Happy November! Whew. I don’t know exactly where this year has gone, but it certainly seems to be going somewhere. Some days it feels like we are headed to hell in a handbasket, but other days it feels like things are looking up. I’m definitely feeling very nervous about the election tomorrow. It feels like a lose, lose situation, but maybe we will all be pleasantly surprised. Fingers crossed!
Month Recap: October 2020
Workouts: I got in a few solid workouts during the month of October.
| 3 mi. WU, 12 X 200 (37), 3 mi. CD 2 mi. WU, 8 X 200 (35), 2 mi. CD 3 mi. WU, 8 X 200/400 (39/79), 2 mi. CD 2.5 mi. WU, 4 X 400 (80), 4 X 300 (55), 6 X 200 (36), 4 X 100 (17), 2.5 mi. CD 3 mi. WU, 2 miles (6:10, 6:04), 2 X 800 (2:38, 2:42), 2 mi. CD |
Favorite workout: My favorite workout this month was probably the 400, 300, 200, 100 ladder workout. I always seem to enjoy workouts with varying distance intervals.
Races: I RAN A RACE this month. WOO to the HOO! Can you tell I enjoyed it?! This was my first “real” race since mid-March. It’s still so weird that we are living in a world where we even need to clarify whether a race was real or not. Ha.
Paces: My paces ranged from 5:41 to 9:42.
Average Pace: My average pace for the month was 8:18. This is a bit quicker than my typical average pace, but my overall mileage was a bit lower as well. I’m guessing the two are positively correlated.
Miles: My total mileage this month was 206.75. Unless something crazy happens (which seems like a constant possibility these days), October will be my lowest mileage month of the year.
Elevation: I climbed 7,146 feet this month. I haven’t been running on the driveway quite as much recently it seems, but most “regular” routes have at least a little bit of climbing in them.
Longest run: My longest run was 12 miles. I don’t technically think I was supposed to do 12 miles on the day that I did this, but I was feeling good and I just went with it.
Shortest run: My shortest run was 3 miles. I think this was a morning that I procrastinated a bit too long (waiting until the sun came up) and once I got out there, I basically didn’t have time to run. Oh well.
Rest days: I took three entire days off this month! I’ve not been a big rest day person in the past, but I have definitely enjoyed taking a few days off here and there (and especially when there wasn’t much of anything to train for).
Pilates: I also went to three Pilates classes this month. I’m still loving my Pilates! I can see myself getting really into this in the future if I am not running quite as much as I am currently. I could also see myself getting back into tennis at some point, which is really neither here nor there, but I just felt like mentioning it for whatever reason.
That’s it for now. Keeping it short and sweet today! Thank you so much for reading and following along!