Highlight of the Week: A virtual strength workout!
Monday | May 18, 2020: strength + 25 min walk (w/Steven)
Tuesday | May 19, 2020: 5.5 m run (incl. 7×400)
Run location: hood, Temp: 53°/53°, Time: 58:26, Pace: 10:38 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: fine
Wednesday | May 20, 2020: 12 m run
Run location: Pine Dunes Lolli (loop x2), Temp: 52°/53°, Time: 2:27:56, Pace: 12:20 avg, Difficulty: hard, Felt: like garbage for 5 miles
Thursday | May 21, 2020: 3 m walk + strength
Friday | May 22, 2020: 15 m run + strength (virtual w/Anne)
Run location: Pine Dunes Lolli + VP Woods, Temp: 53°/56°, Time: 2:58:30, Pace: 11:54, Difficulty: easy, Felt: great!
Saturday | May 23, 2020: 5 m run (incl. hills x5)
Run location: hood, Temp: 57°/65°, Time: 58:51, Pace: 11:46 avg, Difficulty: medium/easy, Felt: stiff
Sunday | May 24, 2020: 15 m run
Run location: Pine Dunes Lolli + VP Woods, Temp: 61°/68°, Time: 3:04:24, Pace: 12:18 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: hot
Notes:
- Ugh, Tuesday’s speedwork was rough. I need to whine. It was windy and rainy and I couldn’t run my normal route because it was flooded. So I ran a different route with a hill in the warm up and cool down, traffic, no shoulders, and inclines on the speed route. Sigh. I didn’t even feel like I was running faster on my 400s, but I was and it was consistent enough. Hopefully the weather is better next week.
- I felt so crappy after Tuesday’s speedwork that I skipped dinner, then got up in the am to do my normal Wednesday run and felt like GARBAGE – from not eating and running two runs too close together (my body needs more than 12 hours – more like 22!). Ugh.
- I felt great for Friday’s run though, phew.
- I did something new on Friday – a virtual strength workout with a friend. I really enjoyed it! That is what I miss about strength with friends – catching up while working out.
- For weeks I was saying I could see the speedwork paying off and it’s not anymore since I am running much longer. Before I’d feel like I was running slower but find out it was faster and now… it’s the opposite. Hee hee. I need to decide which I want to focus on for the summer (speed or distance). I usually slow way down in the summer and run less.
- On my Sunday run (gah, so steamy!) a group of cyclists from the place where I have my bike serviced passed me and I knew two of them! So that was super exciting for me, since I rarely see people I know when I workout.
