Monday Planned: GA+Speed 6 miles w/6x100
Monday Actual: GA+Speed 6 miles with 6x100 and a giant fall on my left side. Woof.
Tuesday Planned: Rest
Tuesday Actual: Rest
Wednesday Planned: VO2 Max 9 miles, 2x1200, 2x1000, 2x800 @ 5k
Wednesday Actual: My hip was hurting badly enough that I opted to skip this workout to be on the safe side.
Thursday Planned: Recovery 3 miles
Thursday Actual: GA 6 miles. I attempted to make up some miles. We kept them pretty easy since I had my LR the next day.
Friday Planned: Long run 10 Miles
Friday Actual: Long run 10 miles. Solo, boring, and I finished way too many miles on the bike trail in the scary dark.
Saturday Planned: Rest
Saturday Actual: Rest
Sunday Planned: Recovery 4 Miles
Sunday Actual: Epsom bath.
Total Mileage Planned: 32 miles
Total Mileage Actual: 22.4 miles
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Monday Planned: Dress rehearsal 7 miles with 2 @ MP
Monday Actual: Zero miles. I had plans to run with Chris because he had a million miles to run and I just bailed. I had a 1000 reasons, the most prominent being the slick snow packed roads and the fact that I fell on dry land a week prior. Derp.
Tuesday Planned: Rest
Tuesday Actual: Rest.
Wednesday Planned: Recovery 4 miles
Wednesday Actual: GA 5 miles. I went to the group run early to get in an extra mile. YAY me.
Thursday Planned: Rest
Thursday Actual: Travel day. Rest. JK I sprinted my ass through the Chicago airport to attempt to make my connecting flight after my flight from Sioux Falls was delayed an hour. Needless to say I didn't make the flight nor did I get any spectacular running data from the sprint. Harumph.
We spent about 2 hours ice skating in the evening. I alternated between speed skating and working on some turns and fun tricks, and then teaching Dom's kiddos how to skate. If you want to feel like a skating all star, travel to Texas from the midwest and suddenly your mediocre skating skills are pretty fab by comparison!
Friday Planned: Recovery 3 miles with 4x100 strides
Friday Actual: I slept in. I really had every intention of doing this run, and then I ran out of time and we had a full day ahead of us. I did spend some time foam rolling, as my glutes were super tight from the aforementioned airport sprint, and I spent 15 minutes in some Normatec boots at the expo.
Saturday Planned: Shake out 3 miles with 4x100 Strides
Saturday Actual: Shake out 2 miles with 4x100 Strides, with Dominique!
Sunday Planned: 13.1 miles of the Dallas Half Marathon!
Sunday Actual: 13.3 miles of the Dallas Half Marathon.
Total Mileage Planned: 30 miles
Total Mileage Actual: 20 miles
Monday Planned: GA 8 Miles
Monday Actual: After a very full and long day of transporting my dad from home back to Sioux Falls back to home, and me back to Sioux Falls, after sitting in a waiting room during a 3+ hour eye surgery, I was more than ready for a run and Mexican food.
Tuesday Planned: Rest
Tuesday Actual: Rest, more doctor appointment visits.
Wednesday Planned: Recovery 3 miles
Wednesday Actual: 3 easy recovery miles into some intense wind. Uff da. I kept it nice and easy since I was nervous about the next day's Speedwork.
Thursday Planned: VO2 max 10 miles with 2 sets of 2x1200 and 1x800.
Thursday Actual: I ran 2 laps around the track, was blown into lane 3 and said eff it and went home. not my finest moment.
Friday Planned: Recovery 4 Miles
Friday Actual: Coffee run with Kristin! 4 miles.
Saturday Planned: 13 miles with last 3 at LT
Saturday Actual: 13.1 miles in what feels like 5 degrees, freezing wind. I convinced myself to do the whole thing by saying I didn't have to do the speedier portion. It was a struggle to do this run solo.
