Hello! I hope you had a good Labor Day and are adjusting back to the swing of things today.
The blog lived up to its name this weekend, as we spent most of the long weekend playing on Mobile Bay and running!
Brooks and I spent some quality time on the paddle board. He is usually more interested in swimming than staying with me on the board, but he did good this weekend. I think the secret was 1) we played fetch for quite a while before we even went down to the bay to begin with, so he was already a little bit tired and 2) we didn’t take his water toy down with us, so he didn’t have to concern himself with retrieving anything.
We went about 2 miles Saturday morning. He jumped in 3 times (which means that I fell in 3 times), but that was a lot less than usual!
Brooks and I also went “surfing” behind the boat on the paddle board. This is so much fun and he *seems* to enjoy it too. He hasn’t told me otherwise.
Step 1: Get up using the ski rope.
Step 2: Catch the wave.
Step 3: Hold on for dear life!
Step 4: BYE mom!
We also rode out to get a better look at the shrimp boats. In case you haven’t noticed, we are a tad bit obsessed. There were lots of porpoise feeding around the boats, so that was cool to see too!
I bet those boats have some awesome stories to tell.
It seemed pretty fitting to have some boiled shrimp to celebrate the holiday.
In other news, rest week was quite a success! I was able to step back and get some clarity and a new focus on my training.
This week kicks off my new “shorter distance” (I realize that this is relative terminology) training cycle. It stated with a bang! My training schedule called for 12 X 400 with a goal range of 82 to 84 seconds per lap (5:28 to 5:36 pace). I was a little intimidated by those paces, but I told myself just to get out there and see how it felt. If I couldn’t hit it, I couldn’t hit it. No big deal.
Daniel ran several of the repeats with me, which definitely helped me (mentally and physically). He is a good pacer!
I stayed really close to the goal range. My splits were 83, 83, 83, 82, 83, 83, 85, 82, 84, 84, 84, 84. I was worn out at the end, but I’m pretty sure that means I did it right. Haha. I am pleased with the consistency and happy to have my first track workout of this new phase under my belt.
I’m running a 5K this weekend and I’ll definitely be remembering that workout during the last mile (or maybe just during the whole race)!
I hope you all have a great (short) week!
Good luck with your 5K this weekend! Looks like you had a great workout and that maybe taking a few days off the other week helped you gain focus and clarity shifting to shorter distances for a bit.
It looks like a wonderful Labor Day weekend for you, too. I’m kinda jealous that you were out on the water… I would love to be on the water right now because it’s beautiful here. I’m terrible at paddleboarding though- I tried it once and just couldn’t go anywhere!
Good luck with your 5K this weekend! Looks like you had a great workout and that maybe taking a few days off the other week helped you gain focus and clarity shifting to shorter distances for a bit.
It looks like a wonderful Labor Day weekend for you, too. I’m kinda jealous that you were out on the water… I would love to be on the water right now because it’s beautiful here. I’m terrible at paddleboarding though- I tried it once and just couldn’t go anywhere!