This week was all about gearing up to run the half marathon on Sunday. Without re-hashing Friday's post, I will just say I wanted to keep my workouts consistent with my training, but be careful not to push it so much I would be worn out on Sunday.
Total Miles Run: 22.3
Monday: Yoga
Man, being the least flexible person in my yoga class is a wee bit demoralizing. Ah, well. I will soldier on!
Tuesday: 3 Miles on the Track
I did the exact same workout I did last week: 1/2 mile warm-up jog, stretch and drills, then stride the straights/jog the corners for 8 total laps. Again, I did two laps at a time, but I didn't push myself to the limit this time.
Wednesday: Cross Training
I had a session with my trainer. She didn't kick my ass this time, phew! We did some tough warm-up drills (why are warm-ups always so hard?!) and then focused mostly on abs, stretching and myofascia release.
Thursday: Rest
Friday: 6.2 Miles
I was not feeling this run. Blech. I woke up and ran without eating anything other than a few Honey Stinger chews and I just had zero "pep in my step" the whole way. It was a lovely morning to be out running along the sound, though, so that's a plus!
Saturday: Cross Training
I did the "pull" workout at home since this one is easier on my body than the "push" workout.
Sunday: 13.1 Miles!
I ran this with my friend Tara and we ran (in my opinion) the perfect "race" (again, we just ran it as a training run, not a race). My goal was to run in the 2:10-2:15 range and we finished in 2:11. Perfect-o! Our overall time was a beautiful negative split-- not that we tried, it just turned out the beginning was crowded enough to keep up is the 10:xx range and the end we were running more like 9:30s. The course was perfect, I loved all of the hills, actually, and was so glad I had trained on hills otherwise I would have been DYING. Anyways, stay tuned for a race recap!
I ran this with my friend Tara and we ran (in my opinion) the perfect "race" (again, we just ran it as a training run, not a race). My goal was to run in the 2:10-2:15 range and we finished in 2:11. Perfect-o! Our overall time was a beautiful negative split-- not that we tried, it just turned out the beginning was crowded enough to keep up is the 10:xx range and the end we were running more like 9:30s. The course was perfect, I loved all of the hills, actually, and was so glad I had trained on hills otherwise I would have been DYING. Anyways, stay tuned for a race recap!
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