It's that time again... time to look back at the last couple weeks of training.
The past two weeks have been two solid weeks of training, which is great a confidence-booster for my lil' mind.
Two weeks ago was the start of some awesome spring weather. And by spring, I really mean summer. Temps in the 70s & 80s make this runner very happy.
I got in lots of easy miles, plus a 3x1-mile repeat workout. (Supposed to be 4x1-mile.)
I also raced the Get Lucky Half on Sunday (with a 1:30:14 PR!), and turned it into an 18-mile long run. Yes, a bit crazy, but fun.
Weekly Rundown 3.12.2012-3.18.2012
Mon - 7.6 miles easy
Tues - 7.6 miles easy AM plus 4.4 miles easy PM
Wed - 3x1-mile with 0.5 mile jog (6:20, 6:15, 6:22); 7.6 miles total
Thurs - Rest
Fri - 7.3 miles easy
Sat - 3.3 miles easy
Sun - Get Lucky Half, total 18.3 miles
Total - 56.1 miles
This past week has gone just as well - another week of mileage in the mid-50s.
My main focus was recovery from the half, so I didn't worry too much about a speed workout. However, by Thursday my legs were feeling pretty awesome, so I busted out a speedy run which happened to be right at dream goal marathon pace. Coincidence? I think not. I finished the run with 8.1 miles at 7:27 average.
Saturday I ran my second 20-miler of this training cycle - and it was one of the best long runs I've ever had. The stars all aligned, and I felt pretty much invincible. Definitely helped that I had some friends along... I'm tellin' ya, running for 3 hours at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning is the popular thing to do.
The past two weeks have been two solid weeks of training, which is great a confidence-booster for my lil' mind.
Two weeks ago was the start of some awesome spring weather. And by spring, I really mean summer. Temps in the 70s & 80s make this runner very happy.
I got in lots of easy miles, plus a 3x1-mile repeat workout. (Supposed to be 4x1-mile.)
I also raced the Get Lucky Half on Sunday (with a 1:30:14 PR!), and turned it into an 18-mile long run. Yes, a bit crazy, but fun.
Weekly Rundown 3.12.2012-3.18.2012
Mon - 7.6 miles easy
Tues - 7.6 miles easy AM plus 4.4 miles easy PM
Wed - 3x1-mile with 0.5 mile jog (6:20, 6:15, 6:22); 7.6 miles total
Thurs - Rest
Fri - 7.3 miles easy
Sat - 3.3 miles easy
Sun - Get Lucky Half, total 18.3 miles
Total - 56.1 miles
This past week has gone just as well - another week of mileage in the mid-50s.
My main focus was recovery from the half, so I didn't worry too much about a speed workout. However, by Thursday my legs were feeling pretty awesome, so I busted out a speedy run which happened to be right at dream goal marathon pace. Coincidence? I think not. I finished the run with 8.1 miles at 7:27 average.
Saturday I ran my second 20-miler of this training cycle - and it was one of the best long runs I've ever had. The stars all aligned, and I felt pretty much invincible. Definitely helped that I had some friends along... I'm tellin' ya, running for 3 hours at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning is the popular thing to do.
Weekly Rundown 3.19.2012-3.25.2012
Mon - 7.3 miles easy recovery
Tues - Rest
Wed - 7.4 miles easy
Thurs - 8.1 miles GMP (7:27 avg)
Fri - 5.3 miles easy
Sat - 20.6 miles LONG (8:03 avg)
Sun - 6.2 miles recovery
Total - 54.9 miles
One last exciting thing of the week... my favorite place for ice cream in the Bean Town opened for the season yesterday. Ohhhhhh yum. Chocolate avalanche with Oreos & cookie dough. And two of my fav students work there, so they hook me up.
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| Love how they put extra cookie dough chunks on top of the already made avalanche. |
And you better bet we are going back again tonight with friends. (What can I say? I love ice cream.)
As for training this week... I'm looking at a bit of a cut-back week. Hoping for about 50 miles total, with a long run of 13-15. I've also got a tempo run on tap, so that should be fun.
Have a great week!
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