Highlight of the Week: Running in a new-to-me park!

Monday | April 29, 2019: 12 m run + teaching strength class
Run location: DPRR/Kilbourne loop, Temp: 44°/45°, Time: 2:03:01, Pace: 10:15 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: legs good, stomach bad (ate too much fried stuff w/ lunch)
Strength: body bars and bands, Felt: good
Tuesday | April 30, 2019: rest
Wednesday | May 1, 2019: 7.2 m run + 5 m run
Run location: hood, Temp: 45°/47°, Time: 1:13:21, Pace: 10:11 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Run location: hood, Temp: 55°/46°, Time: 47:57, Pace: 9:35 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great, but cold because the temp dropped as soon as I started my run!
Thursday | May 2, 2019: 17 m run
Run location: Lake Andrea/Outlet Mall/Pine Dunes, Temp: 41°/44°, Time: 2:56:03, Pace: 10:21 avg, Difficulty: good, Felt: so mad about work in the beginning
Friday | May 3, 2019: 2 m run + 1.5 m walk (w/Steven)
Run location: hood, Temp: 39°/39°, Time: 20:43, Pace: 10:20, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good to wake up the legs
Saturday | May 4, 2019: 3 m run
Run location: Frisco, Temp: 64°/67°, Time: 30:06, Pace: 10:02 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Sunday | May 5, 2019: 4.2 m run
Run location: Arbor Hills Nature Preserve, Temp: 61°/65°, Time: 40:58, Pace: 9:45 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, wanted to see more of the trails!

Notes:

• This week was such a blur. Work was nuts but I wanted to fit in a much running as I could before we traveled to Dallas (Friday-Sunday), where I just did short runs. I felt great on my runs, but am mentally exhausted.
• My second run on Wednesday was my 100th of the year! I typically hit my 100th run of the year the first week of May.
• You can probably tell from the collage that the beginning of the week was rainy and gloomy. I love running in that kind of weather, but that many days in a row got to me. I was moody because of work on Thursday’s run, then became emotional and almost had a breakdown in the park when I saw some goslings, and that the drinking fountains were finally on. Sigh.
• I was glad to run in the sun in Dallas (and I heard the sun finally came out in Chicagoland, too, yay). On Sunday I ran in a new-to-me park and it was such a treat to run somewhere NEW (I didn’t realize I was in a rut with my runs until I ran someplace new). I stuck to the paved path but the park had a lot of trails that I’d love to check out someday.
• Monthly recap! In April I ran 193.5 miles (25 runs), and biked 25 miles (2 indoor rides). My coldest run was 34°F and my warmest was 79°F. I taught 10 strength classes, and 2 fitness boxing classes.

Link to Training Week 497