"When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life."
-Greg Anderson
This past week I reached a goal that I had silently set for myself, which was to win this ridiculous cross country race in Richmond. I've run it twice before and finished second both times. There's something about being second that really gets to me. Plus, both times I have run this race my time has been awful. My 6k PR of 20:17 is faster than I've run on this 5k course before. So, I was happy to win the race and happy to run 19:45. The time doesn't really matter, especially considering I've followed up both of my previous Maymont races a week later with a road 5k over 2 minutes faster. Ok, enough about that. The course is ridiculous though, I'm not exaggerating.
The rest of training this past week went well. I was not sore at all from the 22 miler, which was kind of unexpected. I took Monday off, ran 4 miles easy on Tuesday, 7 miles in 50 minutes on Wednesday, and took off Thursday (mainly because I was so exhausted and stressed from work that all I wanted to do was go home and crawl into bed- which I did). On Friday I ran the 5k and totalled 9 miles. Saturday I ran about 3 miles at the meet, sprinting up and down various parts of the course while my team raced. On Sunday I took it easy and ran my 17 miles with Pete. Total: 40 miles for the week.
I'm really looking forward to seeing my family in two weeks, doing some apple picking, and of course running this marathon. After the marathon, I'm also looking forward to a few other races I have planned. I'm not sure if I'm going to run another marathon in the early spring. I think it might be a good way to keep my base going over the winter before switching gears for my first track season in a loooong time. Not sure if a steeplechase is in the cards but hopefully a few fast 5ks and 1500s. I'm getting ahead of myself here. Let's get through the next two weeks before I make any more big plans.
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Gettin' Paper
Track season is finally over!! One more week of school, and then summer break begins. I just found out that our school district has a surplus for the year and they are giving all teachers a 2.5% bonus this summer. That will go to good use, either for our house or for our vacation in Lake Placid.
Training has been going well, although the heat has been a serious factor. We lucked out yesterday because we slept in and didn't start out run until almost 9am. The plan was to run 4 miles, then 6 miles at marathon pace, and then finish with 4 more miles to make 14 total. We drove to a nearby park with a 1.5 mile loop, and decided to modify the workout so that we did 4 x 1.5 miles at marathon pace, with a short jog/water break in between. Times for the repeats were:
10:56 (7:20 at mile)
10:44 (7:00 at mile)
10:23 (6:45 at mile)
9:52 (6:40 at mile)
I got a little carried away on the last one because I wanted to run under 10:00, but I didn't feel like I was running an all-out interval. I didn't feel lactic acid at any point in my workout either. I was pretty pleased with the workout and it wasn't nearly as difficult as I thought it would be.
We spent the afternoon at the beach, which was sooo relaxing. When we got home last night we hung out with our neighbors for a little bit and made dinner. It was a great day, and made up for Saturday.
(*I had to take a Praxis test, then drive straight to Richmond for a track meet. The lightning started after the first event, then we all waited around for three hours before they had to cancel the whole meet. I was pissed but didn't want to let my athletes know. I had really been looking forward to this meet because it's one of the few in VA with a girls steeplechase, and now we have to wait until next year. Plus, Pete got a speeding ticket in some crappy town between here and Richmond. The officer had really bad teeth.)
Week Two:
Monday: rest
Tuesday: 8 miles with 10x100m strides (9 total)
Wednesday: 11 miles
Thursday: 5 miles recovery run
Friday: rest
Saturday: 5 miles
Sunday: 14 miles with 6 miles at marathon pace
total: 44 miles
Training has been going well, although the heat has been a serious factor. We lucked out yesterday because we slept in and didn't start out run until almost 9am. The plan was to run 4 miles, then 6 miles at marathon pace, and then finish with 4 more miles to make 14 total. We drove to a nearby park with a 1.5 mile loop, and decided to modify the workout so that we did 4 x 1.5 miles at marathon pace, with a short jog/water break in between. Times for the repeats were:
10:56 (7:20 at mile)
10:44 (7:00 at mile)
10:23 (6:45 at mile)
9:52 (6:40 at mile)
I got a little carried away on the last one because I wanted to run under 10:00, but I didn't feel like I was running an all-out interval. I didn't feel lactic acid at any point in my workout either. I was pretty pleased with the workout and it wasn't nearly as difficult as I thought it would be.
We spent the afternoon at the beach, which was sooo relaxing. When we got home last night we hung out with our neighbors for a little bit and made dinner. It was a great day, and made up for Saturday.
(*I had to take a Praxis test, then drive straight to Richmond for a track meet. The lightning started after the first event, then we all waited around for three hours before they had to cancel the whole meet. I was pissed but didn't want to let my athletes know. I had really been looking forward to this meet because it's one of the few in VA with a girls steeplechase, and now we have to wait until next year. Plus, Pete got a speeding ticket in some crappy town between here and Richmond. The officer had really bad teeth.)
Week Two:
Monday: rest
Tuesday: 8 miles with 10x100m strides (9 total)
Wednesday: 11 miles
Thursday: 5 miles recovery run
Friday: rest
Saturday: 5 miles
Sunday: 14 miles with 6 miles at marathon pace
total: 44 miles
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