Labor Day Weekend has come and gone and a routine is settling back. It’s crazy to think that August has already flown by. August is the first month since April, I put significant miles in. As I mentioned yesterday in my weekly training log, I’ve run five weeks in a row now.
Most of August was spent finishing various personal life projects. As the month progressed, I slowly got back into running. Having a slow increase of free time was great because it allowed me to ease back into running and not dive head first.
Miles Run: ?? Somewhere between 120-130
Range of Pace: 6:17-11:12-mostly untimed
Shortest Run: 1 mile
Longest Run: 10 miles
Races Run:
Run the Runway 5k (20:54)
Philadelphia International Airport 5k (19:47)
Thoughts:
I’m happy with how my running progressed last month. Do I believe I’m 100% ready to train for anything just yet? No, but running a sub 20 minute 5k so soon, was a huge motivation for me.
As I continue training, I plan to document my progression with running both openly and honestly. I’ve had a 3-month break and things haven’t been and won’t be easy. It would be a lie if I didn’t say I’m not dreaming for the days I can “easily” run in the 18s again but life changes and so do focuses.
So far (knock on wood), I haven’t had any major setbacks but I haven’t done anything “too crazy” either. I’m just slowly easing back into running.
Monthly Progression:
Progression:
Week 1: 31-33 miles
Week 2: 33-35 miles
Week 3: 33-35 miles (1 workout)
Week 4: 35-37 miles (1 workout)
Week 5: 29-31 miles
So what am I looking for in September?
I plan to slowly continue to increase my mileage as well as continue to add a few races. I’ve signed up for both the Flying Fish 5k this weekend (which I recommend and enjoyed the race last year).
The other race that is reaching and I’ll go in undertrained is the Air Force Half Marathon on Sept. 16th. My husband has been training (well) for the Air Force Marathon and I decided last week, it wasn’t completely idiotic of me to run the half. I’ve run 10 miles so 13 isn’t a huge jump. I don’t have any time goals but to get out there and enjoy myself (then have enough energy to cheer him into the finish again like when he ran the Mercedes Full marathon and broke 3 hours!).
I enjoy running and it’s a passion of mine, but I’m in a different training phase and life phase right now. Running, training, and time goals don’t consume me and I’m cool with that.
Posts from the Month:
How to Tell You Need New Running Shoes
Factors You Never Knew Played a Role in Running Shoes
Why Building a Base is So Important for Running
Brooks Glycerin Shoe Review
Reflecting on 7 Years of Blogging
How Easy is it to Get Out of Running Shape?
So there you have it. Cheers to another month of training and hopefully continuing to build a base.
Questions for you:
How was your month of August?
What was your best workout of the summer?