Training Week April 19th - April 25th

Sunday, 4/19: Long run day. Funny how much shorter these long runs seem to have gotten. But I went out, did my 7 and held my own. Felt pretty good overall and steady pace. I could afford to slow down some, I think, but I still don't know if I call 7 a long run. I am hoping next week to up that mileage to the typical 8 that usually follows 7. Monday, 4/20: Although it is Marathon Monday, there is not marathon this year. It is a weird thing, but there are many weird things these days. Even though it was only 7, I do keep with the day "off" approach and did an easy recovery Peloton which felt like enough. Tuesday, 4/21: Ugh. Weather. Jumped on the bike which was fun (lady Gaga ride) even though it cleared up pretty nicely at the end of the ride so I could have waited and ran. Sounds about right. Wednesday, 4/22: I had waited all day to see if I would run. It's been bad weather (see Tuesday) and today was super windy but I finally bit the bullet and went out. Luckily the route I went was more of a crosswind and only a head wind for a small part. It was good to get out and thankfully not as much work as I thought it would be. Thursday, 4/23: I decided it would be interesting to try the Peloton run app and see what I thought. I grabbed a Fun Run which had some accelerations in it but nothing crazy. I enjoyed the music even if I didn't know all of it and the encouragement was not unwanted. I planned 5 but without having a Garmin my FitBit wasn't synced to my GPS so it was more like 5.5 miles because I wanted to be safe rather than sorry. Friday, 4/24: I thought about skipping today but glad I didn't. The Banger ride was the burst of energy that I needed at the end of the week and it had me smiling. Saturday, 4/25: Today was long run day because tomorrow's weather will be, not surprising, crappy again. I decided that I needed to embrace my running again last weekend and signed up for a virtual half that needs to be ran in May. You can do it in multiple runs, but I want to try for the whole distance as a race. To do that, you need to, you know, run more. So today was a long run day. I liked the Peloton running app so decided to give it a go for a longer distance. I was not super prepared (physically) for the paces to hit but it also wasn't entirely out of my ability to handle so it's not all bad news. I enjoy the voice encouraging me and, so far, I don't find it annoying.