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in Core Work, Cross-Training, Giveaways, Races, RRCA Coaching, Running, Speedwork, Strength Training, Yoga · June 21, 2014

Weekly Recap(s) and Matcha Powder Giveaway Winner

Congrats to the Winner of the Matcha Powder Giveaway! 
a Rafflecopter giveaway

I was excited to see that Amy won after reading about her rough day today! 

I didn’t recap my workouts last week, so I’m just going to include the past 2 weeks in this post.

Workouts Week of 6/6-6/14:

Sunday: 6 Dot Dash 6k plus warm up and cool down= 6.98 miles

Monday: 5.11 miles easy (9:24 pace), core

fed hill

Tuesday: 8.11 miles with 5×1 mile at tempo pace w/ 1/2 mile recovery  (8:33 pace overall) PM: 60 Minutes Hot Yoga

Wednesday: 1.7 miles easy (9:24 pace), Body Pump, CX Works

Thursday: 7.14 easy (9:38 pace)

Friday: Rest

Saturday: Baltimore 10 Miler

baltimore ten

Total: 39.36

Workouts Week of 6/15-6/21:

Sunday: Rest

Monday: 4.03 miles easy (9:20 pace), Quick Strength Workout

harbor

Tuesday: 5 miles easy (9:31 pace) PM: 60 Minutes Hot Yoga

yoga

Wednesday: 30 minutes elliptical, Body Pump, CX Works

Thursday: 7.03 easy (8:51 pace)

Friday: 5 miles (7:52 pace), Body Pump

Saturday: 8.8 miles (8:43 pace)

post run

Total: 29.86

I’m back to not really “training” for anything right now, although I have a 5k in about 2 weeks and probably the 12 miler in early August (still need to sign up for that…) so I’m kind of just running what I feel like. I miss having the structure of a training plan but its also nice to not feel like I “have to” run certain workouts or distances.

Hopefully after the RRCA coaching training next week I’ll have a better idea of what my plan for the Philly Marathon will be!

How have your workouts been lately?

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  1. Michele@paleorunningmomma says

    June 21, 2014 at 6:36 pm

    I seem to be in the same spot as you, 10 miler in August and not yet training for Philly! I also like not being tied down to certain distances or worrying about a training schedule for the moment.

    • [email protected] says

      June 22, 2014 at 11:20 pm

      Agreed! But I have to admit I’m a little excited to start training for Philly:)

  2. Amy says

    June 21, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    Woohoo! I am so excited that I won the giveaway!!!!! I cannot wait!!! I know what you mean about being in between trainings. It feels good and weird at the same time!

    • [email protected] says

      June 22, 2014 at 11:20 pm

      Exactly! I’m glad you won, too! I hope you like the Matcha Powder!

  3. Susie @ SuzLyfe says

    June 22, 2014 at 12:15 pm

    Ooooo I wanted so badly to get RRCA certified, but there were no openings for me. And now, obviously, I have the job, but I still hope to get certified some day. I would loooooove to be a running coach, that is actually a huge part of the reason I got NASM certified! Can’t wait to hear about it.

    • [email protected] says

      June 22, 2014 at 11:22 pm

      It was really difficult to get into an RRCA training! (That’s why I’m traveling to Cape Cod for it) but I have wanted to do it for awhile! I was thinking that at some point I would love to get NASM certified…I am planning to see how the coaching goes and then decide if it will be a good investment to add to my qualifications!

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Would it even be race week if I wasn’t a ball of n Would it even be race week if I wasn’t a ball of nerves and not able to sleep? This is my first big marathon in 10 years, my first time traveling to a race in 10 years, and my first time spending the night away from my kids. And of course I’m tapering so I can’t run off the nerves 🙃 #marathontraining #taper #richmondmarathon
Looked like fall, felt like summer 🍁 I was definit Looked like fall, felt like summer 🍁 I was definitely overdressed for this run but it was nice to not wear gloves or a headband! This was the run I needed a week before my marathon. After last week’s disaster of a long run it felt great to just run an easy 10 miles. (And these days 10 miles feels like nothing). I think I figured out the fueling and shoes 🤞so nothing left to do but take it easy, carb load, and get in the right mindset! Is it unseasonably warm where you are?

#running #marathontraining #longrun
Yesterday’s long run was not what I wanted it to b Yesterday’s long run was not what I wanted it to be. The plan was to take the day off from work, head to the trail where I could run 10 uninterrupted miles at MP (16 total) and practice my race day fueling while wearing my race day shoes.

What actually happened? All week I was stressed about this run and the condition of the trail. We had lots of rain on Thursday, and Friday was forecasted to be very windy. I tried to get in the best mindset possible, reminding myself that I won’t be able to control the conditions on race day. Meanwhile, I haven’t been sleeping well thanks to my 2 year old waking up every night, and my watch has been basically telling me that I’m losing all my fitness and need a week of recovery.

While I started the run feeling pretty good, after 11 miles (7 at MP) my stomach turned and I almost got sick on the side of the trail. I just couldn’t recover from that. The best I could do was run the rest of the miles easy, and needed some walk breaks. On top of that, my shoe kept rubbing my foot on top and I stopped twice to retie it. This has never happened before and now I’m questioning what shoes I should wear for the race. The trail was also in rough condition with several trees blocking it, lots of wet leaves, and rocks/sticks that I had to look out for.

I just can’t believe how bad I felt for the last 5 miles of this run and I can’t pinpoint the cause. Am I overdoing it with the fueling and can’t handle it on harder effort runs? Was it something I ate recently? The hard part is there’s no time to really try something different before the race, as all I have left is a 10 mile easy run next weekend.

I’m trying to remember that one bad run does not take away from all the good runs this training cycle. I’m using today to reset and move on so I can make the most of my last 2 weeks of training. It’s not the way I wanted my last big long run to go, but I suppose it was good practice for pushing through even when I felt pretty awful.

Who else has had a terrible long run close to your race?

#running #marathontraining #longrun
Spent almost every step of this 21 mile run questi Spent almost every step of this 21 mile run questioning my life choices. Like waking up at 3am to run 12 miles on the treadmill and 9 outside. This was a crazy week with a kid that wasn’t sleeping great and fighting a cold and super busy days at work. My legs were just tired the whole time today. It was really hard to run outside after so many treadmill miles and my pace was much slower than inside.

I reminded myself that this is peak week. It’s supposed to feel hard. If it was easy everyone would do it. I ran 53 miles this week and am not injured. The weather is perfect. I’ve gotten in every planned run of this training cycle so far.  I get to do this. 

And I managed to finish strong with my last 3 miles the fastest of the (outside) run. I owe that to a solid fueling plan and taking all my gels even when I really didn’t want to.

3 weeks to go until race day!

#running #marathontraining #longrun
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