February 17th: As always starting my week with the rest week. After the long run on the treadmill, I didn’t feel quite as beat up as I thought I was going to and since I had that day off from work, it was a nice way to ease into the week.
February 18th: The work out today was the Michigan which I called a mini Michigan because it was a little less miles then when I did it later block last year. The plan was 1 mile at half marathon, 800 meters at 10k/5k, 1 miles half marathon, 2 x 400 meter at 10k/5k and 1 mile at half marathon with two minutes rest between everything. I have to say all in all it seem to go very well. The half marathon paces felt pretty controlled and were fairly consistent at 7:41. I felt that I could push it a little bit but because on the tread of the paces differ by so many seconds, I held it steady, not wanting to run out of steam. The 800 and 400s were a bit quicker then last week and I liked the turnover and didn’t feel like I was chasing the belt. Overall, I was very happy with this one and they gave me some confidence going forward.
February 19th: I hoped to do either my 7 or 4 mile run today but after my haircut it just didn’t seem to fit in with ease so just another rest day. 👍🏻
February 20th: I moved my schedule around because I was cooking tonight, and I also got home a little bit later so I just did 4 miles which was set for Saturday. My feet are super blistered up right now and my pinky toes are killing me, but all in all the run felt pretty solid. It just one of those runs where everything moved with relative ease. I’m pushing my paces of a easy run by just a little bit, but still lower than what I used to do.
February 21st: Because the past two weeks have been going a little bit better in terms of my training, I’m actually excited for speed work. It seems like my coach is upping the intensity a bit, although the paces are about the same. Either way, I’m really trying to approach each proposed workout with the mind set that it is going to be fun. Plus I’m choosing to do this! It is, of course, much easier to have that frame of mind before you go through entire workday. I got home from work at about the normal time and because my husband was working, I didn’t have to worry about any other thing other than running. The proposed plan was 1.5 warm up and cool down and then 4 x 1.5 miles at strength pace which for me as a 7:51. I realized as soon as I started and thought about the intervals, it was going to be a mentally challenging one. Something about 1.5 miles sounds long. I definitely play all the mind games during each one, moving paces, making splits, doing body checks, making deals with myself, etc. Each time I went through an interval I embraced the 400 meters and worked to get the heart rate down and brain Re-set. And, you know what, I got it done, I did all four, and I was actually very impressed with myself. I am wicked tired today which is Saturday and so I’m probably only going to do 4-5 miles at a very easy pace to flush out the legs. Tomorrow I have 14 miles on deck. I’m trying to also keep the excitement and looking forward attitude for long runs as well.
February 22nd: I didn’t have a good sleep, probably too close to the workout for the body to recovery plus the dog was a pain so I woke up tired and even though it’s a weekend day, I just didn’t have the planned seven in me so did four. Not the end of the world and certainly what was correct for my body
February 23rd: Prior to the long run, I figured I’d set some goals. First, I’d like to take in four gels. Second, I want to finish a handheld. These two goals kind of stink as it’s all stomach based but that’s got to be trained too! We’ll see how this goes.
February 23rd continued: To be fair, I am writing this on March 2nd so I'm playing some memory games and looking at Strava. There was some ice still on the ground so I had a few small walks and also forgot to restart my watch. Full distance was around 14.3 I think. I took three gels which all settled okay but only about 5-8 ounces of water. Everything felt fine except during the last 1-2 miles when my right upper foot really started to hurt. Perhaps against better judgment I finished.
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