Another fun week of running…
This week’s highlights:
1.) I ran my easy run on Wednesday at a pace that actually felt easy! My easy runs do not have specific pace criteria, instead, I aim to: feel like I could run forever, be able to speak in full sentences without gasping for breath, and stop and take pictures of fun things I see.
Monday it rained. I did not run. I’m not hard core or beast mode or whatever we’re calling it these days.
2.) I did speed work on my birthday, and as a present to me, Jeff ran with me! It was tough – turns out 1200m repeats are hard. After the second one, we walked the recovery intervals, and that helped us stick with it for all 6 intervals. Later, I noticed that the second interval was our fastest…no wonder that one felt particularly difficult.
Which one of these is intervals? Just Kidding, intervals don’t come all wrapped up!
3.) My definition of cross training: any physical activity or combination of activities that is not running and lasts for at least 30 minutes. I’m getting better at it! I kayaked, and continued on with Kinetic Revolution. I also added some Wii Fit in there. No, it’s not terribly intense, but it’s also not nothing…score!
We walked by the Hale House on Saturday. It’s really old (16??). Rev. Hale apparently was responsible for putting a stop to the witch hunting in Beverly. And that’s why all the crazies go to the next town over on Halloween. (Salem)
4.) I ran a 10k on Sunday. Recap – coming soon to a blog near you!
Ready to race!
And the numbers:
- Monday: Cross Training ::: Day 2 Kinetic Revolution, and Wii fit
- Tuesday: 1200m intervals, 3 min recovery ::: 6 miles ::: 10:30/mile (~9/mile on intervals) ::: Day 3 Kinetic Revolution
- Wednesday: 45 minutes easy – Scavenger Hunt! ::: 3.7 miles ::: 11:25/mile
- Thursday: Rest Day
- Friday: Long Run ::: 15.5 miles ::: 11:12/mile
- Saturday: Cross Training ::: Long Walk
- Sunday: Bridge & Back 10k
How was your week last week?
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Nice job! I’d say that’s an awesome week of training. I look at cross training pretty much the same way… except I still can’t get myself to *actually* do any. So props for that! 🙂 My week was decent – I managed to complete the 3 running things I wanted to complete, so I’m considering it a success!
Sounds like success to me! Cross training is so hard to make myself do. Although, since I decided that walks count (as long as they last a reasonable amount of time), I’ve been seeing improvements.
Nice work! I’m nowhere near 1200m repeats yet! My week was pretty good, but I need to make sure I get a long run in this week!
The 1200s were weird. At first I wanted to be running fast like in a 400, but I obviously couldn’t maintain that pace. So it ended up feeling like a slow interval run. I definitely enjoy short intervals better so far.
Nice job. My idea of cross training is similar. Anything that’s cardio but not running. Strength doesn’t count for me though. I managed to get to day 8 with Kinetic Revolution but then I went on holiday. City trips and small hotel rooms led to the abandonment of the challenge. I really should get started again!
I am not being consistent with Kinetic Revolution, but it seems like such a good program that I want to stick with it. I’m “letting” myself bumble along with large gaps between the days just so that I don’t give it up. Maybe at some point, I’ll go back and start over and do better, but for now, any progress at all will have to suffice.