Most of last week was spent recovering from the Crawlin’ Crab Half Marathon. By Wednesday, my legs felt decent. Which was great because the rest of my week was filled with longer work days. Nothing I couldn’t handle though.
| Monday: | Easy 45 minutes |
| Tuesday: | Easy 30 minutes |
| Wednesday: | Easy 60 minutes |
| Thursday: | OFF |
| Friday: | Easy 60 minutes |
| Saturday: | Heroes to Hero 5k (18:41) |
| Sunday: | 6.5-mile tempo run/total miles 14 |
| Total: | 44-47 |
Progression:
Week 7: 40 miles (13.1 miles workout)
Week 8: 43-45 miles (2 workouts: 1 race/1 tempo)
Week 9: 41-43 miles (2 races)
Week 10: 50- 53 miles (13.1 miles workout)
Week 11: 44-47 miles (2 workouts: 1 race/1 tempo)
Easy Runs:
As I mention every week, my easy runs were just that easy. There was nothing of excitement and most of them were hot and sticky. You don’t have to be exciting to blog and this is just a classic example.
Heroes to Hero 5k (18:41)
I’ll have a full recap of the Heroes to Hero Run in the next few days. On paper, it’s my fastest 5k since coming back from burnout.
To be honest, I never felt good. On Saturday morning, I woke up exhausted and tired. While running the race, I felt as though I wasn’t getting any more tired but just running and zoned out. Even before the race, my good friend said: “woah Hollie, you look exhausted and out of it” and I was. My splits were 6:05, 6:04, 6:01, so it was definitely a nice progression (which almost never happens).
Other than the race, nothing too exciting last week. This week I’m tapering down for the Runners World Half Marathon Race series. It will be a busy weekend, and I’ll be racing both the 5k and the 13.1. I will be honest, that I don’t feel as prepared for the race as I would like but I would rather be undertrained than overtrained.
The festival is a lot of fun and this year, my dad, is running the half which will make it even more enjoyable!
Running Posts from the Week:
Crawlin’ Crab Half Marathon
Who Cares Where You Run?
Hoka Clifton 4 Shoe Review
Questions for you:
What was your best workout last week?
How long does it take you to recover from races?
Those are awesome 5K splits holly! Good luck on the half, you’ll do great!
I love seeing your progress back from burnout and you have some great racing numbers to show for it!!! I hope you have the best time at the Runner’s World festival, especially with your dad 🙂 That race weekend will always have a special place in my heart ❤️ xo
Congratulations on your race and excellent splits! Glad to see your speed is coming back (not that you ever really “lost” it, but I guess, it’s getting race refined). Good tempo run as well. Hope you can get some rest and recovery before the RW Half festival, glad you get to run it and share it with DADLOLZ too.