Lots of hills but I'm feeling stronger for sure and faster maybe a smidgen. I'm gonna try to get better at this techno stuff and see if I can post elevation graphs too of the runs...as a kudos to myself mainly lol and bragging/shout-outs to my fellow marathon training buddies that had to go through the same pain:)
Thursday Fun Run:
Yup, gonna blame it on the Benadryl I took for allergies - knocked me out and I overnapped the SRC run; Definitely was not due to my nightly 5 hour "power naps" I've been taking before work. Well, listening to the body and taking a break from my running "schedule".
Friday! Yay I did it- I just packed my run clothes to work with me then splurged on a new pair of Brooks running shoe (replacements) at SRC and made up my Thursday run !! Lol whatever it takes right? Sooo glad I did - helped me not feel mentally behind and possible sabotage by will to completed this Saturday's longest run to date...
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday -
Done and done. Haha what is there to say except its definitely been getting darker and harder to wake up for our 6:00am sharp run starts. But after I joined my awesome marathon training peeps at Railroad Park this morning... The group pretty much made the 16 mile route today smooth runnings:) love 'em! Everyone is super positive:)
So really, what tricks and tips did I pull out to survive this Saturday's practice?
- Running group/ partner to meet and get me out of bed (check)
- Light breakfast of half bagel w/cream cheese and couple sips of Folger's instant coffee to get a little starting pep (check)
- Favorite pink running skirt with 2 side pockets to hold my gels and chomps (check) ... No reason why ya can't run AND be cute:)
- Water bottle (check)
- Visored running cap (check)
- Selected my pacing buddies for the run: Rosa and Connie (check) - today we tried out a 8 and 2 strategy (run 8 min walk 2 min) - a fan after today ... Much more enjoyable than the 9 and 1 I trialed last week.
- Just went out, didnt think too much about it pre-run, and just did it!!:)
Note to self : Ice bath fail this week - must freeze more than 1 OJ empty carton of water and must give the other bottles at least overnight to freeze completedly haha... Instead had a somewhat cool water soak ***sigh*** will try again next week and buy more ice cube trays!
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Run stats:
Run stats:
| WEEK 9 | Mileage | Duration (hr:min:sec) | Pace (min/mile) | |
| Mon | 09-Sep | rest | n/a | n/a |
| Tues | 10-Sep | 6.07 | 1:20:24 | 14.15 (Figure 8s) |
| Wed | 11-Sep | rest | n/a | n/a |
| Thurs Fri | 12-Sep 13-Sep | overnapped 5.02 | n/a 48:45 | sleep speed! 9:42 |
| Sat | 14-Sep | 17.02 | 3:19:39 | 11:43 |
| Total weekly mileage | 28.11 miles | |||
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