Well we are down to the last couple weeks of training for this race already, but I am tired and ready for taper, so bring it on.
Monday cross – ride 16 miles @ 19.2 MPH I got a little overzealous with this one. The weather this winter has been extremely bipolar and I swear we’ve hit every season every week so far, with lows to highs ranging from mid 30’s to nearly 80. It was a warm morning so I hopped on my bike for the first time in months, and was excited to see that my speed training in running seemed to have crossed over to the bike. So excited in fact I decided I could do my whole ride at 19+mph.
Tuesday tempo – 1 WU, 3 @ 7:50, 2 @ 7:40, 1CD 7 total. Yesterdays fast bike ride turned out to be a stupid move. I killed my quads going that fast and while it probably wouldn’t have been a big deal normally I think the fact that I hadn’t ridden that long or hard (thats what she said) in months played a part here. So, I got this run done, but not without a couple rest breaks.
Wednesday – speed. 5 x 1200 @ 10k pace with 400m recovery. I didn’t keep to 10k but didn’t any faster than 5k, so I didn’t quite slow down as much as I had planned but was still slower than speed work pace (6:45).
Thursday – easy run/yoga. 3.33 stroller miles/20 minutes yoga and stretching. Thursdays are the hardest day because I can never decide what I want my workout to be. I think this is partly because its my 6th day in a row and I’ve about hit the point where I need a break. So I asked the twins if they wanted to play while I worked out inside, or go running snacks. Guess what they picked? Afterwards they got out of the stroller and ran a quarter of a mile on their own!
Friday rest
Saturday long. 8 miles 4 @ 8:30, 4 @ 7:50. This run was, unfortunately, harder than I hoped. This happened to me the last time too so I dunno if I’m really overshooting with my goal here or just easily affected by the weather, as the last 4 miles were in 60+ temps. No, that doesn’t sound all that warm, but speed just becomes harder for me once it is above 55. I guess time will tell here.
Sunday cross. 55 minutes of yoga.
And, for once i’m still participating in a 30 day challenge and working on my creative pics. We are up to 3 and a half minutes. M and M’s were involved.
Journey To the Finish Line 
February 28, 2017 at 10:12 pm
Dark chocolate M&Ms > Pretzel M&Ms. But that’s just my preference ;). Great job on the workouts and on lasting the entire plank challenge. I didn’t do it even though I’m in that group, but maybe I’ll tackle the March challenge because it looks like everyone was super supportive and had fun with it.
You’ve totally got MB in the bag. Don’t worry about how you feel, you still have a few days left and only one more run on the schedule. You’ve done so well in your races lately and MB will not be any different.
February 28, 2017 at 10:38 pm
That group has been a lot of fun you should definitely join in. I love dark chocolate but am not a fan of the dark m and ms. Dunno why. I know you are probably right but I’m seriously nervous about this one for some reason!