Ugh and I’ve fallen behind again. I’m blaming this one on Bryan’s recent shoulder surgery.
Monday – cross. 1800 meters. In short, I’m still slow.
Tuesday -tempo. 7 miles @ 7:46/mile. With only a little over 3 weeks left I really wanted to run some more race pace miles, so I substituted the books’ tempo for this one. I felt good for the majority of the run, save for a side stitch I had to stop for for a bit because I couldn’t just run through it. And wise man says to try to finish faster, so that was my goal. My only complaint was it was getting warm quickly and was 65 degrees once I was done, and I could really tell those last couple miles.
Wednesday speed. 3×2000 (1.25 miles) at 6:55. NAILED IT, with a 6:54, 6:49, 6:47. HELL YEAH!
Thursday easy run/cross. 3 stroller miles/yoga. Ok, so I know this sounds ridiculous, but I really don’t like sweatpants. Not for myself, or for my kids. But Miles has this one pair that he now refers to as his “running pants”, and so now I have a soft spot for them. He insisted on wearing them for today’s run and asked me at least 6 times when he could “run on the sidewalk”.
Friday – rest day
Saturday – long run. 10 miles at 8:10. I mixed this one up a bit too, again hoping to get in some more race pace miles, so I ran 5 miles at 8:30 and 5 at race pace. I had some issues with my satellite and think a couple were a few seconds off (my lap pace had a crazy range and I check it pretty often), and my allergies were acting up so it wasn’t perfect, but I did it. YES.
Sunday – cross. 45 minutes yoga. Honestly I didn’t feel like doing much of anything, but I knew my muscles were tight and needed to stretch a bit at least, so yoga seemed like the logical solution.
3 weeks to go!
February 16, 2017 at 9:28 pm
‘Tis better to fall behind due to someone else’s medical issues than to fall behind due to your own…
Good week of training! Glad you got in a solid tempo, track workout, and long run. In the end being there for Bryan and also for the twins and instilling the running/tri joy in them is more important than an extra run here or there. Hope to see ya next week because I hope to be running again soon! Who knows? I’ll be there for y’all in MB no matter what.
February 16, 2017 at 9:37 pm
Yes agreed!! Hope you’re back running soon!!!