Highlight of the Week: Last two runs in Mexico and getting my speed work in despite the weather and stomach issues!

Week278

Monday | February 9, 2015: rest (does snorkel count?)
Tuesday | February 10, 2015: 8.1 m run (last 3 w/Steve)
Loc: Playa del Carmen, Temp: 66°, Time: 1:19:42, Pace: 9:50 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: okay
Wednesday | February 11, 2015: 3.2 m run
Loc: Playa del Carmen, Temp: 66°, Time: 31:23, Pace: 9:49 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good (but rushed!)
Thursday | February 12, 2015: rest
Friday | February 13, 2015: teaching strength class + 7.1 m run (incl. 8×400)
Strength: body bars, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, but need to get back in to the swing of things
Loc: hood, Temp: 19°/20°, Time: 1:02:29, Pace: 8:48, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, minus stomach pain (left over from Wed night in Mexico)
Saturday | February 14, 2015: 6 m run + teaching fitness boxing 
Loc: hood, Temp: 17°/12°, Time: 1:01:07, Pace: 10:11 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: challenged by the 25mph winds
Strength: boxing and body weight workout (plyo boxes), Difficulty: medium, Felt: good, challenged
Sunday | February 15, 2015: 10 m bike
Bike Time: 44:10, Pace: 13.6 mph avg, Difficulty: super easy, Felt: sooooooooooooo laaaaaaaazy

Notes:

  • Only two runs in Mexico this week! I was hoping to get up early before our flight on Thursday and get one last run in, but I started to get some really bad stomach cramps (accompanied with a few other symptoms) late Wednesday afternoon, and that went on until Saturday am! Yikes! No running for me on Thursday – I hardly slept Wednesday night!
  • Surprisingly though, my 400s were decent on Friday… in that I got them done and pace wasn’t too all over the place. I did groan outwardly a few times due to stomach pain. And I totally cheated and ran with the 18mph SW winds for the 400s, and in to the winds for my recoveries. Ha ha… isn’t that how I am supposed to do it?! No?!
  • Not surprisingly, I was a bit rusty teaching class Friday morning, but back at it by Saturday morning! I have four classes coming up this week!
  • Due to weather, general laziness and some stuff unexpectedly coming up, I decided to move Sunday’s long run to Monday (tomorrow). Yay, President’s Day!
  • I would like to see the percentage of strength classes taught, overall, number go down, but it’s going up. I need to start doing more on my own.

Link to Training Week 277