I'm planning to do these Sunday evenings, but this weekend was just nuts and haven't gotten into a blogging routine just yet!
Monday [cross training] On every
training plan I've ever followed, Monday is always cross-training. Did some yoga, stretching and foam rolling at
home and more importantly, I put stamps on our wedding invitations and mailed
those suckers out!
Tuesday [5 miles //7:51 pace//]
First day of the taper. I always welcomethe taper, but by the end of the week, I’m
trying to figure how I can possibly survive the next 2 WEEKS. It’s torture, #thestruggleisreal. I also had my first visit to a new chiropractor
who uses the graston
technique. Dr. Kelly at East
Greenbush Chiropractic is AMAZING! So happy I found him! I left feeling like a
million bucks.
Wednesday [8 miles //8:16]
I am currently a member of the Oiselle Flock and every week on Strava they put out a new workout of the week (WOW) It’s tough! Always a challenge and
always awesome! This week’s WOW was:
Warm up: 15 min easy jog
4 x 15
second strides (with full rest)
10 min
@ Marathon Pace (MP)
((3 min rest - light jog))
10 min @ Threshold Pace (T)
((3 min rest - light jog))
5 min@ Slightly faster than Threshold Pace
((3 min rest - light jog))
((3 min rest - light jog))
10 min @ Threshold Pace (T)
((3 min rest - light jog))
5 min@ Slightly faster than Threshold Pace
((3 min rest - light jog))
6 x 30
second strides (with full rest)
Cool
down: 10 min easy jog
Thursday [5 miles//8:23 pace//]
Nothing special, definitely was
feeling the months and weeks of training. Just a little tired and legs felt
heavy. I did some core and strengthening
and also managed to pull something around my hip area (or I honestly might be imagining
it #phantomtaperpains). This was the day I also created thelittlerunnergirl.com and put up my
first blog
post! (< - - - you can read it here!) ANNNNNNNNNND than I received an email that my guaranteed
entry for the Chicago Marathon was accepted!! Here we come Chiacago!!
#bucketlist
Friday [rest day!] I did some
stretching and foam rolling and that’s basically it. We received our first wedding gift and I
was a little excited about it. I put up my 2nd blog
post about my absolute favorite
things at the moment.
Saturday [4 miles//7:29 pace//] I
just received the Meter Tights and Go Tank from Oiselle and wanted to test them on a run. The tights have the most gorgeous detail on them and are so comfortable. I read reviews that you should size down due
to the tights slipping mid run. I
usually wear a small/4 in Oiselle everything, but have a few size xsmall/2 in
their tights and they fight great. They did feel a little
loose, but that wouldn’t keep me from wearing them on more runs. Saturday was also my bridal shower!! I am
still in awe of all the hard work that my MOH, bridesmaids, mom and MOL
did. It was Breakfast at Tiffany’s
themed and absolutely perfect. Once I
have the pictures back I’ll do a separate post about it. When then had a fun dinner at the Gingerman
in Albany with friends! I had a long run
planned the next day, so stuck with a grilled chicken salad with avocado.
My beauteous mom at my shower! Hi Mom! |
Fiance and I |
Sunday [ZERO] My plan called for 12
miles and I originally planned to wake up early and get them in before I had to
a friend’s wedding shower that afternoon.
We stayed out late (for me at least, it was 11:00 on a Saturday by the
time I went to bed) and when my alarm went off, I felt like my body needed the
extra sleep. Instead of leaving for my
run when I woke back up, I decided I needed to spend some time with my fiance and
make us waffles in my new waffle iron I got as a wedding gift! It was going to
be gorgeous when I got home from the
shower, so I pushed it off until then. I
headed to the bridal shower at 1 and when I got home around 3:30, we headed out
in the beautiful sunshine, put the top down in the car and went to get our
first soft serve cone of the year! Our weeks and weekends have been crazy and I
missed T… time with him is always most important. We did
some grocery shopping and by the time we got home, I was exhausted from the busy week and weekend. I plan to run the12 miles after work today, and if
for some reason it doesn't happen, I’m not stressed about it all. I've put in tons of work, I haven’t missed
one training day and at this point, this one run will not change anything.
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! What was the best thing you did!?
Have you ever skipped a workout and felt guilty about it? Sometime it's inevitable, but I do feel guilty and always find a way to make it up (i.e., waking up at 3:00 am on Monday morning to get a 20 miler in on the treadmill before work at 8:30)
Happy Monday!
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