Hey friends! Here is what training looked like this week:
Monday – 5.0 mile run (8:25 pace)
- Temperature: 73℉
- Humidity: 98%
- Listened to: The Drop Podcast Episode 103: Sarah Sellers, Nurse & 2:25 Marathoner
- I ran back and forth on the paved portion of our road before work.
Tuesday – 8.0 mile run (8:05 pace)
- Temperature: 78℉
- Humidity: 94%
- Listened to: The Some Work All Play Podcast Episode 116: Clare Gallagher Interview! Leadville 100 Winner and Earth-Raging Superhero
- I ran much later in the day than I typically do. My legs felt very heavy!
- It rained pretty much the entire run, but I was just happy to be out there regardless of the conditions. Every now and then, a good rainy run kinda feels soul cleansing.
Wednesday – 10.0 mile run (7:20 pace)
- Temperature: 80℉
- Humidity: Indoors
- Listened to: Music!
- Wednesday’s workout was written as a two and a half mile warm up, 2 X 2 miles at half marathon pace with 4 minutes recovery between sets and a three mile cool down.
- The goal pace for the first set was 6:20 and then if I felt good, the plan for the second set was to drop it down to 6:10.
- My paces were 6:16, 6:14, 6:08, 6:07.
Thursday – 9.0 mile run (7:55 pace)
- Temperature: 76℉
- Humidity: Indoors
- Listened to: The Rambling Runner Podcast Episode 464: Jon Levitt: The Evolving Nature of Competitiveness, Goals, and Endurance
- We have had so. much. rain. It’s slightly ridiculous! Thursday morning was a treadmill run after dropping Ward off at school.
- I really enjoyed this podcast episode. There were several things that Jonathan said that really resonated with me (so much so that I almost want to go back and listen again just to tell you what they were).
- He talked about the elite athlete mindset.
- He talked about how the option in most circumstances is to either give up or keep going.
Friday – 8.25 mile run (8:10 pace) w/ 6 X 30 second strides (5:12 pace)
- Temperature: 74℉
- Humidity: 99%
- Listened to: The Ali on the Run Show Episode 556: Ask Ali!
- I ran at the mall Friday morning after dropping Ward off at school. I haven’t run at the mall since school started back in our area. I wanted to test it out and see what the traffic situation was like. It wasn’t horrible, but it also wasn’t great. It was better than running back and forth on a half mile stretch of the road we live on though!
- I did a few strides in preparation for Saturday’s workout.
Saturday – 8.5 mile run (7:10 pace)
- Temperature: 73℉
- Humidity: 99%
- Listened to: The Some Work All Play Podcast Sexy Shakeout #14: UTMB, Secondary Workouts, Treadmills, Training in Recovery! on the warm up and cool down and music during the workout portion!
- Saturday’s track session was written as a two mile warm up, 5 X 1k with 400 recoveries and a two mile cool down. The goal was to run the 1k repeats at close to 5k pace.
- My splits were 3:34, 3:29, 3:31, 3:31 and 3:29. That ranges from 5:35 to 5:45 pace, which is a 17:25 to a 17:40 5k. I’ve got a 5k coming up in a few weeks, so I’m interested to see how well this workout translates over. I’d be thrilled if I ran somewhere in that range!
Sunday – 13.0 mile run (8:45 pace)
- Temperature: 73℉
- Humidity: 95%
- Got in another Sunday long run with Rebecca! I met her at her house this week.
Weekly Total – 61.80 miles (8:00 pace)
Thanks for following along! Talk to you guys soon.