Just couldn’t prioritize recordkeeping this week, so I’ll catch up now. Even though week 2 is almost over, here’s how week 1 turned out:
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Planned
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Actual
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| Miles | 23 | ||
| Mon 5 slow (8:30-9:00)
Tue rest Wed 5 slow + strides Thu rest Fri 4 slow + strides Sat long run | 8 steady (7:39-8:09) Sun rest |
Mon 5 @ 8:40 avg
Tue 5 @ 8:27 avg, strides – :30|2:00|:30 Wed rest Thu rest Fri long run | 8 @ 8:05 avg Sat 4 @ 8:44 avg, strides – :30|2:00|:30|2:00|:30 Sun rest |
So far so good, and no complaints. An easy week. 😎
Kicked off week 2 on Monday with a very difficult 5 miles. It’s my own fault for not running in the morning (woke up with a vicious migraine that made me late for work though), and had to go out in the evening heat – 84º, even at almost 7pm. Took several mini breaks in the beginning (dizzy!) and ended up stopping at around 2.5 to walk for a half mile thinking I wasn’t going to finish the remainder, but was blessed with a second wind out of nowhere and finished the rest. My watch was paused during that walk break, so the whole thing wasn’t exactly seamless, but it got done…mostly. It was supposed to end with four strides that I wimped out on. The discomfort of this run was enough to really drive home that I HAVE to run in the morning when I know it’s supposed to be crazy hot later, and I’ll remember this run when my alarm’s screaming at 5:30am.
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Split
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Time
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Distance
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Avg Pace
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| Summary | 43:34.8 | 5.00 | 8:42 |
| 1 | 8:43.8 | 1.00 | 8:44 |
| 2 | 8:39.3 | 1.00 | 8:39 |
| 3 | 9:01.3 | 1.00 | 9:01 |
| 4 | 8:27.9 | 1.00 | 8:28 |
| 5 | 8:38.9 | 1.00 | 8:39 |
Tuesday was a rest day, and Wednesday was a 6 mile tempo, the first tempo run of the cycle. What a clusterfuck THAT was. I don’t even know. If I’d done it like a normal person, it would have looked like:
1 mile @ 8:40-9:00
4 miles @7:20-7:39 (my fast pace)
1 mile @ 8:40-9:00
The reality was a complete mess. My first mistake was leaving my watch set to show the total average pace instead of the current lap (mile), so I had to pay attention to each mile and rely on feel throughout, and manically check for the lap pace alert. These are the splits, and I included the reaction I had to each alert.
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Something else to work on, obviously. To be fair, I’ve never really caught on to tempo runs so I’m used to just staying away from them altogether. But I’ll practice and get better and it’ll be fine.
Yesterday I rested (no more 3 rest day weeks after this one, *tear*), and today was 5 slow that I ran in the morning. I’d planned to tack on the forgone strides from Monday onto this one, but moved wayyyy too slow after waking up, so that didn’t happen (and I still feel terribly guilty about it!).
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Split
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Time
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Distance
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Avg Pace
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| Summary | 42:14.6 | 5.00 | 8:27 |
| 1 | 8:19.6 | 1.00 | 8:19 |
| 2 | 8:31.9 | 1.00 | 8:32 |
| 3 | 8:50.0 | 1.00 | 8:50 |
| 4 | 8:21.2 | 1.00 | 8:21 |
| 5 | 8:10.4 | 1.00 | 8:11 |
Supposed to be run at an easy pace, but since I was making myself late for work I had to reluctantly pick it up. Maybe that can make up for those missing strides? #thelieswetellourselves
