My last post did go through part of February. So I will pick up where I left off. Last week was an off week for me. I felt over tired and sore. So I took it easier than I had been. It was my week with the most mileage so I didn't mind making sure I could get through them. I ran 27 miles that week. Two 4 mile runs, a 6 mile run, and Saturday I had a 13 mile run. Race distance. It started off great, the first 7 miles I kept at my 10 minute mile goal pace, but then I hit a long uphill that gets me all the time. It totally drained my energy and I just kept getting slower. The last 2 miles were pure torture. I wanted to stop but I wouldn't let myself. I ended up at a 10:25 pace overall which I am still pretty happy with. If I can beat that in my race I will be satisfied.
This week was a much better week for running, for the most part. Monday I did a 30 minute HIIT run on the treadmill. It went really well. That day I also started this 30 day squat challenge where you do squats almost every day and increase the number every time. Monday was 50. Today I'm up to 80. Monday it didn't really hurt. Now it does! More on that in a minute. Wednesday I ran 5 miles and at a 9:06 pace - my best 5 mile before that was a 9:32. I was thrilled! It was an awesome run. Then Thursday I had the same situation with a 4 mile run. My pace was 8:56! All of my hard work is definitely paying off. I quickly went through some of my past workouts to see my improvement. 5 mile improvement over 4 weeks: I went from a 10:08 pace to the 9:06 pace. Just over a minute!
Just a random thing I would like to point out that I am 100% sure is also helping -- yoga!! I have been doing it once a week. This week I did it 3 times because it just feels so good and it stretches and relaxes you. Here is my daughter and I doing some yoga on Thursday.
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| Isn't she precious??? Oh and the dog. Haha! |
She loves seeing Mommy do yoga and loves to join in. She throws herself into downward dog all the time at random places. I love that she is enjoying what I do and that we can do it together. I hope that I can continue to influence her to be healthy as she grows up.
Back to my runs, Saturday was a 9 mile run on my schedule. Last week was 13, this week 9. Starting my taper. I wanted to do 10 miles (don't ask me why I'm crazy). I was a dummy though and didn't eat lunch before my run which I started around 1:30. I only had half a Larabar. Why? I have no idea. I wasn't feeling hungry. But I should have made myself eat more. The run started out great: the first 6 miles were a 9:33 pace which is what I did for my last 6 mile run - and I still had 4 miles to go! Mile 7 was a little slow then the whole not eating thing totally hit me. Miles 8 and 9 were horrendous and I got back to my apartment complex at 9.22 miles and stopped. My pace was still a 9:54 average overall! I was super happy with that. If only I had eaten lunch then I could have made it 10 miles and it would have all been great. But - sometimes we make mistakes. I won't make it again. At least I made it the 9 miles that was on my training schedule, so I can't complain.
Overall I am super stoked about this week's runs. They were all fantastic for the most part, and they were faster than what I had been doing. So obviously the running and yoga and P90X videos are working. I am still doing a couple of those a week. A plyometrics or a core one, then an arm one. Also doing the ab workout 3 times a week. It is still killer lol. I have slowly been losing weight since I started this whole journey and soon I will post about that.
This coming week my mileage drops even more than this past week. My peak week was the 27 miles. This week that just ended I ran about 21.5, then this week starting tomorrow I will be running about 18. My run on Saturday is 8 miles and it is my last long run before the race. I will try to really kill the time on it!!
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