This was another crazy week of moving stuff, which meant another week of moving my training around. Moving didn't go at all as smoothly as we had hoped, and it took a few days to get through it. That clearly took its toll on my training, but I did the best I could! Luckily things were fairly back to normal by the end of the week, and over the weekend I ran another race (a 10k) and got to ride my bike outside for the second time since Ironman Louisville!
This week I learned that my race plans for New Jersey are probably not going to work out, as I finally got my start date for my new job (i.e. the reason I just moved) and it's the Monday after the NJ half. I had originally planned on Monday being a travel day after Sunday's race, and it's probably a bit too far of a drive the day before starting a new job (plus I was really looking forward to hanging out after the race and don't really want to get in a car for 7 hours immediately after finishing). I'm really bummed that this race weekend I've been planning for the last few months isn't going to happen, and I've been looking for alternatives so that at least all of my training won't go to waste. I think I have found a decent option - the Ocean City Island to Island half in Maryland - but I haven't made a decision for sure yet and probably won't until later this week or early next week.
This week I learned that my race plans for New Jersey are probably not going to work out, as I finally got my start date for my new job (i.e. the reason I just moved) and it's the Monday after the NJ half. I had originally planned on Monday being a travel day after Sunday's race, and it's probably a bit too far of a drive the day before starting a new job (plus I was really looking forward to hanging out after the race and don't really want to get in a car for 7 hours immediately after finishing). I'm really bummed that this race weekend I've been planning for the last few months isn't going to happen, and I've been looking for alternatives so that at least all of my training won't go to waste. I think I have found a decent option - the Ocean City Island to Island half in Maryland - but I haven't made a decision for sure yet and probably won't until later this week or early next week.
Week 11
34.6 miles
(16.4 easy / 8.2 hard / 10 long)
Monday 4/9 - Rest(ish) (moving day part 2)
Tuesday 4/10 - 4.1 mile easy run @ 9:52
First run back home! Ran my old route where I first learned to run and have since logged hundreds (thousands?) of miles training for all my first races.
This was supposed to be a workout but as soon as I started to speed up, my stomach was quick to let me know that we were absolutely not doing that today. Moving has been really hard on my body this week and has also meant I haven't been eating correctly or regularly, so I'm not surprised this was a no-go. I decided to at least try to get in my miles and try a workout again the next day.
- Goal: 4 x 200m @ 6:40, 3 x 1000m @ 7:05, 2 x 400m @ 6:40
- Actual:
- 200s: 6:33, 6:52, 6:56, 6:40
- 1000s: 6:55, 7:44, 8:34
- 400s: 6:41, 6:46
Today was a warm day but a windy day (which helped with the temperature but made running more difficult) - not my ideal workout conditions but I did the best that I could to roll with it. I knew that these intervals would be short but fast and gave it my best shot! The 1000m repeats were tough, as evidenced by my falling apart during the second and third one, but I really tried my hardest and felt like I got in a tough workout. And even though I didn't hit all my paces, this is the most sub-7 running I have ever done. Again, I know the intervals were short, but it was still cool (and crazy) to see those 6:XXs!
Friday 4/13 - Rest
Since I PRed in the 5k the week prior and this race was another last-minute add/not a goal race, Katie encouraged me to not race it and use it as a workout. She gave me two different workout options and I picked one the night before, but wasn't able to follow it exactly due to race logistics, running the race with a friend and not wanting him to have to wait on me too long before and after the race, and the fact that the race was hard and my legs were dead. My workout was supposed to be a 2 mile WU, 1 mile @ 7:55, 10k alternating between 7:45-8:05 with 2 minutes recovery, 2 miles @ 7:55, 1 mile CD. Instead I did the first 7:55 mile during the first mile of the race, then started the alternating pattern from mile 2 until the end, and didn't have enough left in the tank for the 2 @ 7:55 after the race so I skipped to the CD.
It was a really warm day and when I was already sweating just after my easy 2 mile warmup, I knew I might be in trouble. Thankfully there was a pretty nice breeze and some shade from the trees that helped me from getting too overheated, but I was most certainly warmer than I would have liked to be. Even though I didn't execute the workout exactly as planned, I was really happy with my effort an the miles I did execute (7:48, 7:56, 7:54, 7:44, 7:57, 7:38).
Sunday 4/15 - 56 mile group ride
A few of my IM training buddies and I are signed up for Mountains of Misery over Memorial Day weekend again this year, so now seemed like a good a time as any to start training for that! The only riding I've done in the last 6 months is a ~25-mile ride in December and spinning my legs out on the trainer for an hour every week. I have obviously been focused on running, which is fine because we are all doing MoM for fun (...?!), but getting in a few rides before the big one should make it more enjoyable. Today we had planned on 40 or 50ish but felt decent enough to push through to 56. Riding a bike was harder than I remembered!
That's a bummer about not being able to do the NJ Half :( I don't blame you at all for not wanting that hectic of a schedule the day before you start a new job, but it's still too bad that things had to work out that way. Good thing there are so many races in the spring to choose from so all this training won't be for nothing!
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