This was the first week that I really felt like I was making progress with my return to running. It definitely helped that we had perfect running weather throughout most of the week. I feel bad to even say that, knowing what other states are dealing with right now. I hope everyone in Irma’s path has evacuated or is safely enduring the storm. My in-laws have a house and boat in Cape Coral so we are waiting to hear about the shape of everything in a few days.
I wanted to take advantage of the good weather and run outside this week rather than on the treadmill. All of a sudden it’s dark in the mornings again- how did that happen? Most days I ran at around 5:30 am and the sun was starting to rise at 6:00 when I was finishing up, so that was nice to see.
Other than that, I did week 6 of my strength training plan and got in the pool for some swimming and pool running. I don’t want to admit how long it’s been since I did that.
Monday: Strength training and walk
It was Labor Day so I was off from work. After completing my strength training workout I drank a smoothie and then went outside for a 30 minute walk.
Tuesday: 2.4 mile run/walk
This was my first headlamp run of the fall! When I run outside I’m not as good about following specific times for run/walk intervals, I just do what feels right. I think most of these intervals were about 3-5 minutes of running with 1-2 minutes of walking.
Wednesday: Strength training
Last strength training workout of phase 2!
Thursday: 2.3 mile run/walk
Another great morning for running outside. At one point I ran a full mile without stopping. It’s crazy that these days this is an accomplishment. I’ve just been really focusing on my form and take walk breaks when I start losing form.
Friday: 45 minutes swimming/pool running
I finally got back in the pool after way too much time off. It wasn’t that bad. I had the pool to myself which is always nice.
Saturday: 3.2 miles
I actually felt like my self again on this run! I did a little more running and less walking than my other runs and felt great the whole time. My ankle was a little sore later in the day, but it seemed like it was just adjusting to running again and felt great the next day.
To celebrate my return to running we went beer tasting in the afternoon at Union Craft Brewery. For the first round they gave us small sample beers, but when we went up for the second round they gave us full pints. I forgot to take a picture until they were almost gone!
Sunday: Rest
It was a lazy day of blogging, doing some work-related reading, and enjoying some of the beer we got from the brewery out on the deck.
I’ve been knocking on lots of wood about the progress I’ve made with running this week. It feels like every time I have a few good runs, I’m then hit with a setback. So please keep your fingers cross for me!
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Knocking on all the wood as well that you will continue to make strides and progress! Really happy for you–you have been through enough.
And you know my feels about craft beer–I LOVE it!
Thanks for helping me knock on wood! I’m so done with dealing with all of this!
It feels good when everything just clicks! So glad to hear that you had a good week and that you feel like you are making fantastic progress.
I hope that your in-laws do not sustain too much damage due to Hurricane Irma. I think the strength of the storm died down overnight so that is definitely a good sign!
Thank you! Its definitely nice when things start to fall into place.
Awesome work – looks like you had a great week and nice job on the progress 🙂 it’s getting much cooler here in Boston! This morning it was in the 50’s!
Hope you have a great start to your week 🙂
It’s crazy how cool its getting so quickly! I feel like I still expect it to by in the 70s in the mornings.
I’ve noticed the cooler morning temps and the later sunrises too – it seems to be happening so fast!
It really is happening fast! I need time to slow down!
Glad to hear you are back to running. Even if it’s only a little. The weather has been helping. Mornings It’s been nice to have it cooler anyway.
Yep, its actually been great running weather!
Glad to hear you are back to running – hooray! It’s all of a sudden dark here as well! It used to be bright as day at 5:15 and now it’s still not quite light at 6:15. I like craft beer possibly too much, especially now that we’ve been homebrewing and it’s Oktoberfest season.
Its so awesome that you are home brewing! I bet that is so nice to enjoy, especially in the fall.
It is sooooo dark out in the morning now. I don’t like it one bit! Congrats on getting back in the running game. My fingers are crossed that the smooth running continues!
As we both know things can change quickly, so Im hoping this continues. And I hope that you can get back out there soon!
Yay, so glad you are getting some running miles in! I really do need to hit the pool for some water running…. maybe that will keep my ankle from falling apart on me during this training cycle!
That sounds like a great plan! I find pool running pretty boring but its a great way to supplement your marathon training!
Great week of workouts! I don’t run in the dark very often. I reserve that for my very long marathon training days (that I don’t have to worry about this year!). But it is a bummer that it is dark much later now than it was a month ago!
I love the cooler weather in Chicago but not happy that it is dark in the morning. Bummer.
Agreed! I guess we can’t have it all.
Such a great week of workouts! Yay for getting back to feeling great. I live in Colorado and we have so many breweries. I do like some craft beer…mainly porters and stouts! Not so into IPAs (too hoppy tasting for me). All my workouts year round are in the dark. I actually prefer it that way and it works out that I naturally wake up before the sun!
I definitely like getting in my workouts first thing in the morning. And this time of year is nice because the sun is rising as Im finishing my run!