Monday:
- PLAN- 3 miles @easy, conversational pace with 5 strides at the end of the run plus 30 minutes of cross training
- ACTUAL- 3 miles @10:55
Great workout with 3 miles followed by 5 strides at the end for total 3.44 miles @average pace of 10:41. Then 30 minutes on the bike.
Tuesday:
- PLAN-5 miles @easy, conversational pace with 6 X 2 minutes fartleks with 2 minutes recovery
- ACTUAL-2.5 miles@10:55, 6 fartleks, 2.5 miles @various paces
Another great workout today. 2.5 miles @10:55. 3 x 2 minutes fartleks @8:32 but that pace was still hard to keep up so I did 2 more @8:39. The last fartlek I was determined to do @8:32 but only managed 1 minute and 30 seconds. I walked the last 30 seconds. I did not want to run the last 2.5 miles but after going back and forth with my coach, she actually convinced me to complete my run. I set a timer for 2 minutes followed by 1 minute and then alternated with paces of 11:44, 11:18, and 10:55. Finally finished 6.92 miles @average pace of 11:25. Below is the text conversation I had with my coach.
Wednesday:
- PLAN- Rest day
- ACTUAL- Rest day
Thursday:
- PLAN- 1/2 mile warm up, 1/2 mile @10:30, 1/2 mile @10:00, 1/2 mile cool down.
- ACTUAL- 2 miles done @various paces
Loved this workout! 1/2 mile @10:55, 1/2 mile @10:32, 1/2 mile @9:52, 1/2 mile @10:55. Total 2 miles @average 10:45.
Friday:
- PLAN- Rest day
- ACTUAL- Rest day
Saturday:
- PLAN- 8 miles @11:30 +/- 10-15 seconds with 8 strides at the end of the run
- ACTUAL- Did not run.
Sunday:
- PLAN- Rest day
- ACTUAL- Ran 8 miles.
I did not run on Saturday but instead did so on Sunday. I slept in till 8:30 yesterday and it felt really good. I then got really lazy and came up with every excuse not to make it to the gym. Obviously I was not proud of my decision but I was not motivated.
Fast forward a few hours later and I met a friend to watch “50 Shades of Grey”. I did like the movie and am not sure why people are complaining about it.
So today I made my way to the gym. I watched a few episodes of “Parenthood”. Man, that show is really good. Total is 8 miles @average pace 12:14. Definitely slower than I wanted to but I know that soon I will see progress (faster times). I guess I must have been so glad to step off the treadmill that I forgot to do the strides.
*Runs on treadmill are done on 1% incline.
Thoughts:
- I am tired of this cold weather. I know I shouldn’t complain about it because at least we are not getting storm after storm like the east coast.
- I know once summer is here and it is really hot I will be complaining about the weather too.
- No school tomorrow. Time to relax. I also have an appointment for a 6 months follow-up mammogram/ultrasound. Hopefully I’ll get good news.
- I have two cross training workouts (Monday and Thursday). Have I mentioned how much I dislike the elliptical?
Elliptical or treadmill?