Hi friends!
Unfortunately I do not have a race recap to share with you today. I’m embarrassed to admit this as I am typically very attentive to details, but the race that I registered for was at 7 p.m. on Sunday evening and not at 7 a.m. on Sunday morning like I assumed. It honestly never even crossed my mind to check the a.m. vs. p.m. thing when I registered and if I had, I probably would’ve thought it was a typo! The race was over 3 hours away and there was no way I was going to get home at midnight on a work night. I’m picturing myself lining up on the start line in my pajamas if I had participated! Ha.
This threw a bit of a curveball into my “planned” week as far as training goes, but modifications were made and I still got in a solid week of training!
Monday – 8.5 mile run (8:00 pace) w/ 6 X 30 second strides (5:25 pace)
I started the week of with my standard run + strides.
Tuesday – 8.0 mile run w/ 4 X 400, 4 X 200 (7:40 pace)
Tuesday’s workout was a 2.5 mile warm up, 4 X 400 with 200 recoveries, 4 X 200 w/ 200 recoveries and a 3 mile cool down. At this point, I was still planning to race the 5k and Tuesday’s workout was intended to be a light tuneup workout. 400s were done in 88, 85, 83 and 82 and 200s were done in 40, 39, 39 and 39. Aside from the first 400, all of the splits were within the prescribed pace ranges. The first rep of any workout is always tricky from a pacing perspective!
Wednesday – 9.0 mile run (8:15 pace)
I ran 9 miles Wednesday morning and all I remember is that my stomach was not good. If you’ve been there, you definitely get it! Things were definitely a bit dicey for a minute or two, but thankfully my stomach settled down and was completely fine after about halfway through the run. Thank goodness for new construction is all I’ve got to say about that!
Thursday – 7.0 mile run (8:50 pace)
Thursday’s run was uneventful compared to Wednesday! No issues and just some nice, easy running.
Friday – 8.25 mile run (7:55 pace)
We went back up to my in-laws’ house the weekend after the Fourth of July as well. I enjoy running from their house, as it’s a nice change of scenery. We runners can be very habitual in our route selections unless forced outside the box.
Saturday – 12.0 mile run (7:15 pace)
I had a long run + workout combo Saturday morning. The workout was a 3.5 mile warm up, 2 miles at marathon pace, 1 mile at moderate pace, 2 miles at half marathon pace and a 3.5 mile cool down. I averaged 6:40 for the marathon pace miles, 7:10 for the moderate “middle” mile and 6:22 for the half marathon pace miles. Other than the fact that I felt like I was slowly roasting myself (the feels like temp was 97℉), I really enjoyed this run! While there is a zero percent chance that I could hold those paces for a marathon or a half marathon at this point, the paces were appropriate for purposes of the workout.
Sunday – 65 minute elliptical (10.5 miles)
I finished up the week with an easy elliptical session at the gym once we got back home.
Totals –
Running: 52.8 miles
Elliptical: 10.5 (65 minutes)
Thanks for following along!