Highlight of the Week: Seeing a rainbow at the end of my Wednesday morning run / a new weekly personal distance record (PDR).
Monday | July 6, 2020: rest
Tuesday | July 7, 2020: 15 m run + strength
Run location: Pine Dunes Lolli + VP Woods, Temp: 73°/76°, Time: 2:51:52, Pace: 11:27 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: strong!
Wednesday | July 8, 2020: 12 m run + 3 m run
Run location: Pine Dunes Lolli (loop x2), Temp: 69°/74°, Time: 2:24:58, Pace: 12:05 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: creaky and a bit sore, but fine!
Run location: hood, Temp: 85°/83°, Time: 36:24, Pace: 12:07 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: stiff and creaky
Thursday | July 9, 2020: rest
Friday | July 10, 2020: strength + 15 m run
Run location: Pine Dunes Lolli (loop x2) + VP Woods 1/2 blue loop, Temp: 70°/77°, Time: 2:59:46, Pace: 11:59 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: good until the last few miles then SO THIRSTY
Saturday | July 11, 2020: 12 m run
Run location: Kilbourne/DPRT short loop, Temp: 70°/72°, Time: 2:37:39, Pace: 13:08 avg, Difficulty: medium, Felt: like a slo mo robot
Sunday | July 12, 2020: 15 m run + strength
Run location: Trumpet to Pine Dunes Lolli + VP Woods Blue Loop, Temp: 71°/71°, Time: 2:59:00, Pace: 11:56 avg, Difficulty: mostly easy, Felt: mostly good
Notes:
- I tried a double on Wednesday to see it’s a way I can get back to 6 runs a week on 5 days of running. It wasn’t great, ha. I was stiff from the morning run, and it was super hot out. I went slow and felt fine, but this doesn’t seem like a smart idea right now. Pass.
- I’ve hit that time of summer where I need my hydration pack if I am running more than 10 miles (and if I am running less than that, I need to stop to buy water to fill up my bottle!). On Friday I left with my bottle, not knowing I was going to feel good and run more than planned and despite buying a liter of water, and leaving a bottle just over a mile from the house I was so parched. Oops.
- I was moody when I woke up Friday and it was raining hard and it didn’t seem smart (or enjoyable) to run in that and I had to change my plans and run later when it would be warmer… but when I went out there was a breeze! A BREEZE! Like, a breeze that cooled my skin! It was glorious! So, Kim, lesson is that you don’t NEED to stick to your rigid schedule. Be flexible.
- Although, because I ran so late Friday and tried to run farther than planned Saturday, my runs were way too close together and I felt like I was barely moving. I cut Saturday’s run short. My body obviously didn’t want me out there.
- A lovely breeze was back Sunday morning, and my legs were too. I wasn’t sure how far I’d go, but I ended up running 15, which got me to a new PDR of 72 (my previous one was 70.4).
- My right hip flexor is feeling a bit tight this week, so I’ve been stretching, and scheduled a massage for Wednesday.
