Less than 3 weeks now until my nasty, hilly half marathon. Here’s how training shook out last week:
Thing 2 seems to have an Exorcist thing going on with her eyes but she had fun.
Monday: Yoga. Kids were off so next we went to a trampoline place for some frenzied fun. When I was a kid (in the dark ages) we did trampoline in gym class. Super fun but dangerous at the same time. Did you do trampoline in gym?
Tuesday: 303 abs challenge plus more strength training and corework. Why didn’t I run? Hmmm.
Wednesday: Planned on my usual spin class but could not find my gym membership card. Tore apart the house/car/my purse until it was too late to go. Got out for a weak and winded 6 mile run instead. Was disappointed this one sucked so much until I realized 75 squats and a whole mess of other brutality the day before might have sapped my energy just a touch. Weights for legs/corework after.
Thursday: Plyometric intervals (includes 2 miles running). Felt strong today.
Friday: Strength training/corework.
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: 10 mile run. Despite the icy wind, this went well. I’m finally at a place where, in my head, 10 miles is ‘only’ 10. Weights for legs/corework after.
Notes: Yes, a VERY light running week–it was a cutback week but geez. I’m still not using any training plan to speak of, but rather throwing together whatever I feel like doing. No speed work of any kind either–color me gun shy after the whole ruptured hamstring fiasco. I am doing hill intervals and I sneak hill repeats into all of my long runs so hopefully I’m not a total lost cause come race day. I am making novice mistakes: long runs too fast and shorter runs too slow with no pace goals. I simply have no interest in hitting prescribed paces right now. My goal is merely to run strong and enjoy myself. Feels weird to be so free form after so many cycles where every single run has a goal pace.
If you hadn’t noticed, I continue to hit the weights/core pretty hard and have gotten stronger than I’ve been in awhile. This is translating into stronger running and bigger thighs. Will it be enough to compensate for low mileage and zero speed work? One can dream. I’ve also put on weight–I wish I could credit it all to muscle–ha!–but a hard diet crackdown is definitely in order.
Watch for the return of What I Ate and Weigh-In Wednesdays.
Have you ever trained without a plan?
