Monday, June 2, 2014

May in Review + Goals

May in Review















Total Miles: 61.5 down from 65.7 last month.  Up from 45.1 last May.

Total Time: 9:57:55 down from 11:23:15 last month. Which I'm totally okay with. 90 minutes less of running for roughly the same mileage. Wahoo! Speeding up!

Total Runs: 11 runs, for an average of 5.59 miles per run. 

Highest weekly mileage: 5/12-5/18 22.5 miles

Favorite run: 
800m repeats at the track with Jenn. My legs felt like they were flying.



And a 12 mile long run at a faster pace than two of my spring half marathons. 



Most hardcore run: 
Hands down, mile repeats in the extreme heat last week. Woof. Still managed my fastest repeats in years. And as I realized during the final repeat, my mile pace was faster than my half mile repeat pace from earlier this spring! That's insane, and I puffy heart love seeing progress.




















Favorite race: 
Brookings Half Marathon--PGSPR


Bike Miles: 25



Favorite Jam: I put Fancy on my playlist, and it has been in my head for a week now. Ollie's name before I adopted her was Fancy, so this song always cracks me up. 

May Goals

I kind of sucked at my goals for the month. I let myself slack a little bit, knowing that I have an intense marathon cycle coming in June. I want to be sure I'll be able to focus for that long, so I tried to be less strict this month. 
  • Run 100 miles.
  • Run three long runs as scheduled. (Skipped one LR this month. 2/3 5.16.14, 5.2.14)
  • Do one fast finish LR. (did another one with pickups instead, helps keep my glutes engaged) 
  • Do one LR with 3 minute pickups every 20 minutes. 5.16.14
  • Run all three speed sessions as scheduled. (3/3) 
  • Run a strong half in Brookings (post-grad school PR pgspr!). 9 minute PGSPR from the weekend before! 
  • Watch 2 Oscar Best Picture Nominees. (1/2 Her 5.17.14)
  • Track food intake on days I don't run.
  • Every other day core work, hip stretches, and drills.
  • Learn 2 new recipes.
  • Get a couple of pounds closer to my race weight for May races and the start of marathon training in June. Oops, I did the opposite after the Brookings race... :/
  • 2 buddy runs. (2 sets of 800 repeats, tempo run!)
  • Find a new place to live when our lease is up! (Feel free to shoot me leads on 2 bedroom places in town that allow dogs!) Decided to stick it out another year at our current place and avoid paying another $500 non-refundable pet deposit. Boo but YAY for not spending all of May panicking about packing, moving, and unpacking!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Fantastic month! Moving is HIGHLY overrated in my humble opinion!!! Do one or two small things to your place to make it better, it will definitely give you a boost!!!