Hey friends! Here is what training looked like for the week of 04/15/24 to 04/21/24.
Monday – Easy: 7 miles
Today is DEADLINE day! WOO to the HOO! I got out for a few easy miles before tying up loose ends on a couple last-minute projects.
Tuesday – Easy: 9 miles
I waited a little too late to get out the door today and it was a casual 79°F w/ a dew point of 65°F. For mid-April, that was just plain rude.
Wednesday AM – Elliptical: WU, 15 X 1:00, 15 X 0:30, CD + PM – Blitz45 (Legs + Shoulders)
My plan has one day of cross-training per week, so I headed to the gym Wednesday morning for some time on the elliptical. Actually, I did half of this on the elliptical and half on the arc trainer. I find those equally as enjoyable, but even better when you mix it up and combine the two!
Wednesday afternoon I did a Blitz45 workout. My goal right now is to do some sort of strength training at least twice per week.
Thursday – Easy: 8 miles
I ran a little before 8 a.m. after dropping little man off at school and it was 71°F w/ a dew point of 66°F! Another rude one!
Friday – Easy: 9 miles
It was the same song, slightly different verse on Friday morning. It was 71°F w/ a dew point of 69°F. Apparently the conditions are the most notable thing for me to talk about this week. Typically I would have some quality sessions with a little bit more juicy details, but I was mentally and physically exhausted from tax season and I wasn’t feeling anything but easy runs. The post-tax season feelings are a bit polarizing. On one hand you feel like you’re on top of the world and have a whole new lease on life and on the other hand you feel totally exhausted, depressed and unmotivated. It’s a very strange transitionary phase that thankfully only seems to last for about a week to 10 days.
Saturday – Easy: 11 miles
I started this run with 7 solo miles solo and finished with 5 stroller miles. Phew. This seemed like such a good idea at the time, but those stroller miles just about did me in. My little man is not so little anymore and pushing him on a sandy, hilly road is quite the challenge. He got out and “ran” the last half mile or so with me, which of course makes my heart oh so happy!
Sunday AM – Quality: 3 mi. WU, 10 X 200, 3 mi. CD + PM – Walk: 3.5 miles
While I technically did get one little quality session in, I was |thisclose| to skipping the quality work altogether and actually did modify this one mid-run. The workout was supposed to be 10 X 400 w/ 200 recoveries, but instead I did 10 X 200 w/ 400 recoveries. The workout was pre-programmed on my watch, so I switched the interval and the recovery portions to make it less challenging. I think this was the right call on the day, as I still just couldn’t quite muster up the motivation to run fast for much longer than 45 seconds at at time. Basically this was like adding some strides into a run. Strides are always a good little stimulus with the bonus being that they aren’t too physically taxing. I was well taxed out at this point! Ha.
Totals – 55 miles running, 3.5 miles walking, 105 minutes of elliptical + 45 minutes of Blitz45
Talk to you guys soon!