Saturday, May 11, 2013

May 6-11

Mon: 5 outside early morning run.  Very nice!  I do enjoy a quiet run in the morning, as it warms up.  37:26 (7:29 pace)

Tue: 7 outside (7:27)

Wed: 5 hill repeats.  Got up early and went to run hill repeats on Youngs.  The hill is about .30 miles, so I just counted each as .25 mile.  Up/down 4x = 1 mile.  My legs hurt by the end! 
Swam 1000 m

Thur: rest

Fri: 5 tml.  Was supposed to go 7 or 8, but I felt tired!  Worried about running 15 the next day.  I'm sure I would've been fine.  The 5 felt good and easy.

Sat: 15 miles.  Ran on tml actually!  I started so early and it was rainy I stayed in.  I thought I'd go out half way through, but I didn't.  I ran @ 7.5 = 8 pace.  Ate Gatorade shot blocks.  Haven't tried those for a couple of years, didn't make me sick.  I was hungry @15.  Ate late last night so did stop for a potty break too.  Not too bad at all.  Sometimes as I creep up in these #'s I get anxious before I even start, even though I'm in shape, and have run them before... reassuring that it was just fine!

Thursday, May 2, 2013

April 29 - May 4

We are back from the DR.  It was such a great/needed vacation!

Mon: Ran 5 w/ Cand.  We ran around the resort then out to the beach.  We walked a little, but still hit 5.

Tue: Swam 1400 prior to leaving.  Glad I worked out before we left, relieved anxiety.  Loved swimming laps in the sunshine, outside.  Not positive of the pool length, but it's fine!

Wed: so much to catch up on, plus fighting some depression coming home!  Although it's sunny here, and nice!  SO glad for that!  Rest day!

Thur: 8 M outside.  First 4 30:36 (7:39).  Last 4 30:15 (7:33)  Total: 1:0:51 (7:36)  Felt good today.  It's warm outside, I love it!  I felt strong.  While on vacation read RW, an article about our minds.  Needed that.  Feeling like I need to change thinking.  Today was mentally good.

Fri: 6 tml.  Speed workout.  46 min

Sat: 12 miles 1:35 (7:55 pace) Wow.  I'm pretty surprised at this time.  This was a tough run for me.  My legs were tired even before I started.  Good w/o for my brain!  Drank G, ate one pumpkin.  Felt in my tummy but went away.  Have felt good w/ my digestion so far this season.  Haven't had to stop to go at all yet! :)  Ran Casey/Youngs route.

April 21-27

Mon: 5 tml
Tue: 5 outside
Wed: flew to DR!!!  Yea!  Planned to run 5 miles each day... nope!  Rest!
Thur: 5 miles on the beach, barefoot!  This was a tough workout!  I loved running bare foot.  My legs got worked as the sand still shifts around.  I came back drenched!  Humid and sweat.  Great workout... plus I was w/ Cand.  Loved being w/ her.
Fri: swam 1400m
Sat: ....

Thursday, April 18, 2013

April 15 - 20

Mon: 5 miles tml.  Hill w/o.  39 min.  Warm up 2 incline @ 7.5.  M2 3 & 4 incline.  M3 5-8.  M4 8 incline.  M5 4 & 2.  Last bit up to 8 and 8.5 mph.

Tue: 7.08 outside.  New shoes!  Forget how good they feel!  Ran M1 @ 7:05.  Didn't get rained on until the end.  Wore running shorts... chafed!  52:26 (7:24).  Boom!  That feels good!  Was going to go 8, however my inner thighs were on fire!

Wed: swim only.  1800 m.  this is a good week for me!  this is the fastest I've swam.  I did this in about the same time I normally do 1400.  I'm trying to not stop in between laps.  I don't do kick turns or anything fancy.  The stopping to turn around is not like continuous swim in a lake!  I'm trying to do better at no breaks in between.  It's challenging to try to slow my pace down in the water.  If I go too fast for myself I can't breathe and that is a challenge when your face is in the water!!!  This was a good week though...

Thurs: 4 outside.  My legs are a little fatigued.  4 was fine for today!  30:06 (7:31)  Again M1 was 7min.  Again w/ the wind, BUUUUUT it felt like spring today... finally!

Fri: Wanted to run, but needed a rest.  Ideally I will get a run and a swim in on Wed, so I can rest Thurs.  I like to run the day before my long runs.  Not this week though.

Sat: 13 miles.  Did 10 outside in the yuck wind and cold.  Last 3 on treadmill so M could take G to baseball.  Since it was only 3 I pushed my time on the treadmill.  I ran M1 @ 7.7, M2 @ 8, M3 moving up to 9.3mph.  My tml time was 22:19 for the 3 miles (7:26).  My first 4 were 31:46 min (7:56).  My next 4 were 31:35 (7:53).  My next 2.13 were 17:07 (8:02)  Overall time outside 1:20:29 (7:56)

April 8-13

Monday: 5 tr.  hill w/o 39min
Tuesday: xtrain 30 min
Wednesday: 5 tml   & swim 1400m
Thursday
Friday: 5 tml
Saturday: 8 mi outside.  Windy, yuck.  Ran well.  1:01:56 (7:44)

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

April 1 -6

Monday: 5 tml. 39.  Today was hard!  I feel heavy and fat. 
Tues: 6 tml. 46 min. 
Thursday: 5 tml
Friday: 5 tr
Saturday: with Natalie.  felt a bit hard, but we made it!  it's good having a partner on days like this.  I didn't ask her to stop, because she wouldn't do that to me... and she didn't ask me... so we both went 13!  1:46 (8:09 pace)

Monday, April 1, 2013

March 25 - 30

Monday: pooped

Tuesday: 5 tml, 38

Wednesday: intended to run but only swam.  1400 meters in 30-35 minutes?  I need to really start timing myself.  I keep saying it, but I'm getting faster and stronger only swimming 1x/wk.  I was nervous I wouldn't be swimming a full hour, but almost swam a mile. 

Thurs: 4 mi tm.

Friday: 5 mi outside.  Kids home, Q bbsat.  So nice to get outside.  38 min.

Sat: 10 miles 1:19 (7:54 pace).  Same loop as couple of weeks ago.  I kept good time, but it felt like I was running through water, hard!