Ok, so I spaced on posting about Week 5, but let’s just jump on ahead and talk about Week 6, shall we? I was super pleased with my running this week, although I think my cross-training left something to be desired. The pool near work reopens in September and I’m going to have to integrate weekly swims back into my schedule.
- Monday: Love me some rest.
- Tuesday, strength training: Used my NTC app again to do a 25-minute workout.
- Wednesday, speed training: 10-minute warm-up, 3 x 1600 (1:00 RI) @ 8:50, 9:07, 8:47, 11-minute cool down. Clearly was a little tired in the middle there, but otherwise felt strong.
- Thursday: Rest
- Friday, tempo run: Or rather, this should have been a tempo run, but ended up being just a casual 5-mile run.
- Saturday, yoga: I tried out the Seawheeze yoga video from last year and didn’t love it as much as this year’s video.
- Sunday, long run: A strong 10-mile run, 1:44:21. Although I’ve been participating in the Bremen Half Marathon or 10K for a few years now, today was the first day I participated in one of their informal preparation runs. One of the local running stores organizes three runs leading up to the race — with a marked 5K course that you can run around as many times as you like according to your training plan, plus food and drinks, for free! It was a great way to discover a new course in the same park that I run in every week. Plus there’s just something awesome about being around other runners training for the same event as you — it was definitely the motivation I needed to have a strong run!
Ok, that’s it for this week — I’m totally exhausted! What are you up to these days?