Highlight of the Week: A walk with Steven / getting my mileage back up, slowly!
Monday | August 24, 2020: rest
Tuesday | August 25, 2020: 3 m run + strength
Run location: hood, Temp: 68°/68°, Time: 37:21, Pace: 12:26 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: decent, worried about running on blacktop
Wednesday | August 26, 2020: 5.5 m run
Run location: VP Woods, Temp: 72°/72°, Time: 1:09:59, Pace: 12:43 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, just no pep!
Thursday | August 27, 2020: 30 Day Shred Level 1 + 3 m walk (w/Steven)
Friday | August 28, 2020: 5.5 m run
Run location: Pine Dunes, Temp: 74°/76°, Time: 1:08:49, Pace: 12:31 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, minus bathroom emergency
Saturday | August 29, 2020: 3 m run
Run location: McDonald Woods, Temp: 72°/74°, Time: 37:12, Pace: 12:23 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: really good!
Sunday | August 30, 2020: 9 m run
Run location: Pine Dunes + VP Woods, Temp: 58°/63°, Time: 1:55:17, Pace: 12:48 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good
Notes:
- I’m still trying to only run on trails but my plans were thwarted by a thunderstorm Tuesday morning. If I wanted to run safely I had to do it on my street (I could see lightening in the distance, eek!). It was fine, but I really want to stick to trails… but they don’t open until 6:30 (and today the gate was not open until 6:50 wah, ha) so… I am not sure how much longer I will be driving to run for each run. I enjoy the runs so much more than my “neighborhood” runs, and they are safer, but it’s a small inconvenience.
- My runs all felt great, I just have no pep! But I took three weeks off and gained a few pounds so what the hell did I expect? Ha. I am just grateful to be running. Next week I want to run a 10 miler and close to 30 miles for the week.
- I ran in to a friend at the preserve during my Thursday walk with Steven! Fun!
- Steven came with me to walk twice this week – once when I was walking too, and once when I was going on a run. I love when he comes with me and hope we can do that more!
More walks with Steven – how nice! And you are doing the 30 Day Shred – that is a tough workout.
I know what you mean about driving somewhere to get a nicer route for your runs (or in my case walks) but sometimes it is just easier to go straight out your door…
Yeah! I really enjoyed our walk and hope we can go again this week!
The Shred is so hard! Level 1 kills my calves and shoulders! I don’t usually do 25 reps of something… I am more of a 10-15 rep gal.
It’s so much easier and I prefer it! But the sun is rising later so that leaves me with one boring route to run, ha! One of the few things I miss about our old townhome is that it was 100′ feet from the trail (actually the same trail I live near here, just very far away).
Yes, the Shred workouts are hard. The only good thing about them is that they are short! 😉 Good for you for doing them!
If you are up for a change, I highly recommend Annie Deadman’s workouts on Youtube. They are short, too, thankfully. This is one of my favorites: https://youtu.be/u5Ckj5NfCD4 but there are also harder ones and ones with cardio.
Yes, that is the best part! Ha!
Ooo, thanks! I will check it out!