Hey friends! I am really hopeful that this will be my last “nontraditional training log,” as I am hoping to get back into the regular swing of things next week. Fingers crossed!
Week of 09.28.20 – 10.04.20 –
Monday: 6 miles (9:02 pace)
Tuesday: 6 miles (8:31 pace) + Pilates
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: 8 miles (8:30 pace)
Friday: 7 miles (9:05 pace)
Saturday: 8 miles (8:58 pace)
Sunday: 7.6 miles (8:25 pace)
On Thursday morning I did 12 X 200, with splits of 38, 38, 38, 38, 37, 37, 37, 38, 37, 37, 36, 36. While fairly consistent, I wasn’t super pleased with these splits. My legs didn’t feel all that great, which is unfortunate given the lack of volume and training that I was doing. I was expecting to have more of a pop in my legs.
Week of 10.05.20 – 10.11.20 –
Monday: 6 miles (7:14 pace)
Tuesday: 7 miles (8:06 pace) + Pilates
Wednesday: 7 miles (8:31 pace)
Thursday: 6 miles (8:46 pace)
Friday: 8 miles (8:02 pace)
Saturday: 5 miles (8:12 pace)
Sunday: 12 miles (8:54 pace)
Monday’s run was a bit on the “hot” side of my easy run pace. At this point, my VDOT score likely needs to be updated (i.e., downgraded), which means that this was likely a faster than easy run effort. I had a Moe’s takeout order to pick up by 6:45 and that was all the motivation that I needed to get that run done fairly quickly! Sometimes you just gotta do whatever it takes.
On Saturday afternoon, I did 8 X 200, with splits of 35, 35, 34, 36, 34, 35, 35, 37. I’m not gonna lie, that was some hard running! I was happy to feel that “pop” that I was looking for the week before. There was a high school kid out running at the track and I may or may not have gotten a little carried away trying to show him what was up. Sometimes I think that I’m not really all that competitive and then I go pull some silly stunt like this. Clearly the competitive juices are there somewhere!
I’ve always loved reading your training recaps, Sam! I’m so glad they’re back 🙂 have you ever considered coaching? I think you’d be great!! (And I would love to work with you 🙂 )