Running week 9

[mellymell]

Was a good week. I felt consistently challenged but pushed to finish. Today I ran 1.5 miles straight. That's the farthest I've gone at once. The last .5 miles I did in 4.5 mins, up a slight incline even. I could feel myself really pushing, but I knew I was near the end so I allowed it. Kind of a sprint to the finish. I found out when I went to log the workout though that I did the wrong route. I still got my mileage in, minus maybe a tenth of a mile. Here's what the week looked like:

Mon - rest
Tues - 3.04 miles in 39 mins (2x1 mile repeats) (1st mile 11:25, 2nd mile 12:13)
Wed - 2.35 miles in 30 mins (run 5 mins/walk 30 sec) (avg. pace 12:46 min/mile)
Thurs - 1.96 miles in 24:32 mins (run 1.25 miles) (1st mile 11:29, .25 mile 3:03)
Fri - rest
Sat - 3.04 miles in 38 mins (2x1 mile repeats) (1st mile 11:50, 2nd mile 11:50*)
Sun - 1.96 miles in 23:10 mins (run 1.5 miles) (1st mile 11:33, .5 mile 4:37)

Mileage totals:
Week - 12.35
Month - 26.63
Year - 106.16

By the end of next week, I should be running two miles straight, then on to the 5k plan. It looks like I can skip, or rather hold off on the last week of the 5k plan since it takes you right up to race day and is a "back off" sort of week. So, in 6 weeks, unless I hit more unforeseen hitches, I should be running 3.5 miles straight. Then I can start working on my times.

And yay, I broke 100 miles for the year! Of course, at the height of her training, J-9 was doing that on a normal month, but whatever. She's Wonder Woman.

* Times are approximate this day. Had a stopwatch with my times saved but before I had a chance to log the workout, my phone battery ran out and the phone shut off. I learned something new about my phone: when you turn it off, the stopwatch clears. I had a vague recollection of how long it took me to do my two miles and the total time so I went with that.

Comments

[lordofhaladin.livejournal.com]

congrats! :D while I too am no wonder woman I can fully appriciate how HARD running 1.5 mi stright is. so go you! :D

[mellymell.livejournal.com]

Hard to imagine that when I'm done with this I'll be running a little more than twice that at once. Hell, it's hard to imagine that I'll be running an extra .5 miles on that by the end of this week!

Thanks!

p.s. - You do your reports on Wed, right? Just making sure I know when to poke you. ;)

[lordofhaladin.livejournal.com]

lol! I know!!!

yup. :)

[sailingwest.livejournal.com]

Whoohooo. Congrats!

I sucked today. I pretty much wussed out and power walked, because the running makes my back hurt.

Was great to see you last night. You looked soooo pretty in your gorgeous gown. I think everyone had a pretty good time don't ya think?

[mellymell.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Power walking still burns calories! And someone could probably power walk a mile in what it takes me to jog it, honestly. You do have to listen to your body. It will tell you what you're ready for. Back pain is NO fun (thank you, #4 bass drum that I carried in high school for marching season for 3 years).

Was fantastic to see you Sat. night as well! Aw, thank you. I thought you looked lovely in your new shirt, not pregnant! I do think everyone had a nice time. I was anxious about how it would all go down, but it was most certainly pleasant and relaxing. There's nothing like sitting in the woods on a crisp night by a crackling fire playing Lord of the Nethers and Twilight n00bs!

Yes!

[petullant.livejournal.com]

Makes me so happy to read your weekly logs! I made myself run today before I could comment though - hehe.

I did 1.5 miles straight again today and almost DIED. (I ran 2.5 total). Isn't it supposed to be harder the first time than the second time? I think I'm going to have to stick with this amount for a while before I can move up. I can't believe you're supposed to scoot to 2 straight so quickly. Good luck with that.

Also, I feel as if I'm never going to get to the point where I can run 3.5 miles straight and be able to work on time. I mean I'm liking it and am not as discouraged as I sound but at the point I'm at now I'm having a hard time visualizing the end goal. I don't know if that's normal or if I'm just a pessimist.

When I would read J9's training logs, I knew it was a LOT. But now that I'm dying at 1.5 miles I realize it was REALLY A LOT. Hee.

[mellymell.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it's harder after you've done it before. For me, a lot depends on the weather, my overall mood and what time of day I go. If I've been dragging around the house all morning, I'm probably going to drag through my run, even if it's the same or easier than the run I may have done the day before. It'll get easier, just keep at it. And if you feel like you need to stick with a certain time/distance before moving on, do so. I've done it a couple of times already and am willing to bet I'll have to do it at least once more before the training is done.

Well, I get a 1.75 mile run in between the 1.5 and the 2 mile runs, Plus some other build up runs like a couple more of those 2x1 mile repeats and one more day of run 5 mins/walk 30 secs intervals.

I have a hard time even visualizing next week's goal, let alone the very end. But, as I've seen thus far in the training, a week can make a huge difference. Something that was impossible for me to do 2 months ago is easy for me now. I have to keep that in mind as I look 6 weeks ahead of me and just trust the training plan. I think it's pretty normal to look at your end goal and think, "there's no way." As long as you keep working at it, you'll get there.

The time thing is something I really want to work on once I get the distance down. I'm running extremely slow miles right now (between 11 and 12 mins) and I'd like to get down to 10 mins or less on my miles before going up in distance past the 5k mark. I just don't want to have to spend hours each day running. I have a feeling the first few times I run the full 3.5 miles, it's going to take a while.

Heh, yeah, J9's training logs look insane, but she did it! And now, riding on her residual endorphin rush, I'm actually contemplating a marathon at some point in my lifetime.