RECAP: Not the week I was hoping for, that’s for sure. I’m just going to pretend that I meant this to be a recovery week and move right along. My legs were dead tired by Wednesday and hitting forty miles for the week disappeared somewhere on Saturday morning. This week (which is already half over as I write this) is shaping up to be much better. Gotta just keep getting out there, gotta just keep getting the miles in.
Running wise the best thing that happened this week was that I met up with “Spaniel” one of the very fast guys on Runningahead for a beer and a burger. He is a great guy who imparted a lot of running wisdom. My biggest take away from the conversation was that I need to be doing at least one workout a week starting now. I keep putting off workouts saying to myself, “oh I’ll start tempo runs when I reach 50 mpw for a month” but Spaniel thinks that’s bullshit. I need to be picking up the pace at least once a week. I have already implemented that advice this week.
This coming week I am planning to push it hard, get to 50 mpw and then take another cut back week before I enter a month of 50 mpws. We’ll see where it all goes from there.
Summary
Run Streak: 21
Average Weight – 175
Running Miles: 33 miles in 5:07:02 average pace: 9:19 / Mi
Bike Miles: None
Body Weight Work: None
Total exercise time: ~5 hours
Daily Breakdown:
Monday – Ran 4.5 in 40:21
Tuesday – 6 in 53:31
Wednesday – 4.5 in 43:00
Thursday – 1 in 9:00
Friday – 4.5 in 45:32
Saturday – 4.5 in 45:00
Sunday – 8 in 1:13:38
Goals for Last Week:
1. Run everyday, at least three miles – FAIL
2. Run at least 40 miles for the week – FAIL
3. Do body weight work at least three times – FAIL
4. Eliminate diet soda – DONE!
5. Watch what I shove in my mouth and lose a pound – DONE
Goals for Next Week:
- Run everyday, at least three miles
- Run fifty miles for the week
- Watch what I shove in my mouth
- Do at least one “work out”
“Running wise the best thing that happened this week was that I met up with “Spaniel” one of the very fast guys on Runningahead for a beer and a burger.”
you are officially a running nerd. 🙂
Oh yeah, I am totally obsessed. I wish I could spend even more time thinking and talking about running!