Week 3 and 4 of my Half Marathon training involved me missing a couple days but all was well and I got to do my 6 mile long run in North Carolina :)!!
Week 3.
Monday was a full rest day and I also took a rest day on Tuesday (can't remember why!). I was suppose to do 2.5 miles on Tuesday and 2 miles on Wednesday. So Instead I did 3.6 [i think .5 of that was walking] miles on wednesday to kind of play "catch up".
Thursday was a 3 mile run. My goal was to beat the Virtual player pace on my Garmin. & I did by 4 secs :)!
Friday was cross training. I did a 16 minute tabata [that I loved - will share it for workout wednesday!] then another 15 minute strength training workout and then 10 minutes on the elliptical.
Saturday was my 5 mile long run. I did the run with my running group that morning before getting on the road to Miami. It was a nice run and I liked my 10:30 pace!
I didn't do my recovery run on Sunday because I was in Miami and decided that I'll just not run. But I did get in a mini strength training workout.
Week 4.
Monday was a rest day. I was going to run (since I didn't on Sunday) but I was on the road from Miami and once I got home I just didn't feel like it with this crazy heat.
Tuesday I went out for a run that I didn't want to go on. It was suppose to be 3 miles but I only did a little over 2 miles. At least I did hit the pavement! My watch was dead that day too :(.
Wednesday was suppose to be a rest day but I decided to hit the pavement anyway because I knew because I was going to the Conference the weekend and wasn't going to run on saturday because I would be doing my long run on sunday instead which also meant no recovery run!
Thursday ended up being an unplanned rest day. I went to sleep not feeling well and woke up feeling worst so I decided I didn't need to try to push myself and do 4 miles so I went back to sleep lol.
Friday was bus ride day! Was suppose to be cross training but was a rest day because I was traveling to the conference!
Saturday ended up being a cross training day instead of my long run day because at the conference I did two active 45 minute workshops. One was a belly dancing class for runners and the other was a barre class! I use to do belly dancing a lot in 2011 but stopped. I miss it. I think I'm going to start back again!
Sunday was my long run day of 6 miles which I did during the Black Girls Run! 10k in Charlotte, NC! The 10K was nice and I loved the scenery buttt there were hills! But I pushed through and my time was about a 10:30 pace. Official chip time was 1:06:55! Didn't PR but I was still happy with the time! Especially because during mile 2 I started feeling not so great and had to walk a few times but my mojo came back during mile 3!
Got in about 23 miles over the last 2 weeks. Was suppose to get in 30.5 but hey, life happens.
Week 3.
Monday was a full rest day and I also took a rest day on Tuesday (can't remember why!). I was suppose to do 2.5 miles on Tuesday and 2 miles on Wednesday. So Instead I did 3.6 [i think .5 of that was walking] miles on wednesday to kind of play "catch up".
Thursday was a 3 mile run. My goal was to beat the Virtual player pace on my Garmin. & I did by 4 secs :)!
Friday was cross training. I did a 16 minute tabata [that I loved - will share it for workout wednesday!] then another 15 minute strength training workout and then 10 minutes on the elliptical.
Saturday was my 5 mile long run. I did the run with my running group that morning before getting on the road to Miami. It was a nice run and I liked my 10:30 pace!
I didn't do my recovery run on Sunday because I was in Miami and decided that I'll just not run. But I did get in a mini strength training workout.
Week 4.
Monday was a rest day. I was going to run (since I didn't on Sunday) but I was on the road from Miami and once I got home I just didn't feel like it with this crazy heat.
Tuesday I went out for a run that I didn't want to go on. It was suppose to be 3 miles but I only did a little over 2 miles. At least I did hit the pavement! My watch was dead that day too :(.
Wednesday was suppose to be a rest day but I decided to hit the pavement anyway because I knew because I was going to the Conference the weekend and wasn't going to run on saturday because I would be doing my long run on sunday instead which also meant no recovery run!
Thursday ended up being an unplanned rest day. I went to sleep not feeling well and woke up feeling worst so I decided I didn't need to try to push myself and do 4 miles so I went back to sleep lol.
Friday was bus ride day! Was suppose to be cross training but was a rest day because I was traveling to the conference!
Saturday ended up being a cross training day instead of my long run day because at the conference I did two active 45 minute workshops. One was a belly dancing class for runners and the other was a barre class! I use to do belly dancing a lot in 2011 but stopped. I miss it. I think I'm going to start back again!
Sunday was my long run day of 6 miles which I did during the Black Girls Run! 10k in Charlotte, NC! The 10K was nice and I loved the scenery buttt there were hills! But I pushed through and my time was about a 10:30 pace. Official chip time was 1:06:55! Didn't PR but I was still happy with the time! Especially because during mile 2 I started feeling not so great and had to walk a few times but my mojo came back during mile 3!
10K Splits :)
You can see in lap 3, I slowed down quite a bit.
Got in about 23 miles over the last 2 weeks. Was suppose to get in 30.5 but hey, life happens.
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For my runners, How has your running been going lately? Not a runner, how has your workouts been?
xoxo, Preshii
