05/14/18 - 05/20/18
It has been raining and raining and raining and raining. So this photo from May 2013 popped up on my Facebook memory thingy.
I'm on the left and my friend Bonnie is in the middle. She convinced Cintia & me to run this 5K with her. At this time in my life I hadn't run in a very long time. I trained exactly ONCE for this race. I wanted to die. I remember trudging up the hill in mile 3 remembering why I gave up running, how damn slow I was and how can people do this to themselves for an entire 26 miles??? I hated life. I wanted to strangle my friend for convincing me to get up early on a Saturday and sweat this much. My finish time was 32:28. Little did I know that crossing that finish line would change my life. If you tried to tell me back then that I would be running half marathons and training for Dopey I would think you were delusional!!!
So here is how the week went!!!
Monday - Rest Day. It rained all afternoon.
Tuesday - Not much to report other than the huge bug that flew into my eye. It rained again.
- 4 mi @ EB 11:47 + Strides
- Splits: 11:31, 12:09, 11:28, 10:14
Wednesday - This run sucked. I knew lacing up my shoes on the front porch that this was a bad idea. Feeling like you are going to suffocate and are sweating after walking to the end of the driveway should be a huge red flag to turn around and go back inside. Of course I didn't do that. I'm a warrior. I'm a running machine. I quit the run after the warm up and first set of repeats. My clothes were soaked. My visor was so wet it couldn't stop the sweat from running down my face any longer. I had to take off my Oakleys because they stayed fogged up. My swanky wrist sweatbands were wet. Sweat was running down my legs into my socks and shoes. It was the most disgusting run ever. It rained for the rest of the day. Not a nice cooling rain either. It was the kind of rain that made it seem even hotter and more humid.
What I was supposed to run: 2 mi WU + 4x(150m @ 8:36 w/ 150m RI) + 2x(1mi @ 9:46 + 1min RI) + 4x(150m @ 8:36 w/ 150m RI) + 1 mi CD
Round #1 - I walked between intervals.
- 2 mi WU + 4x(150m @ 8:36 w/ 150m RI)
- Splits: 13:05, 13:10 + (8:35, 14:08, 9:14, 17:01, 8:30, 17:30, 8:42, 19:13)
Round #2 - 1 mi WU + 2mi @ 9:46 on treadmill
- I thought I took a photo so I could have the treadmill data, but I don't know what happened to it.
- Garmin: 3.02 @ 10:21
Round #3 - Coach said not to do intervals on the treadmill, but I still had some pep in my step and improvised a speed workout running fast for .10 then slow for .10 with a half mile cool down.
- I don't know what happened to my photo, but I know I went 1mi on the treadmill.
- Garmin: .96 @ 11:19
Garmin has a setting called Calibrate & Save after completing a treadmill run that I forgot to use as well. I did use it for the rest of the week though.
Thursday - Weather was the same as the day before so I didn't even attempt an outdoor run. My treadmill shut down on me while I was fixing my ponytail. There are huge windows in front of the treadmills so I had a beautiful view of RAIN.
Total Workout planned 4 mi @ EA 12:36
Round #1
- Treadmill: 2.21 @ 12:25 w/ 1% incline
Round #2
- Treadmill: 1.8 @ 12:44 w/ 1% incline
Friday - Rest Day. It rained.
Saturday - So I decided to be smart and adjust my pace today after doing a weather check and stepping outside to see how it felt. Temperature + Dew Point was 142. I have a handy dandy chart that tells me I'm supposed to adjust my pace 3-4.5% for T+D 140-149. Well, it was supposed to be an easy run so I chose 4% which gave me a new pace of 12:15. I usually do 5 strides in the last mile, but when I checked my heart rate after #4 it was 177!!! Got done just in time because it started pouring out.
- 5 mi @ EB 11:47 + Strides
- Splits: 12:17, 12:11, 12:14, 12:15, 11:03
Sunday - Rain. Rain. Rain. Lightning. Treadmill.
- 5 mi @ LR 11:24
- 5 mi @ 11:35 w/ 1% incline
Meal Plan for the Week
Books Read: 2
That’s in addition to all the walking we will be doing Sunday & Monday. I may have some tired legs!
