Peak…week.
This week has lower miles than last week….but…
it’s still…. exciting.
Monday I had a swim. This was not exciting. It was peaceful, and long and stretchy. I was still tired from the longer run on Sunday, so…
Monday night I had a deep tissue massage. It was a challenge to get through. The massage therapist was going kind of deeper than I’d like, and it was just miserable. I have to admit, I prefer when he emphasizes the stretching part of things.
Monday night I had horrible GU upset all night long. Up and down to the bathroom…
Tuesday had my “baby brick” workout (friday will be the big or long brick)
I did the cycle and was feeling pretty lousy. I was trying to tank up on electrolyte solution, but it tasted funny. Knowing I was low, I drank it anyway. The little 3 miler off the bike started out terribly. My legs ached and I could not seem to get to a speed that I wanted. After a half a mile I resigned myself to “just run and get it over with”. I have found that I’d much rather just muscle slowly through a workout than explain to my coach that I didn’t do it because, “My legs felt funny”. Oddly as I hit the one mile mark things loosened up and I ended up doing a pretty good run including running all the way up “hospital hill” which is something I usually do not do. At one point, I thought that if I had stopped and walked I would have been moving faster, but…thats probably a perception thing.
In the afternoon, I foam rolled for 30 mins and stretched.
This morning I had a swim/run/swim/run laundry generator workout. So long…. 2K swim, 3 mile run, 1K swim 2 mile run. I finished at 7:52 am, and clocked in for work at 08:07 am. The workout went really well again, and I managed Hospital Hill again, so there’s a confidence booster.
Tomorrow is speed work, Friday is Bigger Brick. Saturday is a swim and Sunday one more longish run. 13 I looked all over for a half marathon to run as the predicted low is 57…YES.. 57 My best running weather. No 13.1’s so it will be me out on a trail running it by myself….
My endurance has been getting better and better. Very encouraging. My speed though…
So we will see how the rest of the week goes.
- Posted in: Cross training ♦ Long run ♦ Racing plans ♦ running ♦ Speed work ♦ Training plans
- Tagged: Brick, Jacksonville Bank Marathon
