Training Update: February 3

Happy Super Bowl Sunday everyone!  As many of you know, I had originally not planned on doing training updates.  My decision was based on previous forays into blogging and how I quickly lost interest in it because it was just one big training log.  However, now that I’m in more of a grove of blogging more about life, parenting, and running in general, I thought that training updates would be a nice complement to the blog as a whole.  These will be relatively short recaps of the past week’s training.

So as you know, I just started a new training plan just recently (read more about why here).  I’m using a training plan put together by Runner’s World smart coach.  I’m digging the workouts so far, so we’ll see if it produces on the promised results.  Of course, I guess that all depends on me too, huh?  In any case, here’s a recap of this past week’s training:

Tuesday
2 miles @ 8:34.  I was SUPPOSED to go at a slower 9:41 pace.  However, it was extremely cold out and the first mile is mostly downhill.  Sometimes I let my legs get ahead of me.

Wednesday
4 mile interval training.  I thought I was supposed to do 5, so I actually did run 5…but the last 1.5 miles was pure jog/walk/jog because I was so tired from the two intervals.  So, the workout went 0.5 easy, 1 @ 7:46, 0.5 easy, 1 @ 8:07, 1.5 easy.  Left it all out there.

Friday
2 miles @ 9:07.  Despite it being extremly cold again, I did a much better job of slowing it down and having an easy pace.  I ran a flat course which definitely helped out.  Definitely needed the recovery.

Sunday
9 miles @ 9:53.  I honestly don’t even know how I pulled that off.  I had to walk so many times during this run from like 2 miles to 7 miles due to “stomach issues.”  I’m so glad I got it in though. Here’s the breakdown:

1. 9:07
2. 9:23
3. 10:20
4. 11:52
5. 9:41
6. 10:08
7. 10:09 (included “fuel” break)
8. 9:01
9. 9:07

Let’s Hear It!

How’s your training going?