Last week my training was all over the place. I took two rest days but I still ran about the same about of mileage as if I took one rest day. In summary I took two rest days, I did a night time 10k and got a long run with personal friend Kevin.
| Monday: | 10 miles with fast finish |
| Tuesday: | 10 miles easy |
| Wednesday: | Rest |
| Thursday: | AM: 10.5 miles |
| PM: 5k (20:15) | |
| Friday: | Cross training AMT |
| Saturday: | 10 miles easy |
| Sunday: | 14 miles with Kevin |
| Total: | 64 miles |
On Thursday evening I ran a local 5k. Cliff notes version: I’m not a nighttime person. I had an enjoyable time with friends and used the run as more of a workout. I’ll have a recap soon! Thursday was my highest mileage day since the Phoenix marathon so I needed the day off after that too.
This morning I was able to run with Kevin in Philadelphia before running. I am so close to Philadelphia but barely make it over there. I’m glad I was able to do his long run with him! We started at 6:30am because of how hot it was.
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Thoughts:
On Friday I had an interesting conversation with Kevin about my personal training. Kevin and I have been great friends for about 3 years now. We were talking about training, speed and running in general. He was in town for a business meeting so it was nice to connect!
I believe my best shape of running was when I ran a 1:24 at the Nike Women’s half. I don’t believe I was in as good of shape when I PRed in Atlantic City.
In 2013, I was consistent with training and racing. I claimed my speed work came from races and to be honest, it did. As 2014 rolled in I still claimed my speed work came from races but realistically I didn’t race as often. It’s no wonder I wasn’t getting faster.
Now I’m back to racing a lot and my speed is slowly coming back. That is proven by race I did on Thursday. I ran a 20:15. At first glance, that isn’t as good as I’ve been. The race was on a harder course and I ran 10 miles in the morning. 20:15 is the same time I was racing in early June. Despite progress being slow, I am progressing. This is the happiest I’ve been with my running in the last 2 years.
Is it a coincidence I’m not training for a marathon? Maybe…but maybe it’s because I’m enjoying my lungs getting their speed workout in too.
Questions for you:
Do you race better in the evening?
What was your best workout this week?