Sunday Planned: Rest
Sunday Actual: Rest. I had actually hoped to do some recovery miles to make up for Thursday's skipped-ish run, but it just didn't happen. I did some grocery shopping, meal prep, and a giant nap mid-day.
Total Mileage Planned: 38 miles
Total Mileage Actual: 29 miles
Monday Planned: GA 8 miles
Monday Actual: GA 8 miles. Some hills, finally felt back to normal and the run was amazing. Phew!
Tuesday Planned: Rest
Tuesday Actual: Rest
Wednesday Planned: VO2 Max 8 miles 5x600m @ 5k
Wednesday Actual: VO2 Max 8 miles 5x600m @ 5k. Kristin joined me for the workout, which was great. We saw a car get hit and drug by a train, which was crazy, and then proceeded to run the most consistent repeats of my entire life time. We dressed as bananas for the cool down run, obviously. It was Halloween after all.
Thursday Planned: Recovery 4 miles
Thursday Actual: Super easy recovery run. I wanted to keep it extra easy so Friday's long run wouldn't feel so hard ~14 hours later.
Friday Planned: Long run 16 miles
Friday Actual: UGH. 0 miles. Thursday night I was super cranky and wanted to go to bed at 8:30 p.m. I woke up 2 hours later and was so congested I couldn't breathe, my head was pounding and my nose would randomly start pouring out snot. I went back to bed thinking I'd feel better later in the day, but I only felt worse.
Saturday Planned: Rest
Saturday Actual: I had hoped to move the long run to Saturday. Luckily for me, I had to work and just didn't feel well enough to go for the run after a full day of work.
Sunday Planned: Recovery 4 miles
Sunday Actual: Again, I had hoped that I'd be able to get in my long run. I even had company for the first and second loops lined up. After 90 minutes of work, and clammy sweats, I cancelled on my buddies, opting for another rest day. I feel like since I put my hope to run another marathon out into the world, my body is PISSED. Fingers crossed next week is a strong, healthy one!
Total Mileage Planned: 40 miles
Total Mileage Actual: 20.1 miles
Monday Planned: GA+Speed 6 miles with 2 sets 4x150 strides
Monday Actual: Sick day from work. All the rest. Great way to kick off a new training cycle! Ha.
Tuesday Planned: Rest
Tuesday Actual: Rest + core work.
Wednesday Planned: GA 4 miles
Wednesday Actual: 4 recovery miles. Since I had been sick, I wanted to take this run easy. Plus Kristin was supposed to have 3 easy miles and I convinced her to do 4, so I made sure we kept them extra easy.
Thursday Planned: GA 6 miles
Thursday Actual: 1 hour POWER a.m. 6 Recovery Miles p.m. My legs felt so heavy for this run. I attempted to push the pace the first couple of miles to shake out the legs and then it became apparent they weren't going to shake out. I opted to slow way down to just enjoy the run.
Friday Planned: Recovery 4 miles with 4x100 strides
Friday Actual: Coffee run 4 miles with 4x100 strides. I had Kristin's company for the first 3 miles and had to tackle the remainder solo. Boring.
Saturday Planned: Long run 12 miles
Saturday Actual: Long run 12 miles. This was not a fun run. Well, I should take that back, the first 4 miles with Chris and Melissa were a lot of fun. They had raced the 10k, so we kept the pace pretty comfy for the most part, and I assumed my crazy high heart rate was just because I was talking so much. The last 8 suckkkked. My heart rate was through the roof and I was running 10:45-11 pace to keep it at the TOP of my long run heart rate zone. To give some context, this summer, in the crazy heat and humidity, my HR would average about 15 bpm less at a faster pace. Clearly my body is still fighting off whatever crap I had earlier this week. Barf.
Sunday Planned: Rest
Sunday Actual: Rest. I had planned to make up Monday's miles on Sunday, but after Sunday's run, and a really high resting heart rate made me opt for the original planned rest day. Lots of hydration and rest to try to feel 100% again.
Total Mileage Planned: 32 miles
Total Mileage Actual: 26.3 miles.
