Training Week 299

by | Jul 13, 2015 | Running + Training | 5 comments

Highlight of the Week: Running with Rachel, and laughing about how miserable Saturday’s race made us, and how whiny I got at one point.

Week299

Monday | July 6, 2015: 5 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: hood, Temp: 78°/80°, Time: 47:59, Pace: 9:36 avg, Difficulty: medium/hard, Felt: hot
Strength: Body Bars & One Dumbbell, Difficulty: medium, Felt: still out of breath
Tuesday | July 7, 2015: 6 m run (incl. 3×800, 3×400, 4x:30)
Loc: hood, Temp: 64°/64°, Time: 56:05, Pace: 9:21 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: decent, but out of breath at the end
Wednesday | July 8, 2015: 3 m run
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 60°/60°, Time: 27:48, Pace: 9:16 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Thursday | July 9, 2015: 10.3 m ride
Loc: Millennium Trail, Temp: 68°, Time: 44:36, Pace: 13.9 mpg avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Friday | July 10, 2015: 5 m run + teaching strength class
Loc: hood, Temp: 59°/59°, Time: 46:47, Pace: 9:21, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Strength: AireX pads & medicine balls, Difficulty: medium, Felt: good
Saturday | July 11, 2015: Psycho Psummer 10 Mile (w/Rachel)
Loc: Wyandotte County Lake Park, Temp: no data°/86°, Time: 4:14:40, Pace: 24:57 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: mentally demoralized
Sunday | July 12, 2015: 9 m run (w/Rachel)
Loc: Indian Creek Trail, Temp: 73°/78°, Time: 1:42:09, Pace: 11:21 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good but hot!

Notes:

  • I was tired, tired, tired this week. Not physically – just so sleepy. I tend to stay up later in the summer due to there being more daylight, and, well, duh – it just makes me tired when I try (emphasis on try, ha ha) to follow the same wake-up schedule! The good news is, I am getting much better at running in the middle of the day heat! I hope I get more sleep this week.
  • Rachel and I traveled to Kansas City on Friday to give the Psycho Psummer 20 mile trail race another go. And dropped down to 10 miles, AGAIN. Ha ha. It took us an hour and 15 minutes longer than last year to complete the 10 miles, because at least 60% of the course was straight up mud. Needless to say, the race was NOT the highlight of the weekend, but we had super fun trip, overall!

Link to Training Week 298

5 Comments

  1. Beth
    Beth on July 13, 2015 at 7:12 pm

    Love that you track all of your stats so carefully. It’s great because you can go back and figure out how different situations affect your training. I’ve been really tired lately, too. Maybe all the sun is affecting our sleep? 🙂

    • kilax
      kilax on July 13, 2015 at 9:25 pm

      I’ve really gotten in to tracking them this year. I enjoy it immensely.

      Yeah, I bet the sun too! I am just staying up way too late, as well 🙂

  2. Rachel
    Rachel on July 13, 2015 at 7:41 pm

    Hi Kim,

    I miss you. I love you. We had such great times together. Please don’t break up with me. I promise I won’t steal your shoes anymore,

    Love,

    Trails

    • kilax
      kilax on July 13, 2015 at 9:26 pm

      Dear Trails,

      I miss how you used to be. You’ve changed. Maybe we should try therapy together, and get back to where we were?

      Love,
      Kim

      P.S. Thanks for giving me my shoe back.

  3. Chaitali
    Chaitali on July 13, 2015 at 8:16 pm

    Man, that trail race sounds crazy! Straight up mud does not sound fun but I’m glad you enjoyed your trip overall 🙂