Emily's training blog

I ran 1300 W to Gardener Village and took the River Trail back. It felt great to pound out some stress I have been experiencing lately. 7:00 average.

After running I went to the club to take Total Body Conditioning. I should probably leave more than thirty minutes between running and strength class next time. I was tired and really hungry. I'm glad I got it in though. Kim is adding a spin class after lifting class. I'm not sure I can handle a run/ lift/spin triple but I may try it out at least once when I'm feeling particularly masochistic. I finished with 30 minutes really easy on the elliptical to flush my legs and talk to Kim.

Tempo run today. I warmed up three miles and then ran a five mile tempo. 30:49. 6:10 average. It's a start. My legs were a little tired from yesterday, but not too bad. I cooled down for ten minutes. I feel really strong, like my endurance is good. I'm just not very fast yet. I'm sticking with fartlek and tempo until after Murray Fun Days 5k. Then I will start adding track workouts back in.

My calves were feeling yesterday's tempo. Besides a little soreness I felt a bit better than I thought I would. I'm building my mileage one more week and then I will back off next week before the race. I need all the help I can get. 7:01 average.

A little bit of a recovery day. It turned out to be a good choice. I called it a Walking Dead run, a mindless shuffle of one foot in front of the other that may have included some moaning. I felt pretty terrible. I did perk up the last few miles.

Later I took a cycling class for some extra good times. 7:14 pace on the run.

I warmed up 20 minutes. Then I ran 15 x 1 minute on/off. After that I jogged to the canal road hill and ran 5 hill repeats. It's about a 200 meter gradual hill. I ran back through the neighborhood to cool down.

Zumba and lifting after my run. I used to be able to do pull ups.

I am very happy this week of training is over. I am tired! 57 miles, 2.5 hours of cross training and two lift days. It was a productive week. Next week I get to drop down a bit. Then I will see where my fitness is in my first post injury race.

I ran 1300 W to 7000 S to 2700W and then my Costco loop. I pushed the pace in the second half. 6:54 average.