Monday: 30 minutes of lethagic elliptical....still don't feel very good (stomach bug), maybe tomorrow.
Tuesday: 6 miles rail trail, feel MUCH better
Tuesday: 6 miles rail trail, feel MUCH better
Wednesday: 3 miles, circuit, 2 miles with speed play; stomach still not quite right, but log 5 miles
Thursday 7 slow miles with Griffin on the Ashuelot Railtrail. Loud river and lots of little cascading creeks after yesterdays rain!
Friday: 6 miles railtrail- slow and sore
Saturday: 5K in Concord; 22:43/7:19 pace (new PR); log 8 miles
Sunday: 6 miles solo on Railtrail. Nice morning, but kinda lonely!
Sunday: 6 miles solo on Railtrail. Nice morning, but kinda lonely!
Miles so far: 38
Previous week: 11
I know, I know, why not go 2 more miles and get the 40?! Just too much to do today, including getting to the store to get food for the boys as they return from a run in Pisgah! I felt good about the week, so I'm not worried about it. Saturday I went with Greg and Boj to Concord for the Jungle Bell 5K run for Arthritis. Friday night I almost backed out since my run that day was so bad and my hamstring was hurting, but I bit my lip and decided to see how I felt in the morning. Obviously, I felt OK and decided I needed the workout anyway. We left pretty early for a race that started at 9am...no wait...10am. It was nice to get there early and use the facilities as many times as we wanted to! It was a crisp, kinda windy morning, but the big news was that the course had been changed from the notoriously flat 5K. On the warm-up I went out a mile and came back- flat, but when the boys got back from running the course I heard that mile 2 was in fact a bit hilly. Oh well, I wasn't too worried I felt good on my warm-up and kept it to myself so as not to jinx it! As the race started there were a couple turns and I could see Greg way out in front from the get go. I didn't wear my watch but I felt like I was probably running what I did in Corning- if not faster. Mile 2 was in fact a bit hilly...and windy, but I felt good and passed a few people and recovered well on the downhill. I got to mile 3 which was flat, but windy. I started to feel like I must have a PR coming and when I turned the corner for the finish I saw it was a bit closer than I thought! I almost wish I had my splits, but it was probably best I didn't wear my watch and wil do that again- it's pretty obvious I have no kick at the end- I don't need a watch to tell me that! I ended up at 22:43 (7:19 pace). A 6 second PR is PR nonetheless and on that course I can't complain- 3rd in my age group. Best of all I felt strong and know what I need to work on to be faster. My cool down was another out and back to mile 1 or so and by 11am I could log 8 miles. Good day.
This week, a couple more strength days and keep chasing miles. It's a process, and I love it!
Previous week: 11
I know, I know, why not go 2 more miles and get the 40?! Just too much to do today, including getting to the store to get food for the boys as they return from a run in Pisgah! I felt good about the week, so I'm not worried about it. Saturday I went with Greg and Boj to Concord for the Jungle Bell 5K run for Arthritis. Friday night I almost backed out since my run that day was so bad and my hamstring was hurting, but I bit my lip and decided to see how I felt in the morning. Obviously, I felt OK and decided I needed the workout anyway. We left pretty early for a race that started at 9am...no wait...10am. It was nice to get there early and use the facilities as many times as we wanted to! It was a crisp, kinda windy morning, but the big news was that the course had been changed from the notoriously flat 5K. On the warm-up I went out a mile and came back- flat, but when the boys got back from running the course I heard that mile 2 was in fact a bit hilly. Oh well, I wasn't too worried I felt good on my warm-up and kept it to myself so as not to jinx it! As the race started there were a couple turns and I could see Greg way out in front from the get go. I didn't wear my watch but I felt like I was probably running what I did in Corning- if not faster. Mile 2 was in fact a bit hilly...and windy, but I felt good and passed a few people and recovered well on the downhill. I got to mile 3 which was flat, but windy. I started to feel like I must have a PR coming and when I turned the corner for the finish I saw it was a bit closer than I thought! I almost wish I had my splits, but it was probably best I didn't wear my watch and wil do that again- it's pretty obvious I have no kick at the end- I don't need a watch to tell me that! I ended up at 22:43 (7:19 pace). A 6 second PR is PR nonetheless and on that course I can't complain- 3rd in my age group. Best of all I felt strong and know what I need to work on to be faster. My cool down was another out and back to mile 1 or so and by 11am I could log 8 miles. Good day.
This week, a couple more strength days and keep chasing miles. It's a process, and I love it!
Congrats on the PR!! Good to see you guys are apparently using the Bentley method of arriving at races 5 hours early, just in case! ;)
ReplyDeleteHey Jen, congrats on the PR. If you are ever looking for a group to run with on Sundays, we meet at Brewbakers at 9:00 for an easy 6-10 miles. Good luck with the miles. 40? A good round number.
ReplyDeleteGood job Jen!
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