Week 4 Training

I can't believe it is already Week 4! It goes by so quickly! I am feeling pretty good. I have been looking at my heart rate stats from 4 years ago and I can't believe how far I have come. I also can't believe that I thought it was okay to run in the 190's for every run. I have learned a lot since then. I am planning on it paying off on October 2nd! 10-02-2010!

Monday- I can't remember what I ran. I am guessing it was a couple of miles on the treadmill and then I lifted. See why I need to run outside with my watch?!

Tuesday-Ran hills with Sarah-6 miles. It was great to run with her again. I feel like I am getting stronger on the hills. Ran 2.5 miles with my running group that night.

Wednesday-2 miles outside followed by weights. Nice and easy. :-)

Thursday- 6 mile pace run with 1 mile warmup and 1/2 mile cooldown. Here are my stats:

Mile 1-8:15

Mile 2-8:14

Mile 3-8:12

Mile 4-8:19

Mile 5-8:23

Mile 6-8:20

My heart rate stayed in the 160s-170's for the first couple of miles, then it got up to the 180's. The last hill it hit 193, but then came down. I need to keep figuring out my hills strategy. When I slowed down for the cooldown, I really felt my legs and my heart rate didn't come down all that much. This makes me think I just need to push through the tough parts and use the downhill to keep my heart rate down. Successful run!

Week 3 Training

Alright, I am going to keep up with this! I want to follow my training the whole way through. (Even if no one else reads this!)

M-3 miles easy. I ran to the gym, lifted weights and ran home. 9:52 pace, 144 hr, 166 max

T- Couldn't get anyone to run Kruger with me so Jeff joined me on Tuesday night AFTER I ran 3 miles with my C25K group. So, it was a tough run, but great to have Jeff with me. I had him run Old Kruger run, which is a hill I haven't run in 4 years. I was a little nervous, but I was very proud of us. It was pitch black by the end. 5.5 miles 9:59 pace, 163 hr, 192 max (up the hill) One of the downhill was 8:26 pace-fun!

W- No run- tired from the night before

Th- Pace run, ran with Zoe, I was able to do the pace- woo hoo!! 7 miles overall

F-4 miles on the treadmill, last one Boston pace

S- 9 miles with Jeff, last 3 Boston pace

So, it was a great week! I ran 35 miles overall and felt very good. I need to just keep going.