Training Summary: 1/26/2015-2/1/2015
I’m a Type A person, always have been and always will be, but since we moved home last year I’ve gotten wayyy better at going with the flow and being flexible. Both in life and with my running.
A few years ago if you had told me that I couldn’t do my long run on the day it was scheduled because of bad weather I would have been so upset and might have even been so stubborn about it haven’t to be on the “right” day that I would have run all 16 miles of the long run on the treadmill. Not much fun huh?
So when I woke up to a -15*F real feel yesterday with upwards of 30mph winds and a text from my running partner saying maybe it wasn’t the best day for a long run I was surprised by how okay I was shifting things to Sunday and taking an unexpected rest day. To become a better runner I have to learn to roll with the punches and I’m so excited that I’m learning to do that better!
I’m not sure why I went on that tangent, except to say that as runners we have to be flexible, especially during these winter months! And that doing your long run a day later than planned is NOT the end of the world! 😀
I mean a rest day isn’t all that bad when it starts with pancakes and a side of coaching work…
… dragging Henri off to a yoga class…
… and get in some puppy snuggles with Laci with a latte in hand (bought at Starbucks and transferred to a real mug at home 🙂 ).
Training Summary: 1/26/2015-2/1/2015
Monday – AM: dynamic warm-up + 7 miles on the treadmill @ 7:33 pace PM: 30 minute yoga flow at home
Tuesday – [SNOW DAY!] AM: dynamic warm-up + 9 miles on the treadmill @ 7:32 pace PM: 30 minute core/upper body strength workout
Wednesday – AM:10.5 mile workout on the treadmill [2 mile warm-up, 3x 2 miles w/ 2:30 jogging recovery (11:56[5:58 pace], 11:51[5:55 pace], 11:44[5:52 pace]), 2 mile cool-down] 6:41 average pace PM: 45 minute core & strength workout at the gym
Thursday – AM: dynamic warm-up + 8 miles on the treadmill @ 7:31 pace
Friday – AM: 9 miles on the treadmill @ 7:39 pace PM: 20 minutes of core
Saturday – rest day – 1 hour Vinyasa Yoga w/ Henri
Sunday – 16 mile long-run with wave tempo workout on the Boston Marathon course [4 miles easy, 8 mile wave tempo @ 6:19 average (6:30, 6:03, 6:31, 6:05, 6:40, 6:05, 6:41, 5:58), 4 miles easy] 6:49 average pace
Weekly Totals: Miles = 59.65 * Total Time Running = 7:10:29 * Average Pace = 7:13
That long run this morning was rough!! It was so cold out there that by the end I have a snow beard and icicles in my eyelashes… not to mention a red, wind burnt face!
Now all that’s left on the agenda today is to watch the Super Bowl and recover from this morning’s run… I’ve got my ProCompression pulling double duty with the compression leggings AND marathon socks. Gotta get these legs feeling fresh for the workouts ahead this week!
Speaking of ProCompression head on over to their site this weekend for their HUGE Super Bowl Sale! 40% off everything in stock with FREE shipping in the US for orders over $20!!
GO PATS!!!!!!
Are you a type A person, how do you handle having to “go with the flow”?
What was your long run this weekend?
Who are you rooting for tonight??