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!

April in Review + Goals

April in Review

Total Miles: 65.7 up from 52.2 last month. 2nd highest month of the year. Up from 30.1 last April.

Total Time: 11:23:15 up from 9:14:21 last month. 

Total Runs: 11 runs, for an average of 5.97 miles per run. 

Highest weekly mileage: 4/14-4/20 27.1 miles

Favorite run: Track date with Jenn! I LOATHE mile repeats with every fiber of my being. But add a track, some hardcore wind, and my running buddy Jenn and I feel fast for the first time in years. YAYZIES.

Most hardcore run: Solo 13.1 long run in monster wind. Guess that was prep for most every midwestern half marathon, huh?

Favorite race: I would technically consider this my most hardcore run of the month, but it was my only race, so by default Riverrat Half Marathon takes the cake. The last 6.5 miles in 40+ mph wind gusts and a MONSTER hill that everyone else walked up. Eew. I will save those B.A. points for the next time I'm feeling defeated in a race or hard workout.

Bike Miles: 0. The Bike is back to eyeing me sadly.

Favorite Jam: None. I've been listening to too many audiobooks this month and no tunes.

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April Goals

• Run 100 miles. 65.7 :(
• Run all 3 long runs as scheduled. (2/3)
• Do one fast finish LR.
• Do one LR with 3 minute pickups every 20 minutes. 4.18.14
• Run all 4 speed sessions as scheduled. 4/4
• Run a solid half at the end of the month. (revised to be a training run with some harder effort miles so legs would be snappy for the following weekend's race) Yes! Took 3 minutes off my NYC time! Post-grad school PR (is that a thing? PGSPR??)
• Watch 2 Oscar Best Picture Nominees. Last month I watched 3 or more and this month I haven't had time for any. I blame the excessive vacationing and trying to catch up with real life. ;)
• Track food intake at least 5 days/week. I did really well the first half of the month, and then stress hit and that went out the window.
• Every other day core work. Pretty close!
• Hip stretches and drills every other day.
• Clean up my eating. 50/50
• Outside of my trip to Vegas, curb the booze consumption and eating out. Much better!
• Get 3-5 pounds closer to my race weight as the last weekend of April and first weekend in May are my goal races! I was down 4-5 midway through the month until stress happened. Still down two though, despite eating my feelings!
• 2 buddy runs (4/2 tempo & mile repeats with Jenn).
• Read 2014 Printz Winner--Midwinterblood
• Read a classic novel
• 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!)

May Goals

May Goals

• Run 100 miles.
• Run three long runs as scheduled.
• Do one fast finish LR.
• Do one LR with 3 minute pickups every 20 minutes. 
• Run all three speed sessions as scheduled. 
• Run a strong half in Brookings (post-grad school PR pgspr!). 
• Watch 2 Oscar Best Picture Nominees.
• 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.
• 2 buddy runs.
• 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!)