to my second Monday night strength class? I didn’t report one in last training cycle because I get one night off a month (and it was that night), and there will be none reported in this month, because the class is canceled, for now, due to scheduling conflicts. It may pick up again in January.
- I felt so spoiled getting a running tour of Madison from Rachel during my long run this Saturday! I have only run in Madison a few times – the marathon (a sort of disaster, ha ha) and twice at night! It was fun to run there during the day and check everything out!
- Gina and I have plans to hang out with the 4:15 pacer at the marathon, so I was aiming for my last long run to be around goal marathon pace of 9:45ish, and it was, and felt easy-ish! Hurrah!
- I haven’t been weather stalking for the marathon. My plan is to just check the forecast before I pack. It could be quite a bit warmer there, than it has been for what I have been training in here, recently. I tried to overdress for my training runs to practice running in the heat, but I was not dedicated enough to run on the treadmill in a hot room and really suffer. Ha ha! Eh, I tried. If it’s warm and super humid, I will likely have positive splits and not be able to stick to pace (my preferred racing temps is in the 30s with no wind), but we shall see!
- TAPER MAKES ME CRAZY! Gah. I have felt so off/on edge all week. Cutting back on my running and not starting my day with a run makes me feel bonkers. Grr, taper!
- Race report for the 5K coming tomorrow (I actually wrote it Friday night, was just waiting to see if the race pics were any good, ha)!
Thanks so much for coming to visit and running with me! It was such a fun day.
I just read your Madison Marathon race report and in the third pic down you are right by my work! If the trees weren’t there behind you on the right, you would see my building! Small world.
You are welcome! Thanks for the tour and for inviting the sun! I really enjoyed it! I hope I can run with you a few more times in Madison… next year!
What! That is craziness! And you worked there in 2011, right?
Yep, I started working there in Feb 2010. 🙂
Psht, rest days and taper are my favorite parts of training! haha
KILLER 5K! 😀
Hee hee hee! I wish they didn’t make me so antsy!!!!
Thank you! 🙂
I can’t believe you have another marathon coming up so soon. I love Madison. I was there once and spent a good part of the time running 🙂
Like, so soon as in the year has flown by? Or so close to the last one?! 🙂
Aww, cool! I am happy you got to run there, too! Were you living there or visiting?
That sounds awesome that you got a running tour from a friend during a long run 🙂 Running is such a cool way to see a city.
Great week. So awesome your training run at goal pace felt easy. It makes you really confident going into the race. Can’t wait to read the recap.
Thanks! That is exactly how it made me feel! 🙂
It’s good you are feeling relaxed about the upcoming race. taper weeks are hard, I ended going to the gym and doing upper a few more times than normal just to keep my self from getting crazy lol I have never used a medicine ball, what is your favorite move with-one?
I was thinking about that – doing more strength this week!!! Hee hee!
Oh gosh. Medicine balls are SO fun! Most of my fave moves are partner based – tossing it while squatting, or pushing against each other if you both have one. Using it for tricep extensions, one handed pushups with it (one hand on ball, one on floor). Let me know if you try one out!
I will let you know 🙂 I could some extensions and push ups for sure.
Taper crazies are never fun, but you’re going to rock that race!