Last week was my first substantial week of running. I increased my mileage a bit more than I anticipated but I felt good and didn’t have any issues. Right now, I’ll probably find a local race weekly and work on chipping my 5k back down to where it was prior my break. I won’t add much solo speed for a while. It will be a long road to get back to where I was physically, but more importantly I’m already mentally back.
| Monday: | 3 miles+15 minute core workout |
| Tuesday: | 3 miles+ 15-minute core workout |
| Wednesday: | 6 miles with Montana |
| Thursday: | 6 miles with my husband |
| Friday: | 3 miles+strength class |
| Saturday: | 5k (21:00) Total miles: 9 |
| Sunday: | 6 miles with Laura |
On Saturday, my husband and I chose to race a 5k. We had briefly discussed it on Friday but I got a migraine and went to bed early that night. I slept from 8 pm-6 am. I woke up groggy and to be honest, I didn’t feel ready to race. My husband turned to me and asked: So when are we leaving…so I decided I guess that would be the day I would jump back into it.
I know downtown Wilmington well, and suspected the course wasn’t flat. What I didn’t realize, was it would probably be one of the top 5 hardest 5k courses I’ve done in a while. Not because I haven’t been running, or it was hot but because it had an uphill climb. That being said, I raced the course and my ability. I had no goals other than to finish healthy (which I did). I ended up finishing in 21:00 exactly and as third female overlal. My husband actually won the race in 18:30 (which is about 60-90 seconds slower than what he has been running…so it gives me confidence the course was actually difficult…plus GPS watches don’t lie…right ;)?
Next week I plan to keep chipping along. I don’t plan to increase mileage too much (if at all). I just plan to continue strengthening my base.
Posts from the week:
A Day in the Life on Global Running Day
Benefits of Adding Protein after Running
Questions for you:
How was your week of training?
What is the hilliest race you’ve done?
YAY!!! I love that your back and I’ve really been loving your social media posts about it 🙂 Congrats on a strong finish on a tough course. You two are such a power couple 🙂
Congrats on the race! I don’t think a 21 flat is bad for not running much, let alone racing or doing speedwork, and on a hard course when it was probably hot. I mean, you had every excuse in the world to skip it but you still got out there and that counts for something. At least you know where you are with running. Also big congrats to Tim on the win.
I’ve never run a hilly race. We don’t have hills here. I have run a race over a connector that had 6 “inclines”, and it was substantially slower and harder than what I’d do on a flat course. I try not to shy away from difficult courses- in the end everyone in the race runs on the same course and same conditions anyway.
Nice easy return for you..
I like how your husband talks you into that race on race day..classic.
Happy running hollie..
Congrats on the race! A third place finish seems pretty dang fantastic after a break!