Highlight of the Week: Having a fantastic race with Rachel in Michigan!
Monday | April 6, 2015: 3 m run/10.5 m bike brick + teaching strength class
Loc: Millenium Trail, Temp: 55°/51°, Time: 26:56, Pace: 8:58 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: good
Bike Time: 39:11, Pace: 16.1 mph avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Strength: plate circuit + plyo/core, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Tuesday | April 7, 2015: 10 m run (w/Kelly)
Loc: Grayslake, Temp: 40°/38°, Time: 1:38:31, Pace: 9:51 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: typical Tuesday tireds
Wednesday | April 8, 2015: rest
Thursday | April 9, 2015: 9 m run (incl. 2×3) + 10 min strength
Loc: hood, Temp: 65°/65°, Time: 1:19:08, Pace: 8:47 avg, Difficulty: medium then easier, Felt: good, but hot!
Friday | April 10, 2015: teaching strength class + 2 m run
Strength: plate circuit + plyo/core, Difficulty: easy (mostly observing), Felt: good
Loc: hood, Temp: 38°, Time: 21:14, Pace: 10:36, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good to shake out
Saturday | April 11, 2015: Kal-Haven Ultra (33.5 m, w/Rachel)
Loc: Kalamazoo to South Haven, MI, Temp: 38°/49°, Time: 6:17:31, Pace: 11:16 avg, Difficulty: easy to medium to hard, Felt: mostly really great! Just normal creaky at the end.
Sunday | April 12, 2015: rest
Notes:
- It was so nice to run with Kelly this week, again. My day just feels so much better when I start it with a workout! Unfortunately though, for Kelly, she gets the worst of me on Tuesday mornings. It’s the last day of my six-day running cycle and my legs are usually spent by then! They sure felt like bricks this week!
- My speedwork went so well on Thursday (having it after my rest day helps!). I ran two sets of three miles at half marathon pace. The first set were perfectly even, right at pace, and the second set were faster, with a negative split. Rawr! Kenosha, here I come! The run was kind of weird though. It had rained all day, and was super humid, and still overcast when I started, so I wore a visor (in case of more rain). Then the sun came out and my head was sweating like crazy and I was super thirsty. I stopped at home after the first set to get water, switch my visor for sunglasses, and to put on brand new shoes. After that, I felt great for the second set! Ahh, new shoes. And water. Ha ha.
- Rachel and I had such a fantastic time at the Kal-Haven Ultra this Saturday (and on our trip to Michigan, in general!). We’re both very happy about how we performed and felt both during the race (and while recovering from it). I’m not sure it could have gone any better, unless there had been cupcakes and kittens all over the course.
No Bib! Course bandit!
Yay you finished the ultra!!!! Can’t wait to read your recap? Maybe that was a good luck kitten
We think it was a good luck kitten! We saw it right when we needed a boost! LOL 🙂
Congratulations on the ultra! Looks like the weather was perfect for it…is that really a kitten on the course?
Thanks! We REALLY lucked out with the weather!
Yeah, it was a kitten! I think it belonged to one of the homes/farms that was right off course 🙂
That kitten is too cute! Sounds like another good training week too.
And he was so sweet, too! 🙂
Francisco!
Oh wait, was it Fernando? Runner brain!
Ha ha! I think you called him Fernando??! 🙂
Congrats on the ultra!! So glad you guys had a great race and a fun time. Looks like it was a gorgeous day for it too!
Good job on the speed work too! The Wisconsin Half will be here before we know it…not even 3 more weeks!
The weather was fantastico! I can’t believe how much we lucked out! 🙂
Ahhh! I can’t think about how close it is! Hee hee.
cupcakes and kittens. Love it!
Can’t wait to hear about the ultra! That’s so impressive that you felt so strong during it.
Thank you! 🙂
Congratulations on the ultra!!! The Kal-Haven trail is GORGEOUS. What a joy it must have been to be able to hang out with Rachel with all that beautiful scenery. That kitten is SO ADORABLE! Who took that picture? LOL at the bandit reference. =)
Thanks! It’s so pretty! What season were you there? I’d love to see if with some leaves on it!
I took the kitten pic. Hee hee 🙂 We were hoping he’d follow us!
The kitten is too darn cute!
I am impressed you did such long runs on the week you were running 34 miles! I know you said maybe not on the 50 miler, but your legs are strong enough for sure!
Ugh, I know – the silly half marathon training had to be done before the race! Not really ideal to be training for two things at once!
And thanks! I think they could do it, if I trained a few more miles a week!