Last Week before Marathon Training starts- woo hoo!

This is my last week before the 18 week schedule starts. I am not sure how closely I will follow it, but I definitely want to be ready when the 12 week schedule starts so I need to do some speedwork.

Monday- not low hr, but pretty conversational. 5 miles in 48:18, 9:40 pace, ave hr- 156, max hr- 181
Tuesday- at the gym, wanted to get a tempo run in
warmup- 5 minutes- ave hr- 146, .50 miles
speedup-  37 seconds, 166 ave hr .06 miles
Mile 1 of tempo- 7:55, ave hr- 172
Mile 2 of tempo- 7:35, ave hr- 177
Mile 3 of tempo- 7:06, ave hr- 188
Mile.1 of tempo- :41 sec, ave hr- 197

Total 5k- 23:16, so still faster than last week. My legs are getting tired, but my heart rate seems to be doing well. My max hr was 198. I really need to work on strength training and core training!

Wed- Traveled to Utah
Thurs- Thanksgiving! Did my own Turkey Trot
I did a warmup and then did the first mile at exactly 7:00. I still have yet to see a mile in the 6's. I will have to do that one of these days. :-) The next mile was 7:47 and the last mile was 9:37. I definitely started too fast!

Fri-met up with Annie Ballard from Sherwood and ran 10 miles at 8:38 pace! I was so surprised by this. My last mile I even ran at 7:50. This gave me such hope.

This was a good week!

Catch up Time! November

It is amazing how time seems to fly. :-) I really want to document this training cycle so I will do my best to catch up. My usual running schedule is:

Monday morning- slow heart rate run with Kirsten
Monday night- Couch to 5k class
Tuesday- rest
Wed- slow hr run with Kirsten
Thurs-Tempo run
Fri- rest or run with Sarah
Saturday- run 6-8 miles with running group (not low hr!) and then couch to 5k for 3.1 miles.

My memorable runs have been my tempo runs.

On Thursday, November 14
Mile 1- warmup 9:42 hr-147
Mile 2- 8:16- hr- 177
Mile 3- 8:04 hr-190
 I was just feeling like junk, so I decided to slow down and call it good.
Mile 4- 10:52
Mile 5- 10:26

I had done the Dr. Oz 48 hour cleanse and I just think my body didn't have enough carbs to fuel me.

On Friday, November 15- I wanted to try a pace run.

Mile .5- warmup- 9:45
Mile 1.5-8:23- hr- 171
Mile 2.5- 8:18- hr- 185
Mile 3.5- 8:20- hr- 188
Mile4.0-10:33 pace

Still didn't have the energy I wanted. But a good start. I want to see these pace runs get better.

On Thursday, November 21- Tried a tempo run again. I was a little nervous after the last one. I drank gatorade and had a banana and toast. :-)

Mile 1- warmup- 9:49, hr- 142
Mile 2- 8:03- hr- 173
Mile 3- 7:30- hr- 187- what?!! 7:30!! :-)
Mile 4- 7:32- hr- 191- awesome!!
Mile .1- 45 seconds
Mile 5- 10:26

So, my 5k time was- 23:51- that is an amazing 5k time for me right now. This gave me such confidence! It was tough, but so rewarding and shocking!

Long run November 23

I decided I wanted to try the hilly run Kruger. I asked my friend Annie to join me. I was a little nervous because she is an amazing runner and I didn't want to slow her down too much. I thought it went very well and it was gorgeous! The view was amazing and I felt like a million bucks!!

It is a 7 mile run and we averaged 9:24 pace. The slowest mile uphill was 10:37 and the fastest mile downhill was 8:10. I would like to run this once a week and see how I get stronger.

I am feeling really good about my running right now.

I got in almost 30 miles this week. I have 4 more weeks until the half marathon. That will tell me a lot about where my fitness level is. I am excited!

Week Nov 4th-Nov 10th

New week, here we go!

Mon- did not run with the morning group, just my 5k class at night

3.07 miles in 45:22

Tues- met with Marnie, didn't get much sleep

Really going to try to get to bed earlier!

4.96 in 48:14 9:43 pace
Avg hr- 160
Max hr- 179
9:55- ave hr 134
9:30- ave hr 157
9:47 ave hr 166
9:30 ave hr 169
9:56 ave hr 175

I dd not feel great, so I really think I need to focus on food and sleep. I can do this! If I want to get to Boston, I need to do what I can!!

Wed Run
Did not get to bed early enough because of book club, but I will try again tonight. :-) Decided to do a tempo run. For a tempo run, I want my hr to get up pretty high. It is a tough run.

Mile 1- 9:28 hr 150
Mile 2- 7:51 hr 176
Mile 3- 7:47 hr 188
Mile 4- 7:52- hr 193
Mile.1- 7:49 hr 197
Mile 6- 9:51 hr 179

Max- 200

5k- 24:16  Pretty good, since I wasn't planning on racing. :-) Tempo pace should be 10k pace, but I went a little faster. It felt good to go fast, but it was tough.