I hope you all had a wonderful week. I turned 46 on Monday and my beloved gave me tickets to Beauty and the Beast (the Broadway version). What fun! The girl breaks the spell (just like in real life).
I don’t mind getting older because for me every year has been better than the last. Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday.
This week in training has been easy because I’m running in the Kirkland Half Marathon this coming Sunday with the goal of maintaining a 10:00 per mile pace for the whole race, so I’ve been tapering. This will be my second attempt to do the half marathon distance in under 2:15. The last time I tried, I missed my mark, so this time my strategy is all about the mile by mile pace I need to maintain. Bill will be pacing me (I’ve given him a series of encouraging phrases to use when I’m struggling so he won’t just point out that I’m slowing down).
This week in training:
Sunday: A short, slow run.
Monday: Speed work. 25 minutes of ins and outs (running hard on the straight parts of the track, then slowing down for recovery for the curves) .
Tuesday: No running.
Wednesday: Pace work. We (in Carol’s program) ran six minutes at our intended pace, then rested for three minutes, repeating this three times.
Thursday: No running.
Friday: Walked three or so miles.
Saturday: No running.
Sunday: Race!
I’ll post a report whether or not I reach my finish goal of 2:11. Stay tuned. I’m excited to reach for this goal.
What are you running this weekend? I hope you have sunshine.
Good luck on Sunday Cami! Cheering for you!
Brandon
Thanks Brandon. I see you’re picking your miles up. Hope you’re feeling good. xo
Feeling good! I haven’t really taken a down week this year, a slow but steady up phase, but this week and next week (possibly continuing through this month) are just runs for mileage. No speed work at the moment since most of the team is on a break from running or just finishing up their seasons (Conference was this weekend in Portland). So I am without training partners at the moment. Although I may after next week incorporate the speed work again, I haven’t looked at anything though in terms of training, and am currently figuring out if I should throw the CDA Half Marathon into the works at the end of the month. What do you think about that?
I only worry that you’ll do too much and get hurt, B. If you do the CDA half, you have to promise to taper into it the week before. 🙂
I ran 12.2 miles yesterday. I know that I would be okay running it. Brian and Becky’s family is going over to run it. I would take a decent down taper week if I did. I can’t decide though I still have to sign up :-/