Sunday, April 24, 2016

Week in Review 4/11 - 4/17 (Marathon Training)

Just 2 weeks to go until The Colorado Marathon! That means it is TAPER TIME! AKA, not running 60 miles per week, which is heavenly if I do say so myself...

Total Miles Ran: 44.73 running only, 49.73 including a hike!
 

Monday
Easy 8
Actual: 8 trail miles at Polluck Bench with Loki and the Striders run club. I hadn't done this trail yet and it was phenomenal! I definitely want to get to the Monday night group runs more often!


Tuesday
Rest or Xtrain
Actual: Rest


Wednesday
Easy 7
Actual: 7.12, 10:54 pace in the Colorado National Monument. Ran up Serpents Trail (just under 2 miles one-way), then hopped onto the road and kept going up until my turn around point. My calves did not like me on this one with over 1100' of elevation gain!


Thursday
Easy 6
Actual: 6.32 at the Lunch Loops with Loki. 11:37 pace.


Friday
Easy 10
Actual: 10.17 early morning miles. We were headed to Salt Lake after work, so I had to get up nice and early to do this before work. 

Saturday
13.1 - Salt Lake City Half Marathon. Easy with last 4 @ 8:18 pace.
Actual: Ran easy with last 4 @ 8:18, 8:13, 8:12, 7:47. I'm not going to lie, I had a blast passing a bunch of people as I got faster at the end! I'm usually the one slowing down at the end, so this was fun.


Sunday
Easy 5
Actual: Hiked 5 miles to the Fifth Water Hot Springs near Spanish Fork, Utah before we headed back home!

Week in Review 4/4 - 4/10 (Marathon Training)

I'm a little behind on my "week in review" posts...so here is April 4th - April 10th, real quick. This was my last major training week before tapering starts!!! I can't believe how close race day is getting!

Total Miles Ran: 60.68


Monday
Rest or Crosstrain
Actual: Rest

Tuesday
Easy 7
Actual: It was super windy out, so I hit the gym for 7 treadmill miles, 9:30 pace.

Wednesday
10 with 3 x 6:00 @ 7:40 pace, 1:00 recovery
Actual: 10.37 miles, 9:35 average. Speedwork ended up at 3 x 6:00 @ 7:32, 7:36, 7:52. Legs felt really heavy from the get-go, so this was a struggle!

Thursday
Easy 8
Actual: 8.63 trail run with Loki at the Lunch Loops!

Friday
Easy 6
Actual: 6.01 up to Canyonview Park with the pup!

Saturday
Long 17
Actual: 18.08 long run, 9:27 pace.

Sunday
Easy 10
Actual: 10.59 mile trail run out at Rabbit Valley (near the border of Utah) with some girl friends and Loki.

Monday, April 4, 2016

Week in Review 3/28 - 4/3 (Marathon Training)

Running
Total Weekly Mileage: 60.85 running, 64.01 with hiking.

Monday
Rest or Crosstrain
Actual: Rest

Tuesday
Easy 8
Actual: 8:28 in the morning before work with Loki, 9:56 pace. We also added another 2.15 in after work because I had plans for Saturday and wasn't sure I'd get all of my miles in.


Wednesday
11 with 8 x 1:00 @ 7:20 pace, 2:00 recovery
 Actual: 11.06 total, 9:26 pace. I ended up getting rained on starting at mile 4 and continuing until about mile 9 - right when I was doing the speedwork - so this was tough. I really wasn't paying that close of attention to making sure these were on pace, so they were kind of a mess: 7:07, 7:33, 7:31, 7:15, 7:39, 7:12, 7:11, 7:08.
Before the rain started, I noticed the trees are starting to bloom!

Thursday
Easy 7
Actual: 8.26 trail run at the lunch loops with Loki and the local run club, 11:02 pace.


Friday
Easy 8
Actual: 8.03 early morning run, 10:18 pace.


Saturday
Long 20
Actual: I moved my weekend schedule around so that Scott and I could go up to Ouray for some exploring / hiking in the area on Saturday. We ended up hiking a little over 3 miles, then I ran an additional 3 when we got home for about 6 total.


Sunday
Easy 8
Actual: Got my Long Run in on Sunday instead - 20.02 miles, 10:10 pace. This was a tough one for me mentally. I'm not really sure why, possibly a combination of a chest cough I've been dealing with, lack of fueling, and choosing a hilly route. Needless to say, I was GLAD when it was done! 

Week in Review 3/21 - 3/27 (Marathon Training)

Well Marathon training is in it's peak stages right now which means running #AllTheMiles. Over 60 miles in a week while working full time is kind of exhausting. So needless to say, I will most definitely be ready to start tapering in a few weeks (many runners experience what is known as "taper madness", where they don't like to taper and go a little crazy...I on the other hand, have never had that problem. I love it!). Nevertheless, it did feel good to get all of these miles in...after they were done! 

Running
Total Weekly Miles: 60.35 running, 64.39 total with hiking


Monday
Rest or Xtrain
Actual: Rest

Tuesday
10 with last 4 progression: 8:30, 8:20, 8:10, 8:00
Actual: 10.21 total, 9:14 avg. Last 4: 8:20, 8:13, 7:59, 7:47. A little fast, but overall I was really happy with how this went!

Wednesday
Easy 8
Actual: 8.36 miles, 9:52 average pace. My legs felt really heavy and tired for this, but got through it!

Thursday
Easy 7
Actual: 7.26 Trail Run, 10:35 pace. Brought Loki to the Lunch Loop Trails for the first time - he loved it!

Friday
Easy 9
Actual: 9.2, 10:19 pace. Slow early morning run in the cold with Loki.


Saturday
17 with last 5 @ 8:25
Actual: 17 with last 5 at 8:25, 8:25, 8:21, 8:19, 8:15 plus 1 additional cool-down, for 18.02 total, 9:21 average pace. Picking up the pace at the end of a long run is always tough, but feels good when I'm done!

Sunday
Easy 9
Actual: Since I had done some extra throughout the week, I knew I only needed 7 to hit my goal of 60 miles - so that's what I did, especially considering the fact that I had to get this in before church. Ran as the sun came up, which was a great way to start my Easter! Later that afternoon, Scott and I also went for a hike with the pups to the top of Mt. Garfield, for an additional 4 hiking miles.

Flattop Mountain & Hallett Peak

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