Saturday – Rest – lots happening
Sunday – 8.5 miles
Monday – Rest
Tuesday – 3 miles
Wednesday – 30 min yoga
Thursday – 5 miles
Friday – probably yoga later
Just a quick update today. Last Saturday, there was a lot going on so I never got a workout in, but I wasn’t too worried about it. The rest of the week rounded out OK. I had an eye appt in the morning, then later volunteered at an LLS fundraiser at Unleashed and finally went to a friend’s birthday party that night where I played laser tag for the first time (super fun btw)!
Back to the training, I was a little disappointed in Sunday’s run. It was nice enough to meet up with a friend at City Park for what I had scheduled to be 10 miles. We went out WAY too fast at the beginning (for me anyway). After I finished a loop and was only 8.5 miles in, I didn’t have anything left to go back around for another 1.5. I was happy I got that close – my legs were like lead weights.
Tuesday and Thursday more than made up for that though. Tuesday night I did those 3 miles on the dreadmill, but I’ve noticed my speed is increasing now and it felt comfortable. Thursday was an amazing, amazing run. I decided since the rain was supposed to hold off that I would run outside. I got my head lamp ready and headed out since it would be dark by the time I finished. I made the call in my head I would do at least 3, but aim for 5.
I started out pretty rough. I typically do for the first mile, but I pushed to keep running and not take any breaks. I settled into a good pace and managed to keep it level the entire time! I ran the whole 5 miles and not only that, of the 30 recorded Runkeeper runs I have for “4-6 miles”, it was my fastest ever with an 11:36 average pace! WHAT! Maybe it was the snow (yes, it snowed on me, on April 10th) or the empty bike paths and solitude but it was an amazing run last night and I’m so happy I kept pushing that pace.
I’ve worked out a new marathon training plan that will start in June, so until then I’ll keep up what I’ve been doing to maintain endurance and maybe pick the speed up even a little more. I’m gonna need all the cushion I can muster for MCM so I finish under 6 hours.
This week’s song is a new one, but I’m really into it. The video is weird, so maybe just listen to it instead of watch it…
Don't blink. Just run. 
Good week! I’ve always wanted to try laser tag! Looks like you guys had a blast! (no pun intended!)
It was so much more fun than I thought. I was the last man standing for our team and took out like 4 people by myself at the end, but the other team finally got me.
Great job on your runs! I just got back to repeats this week and was trying to get 8 in but did the first four way too fast and ran out of steam. It’s tough to find that sweet spot of a challenging pace that isn’t too fast.
I think I found it last night, but now to replicate it!
Laser tag sounds awesome! Marathon training sounds scary. At least to this slacker. I am glad to hear you had a great run! I love when it feels like everything clicks. 🙂
It was such a great feeling!
I’ve never played laser tag, but my sons loved it when they were little and went to birthday parties at a local laser tag place. Looking forward to following along in your MCM training!
I thought it was awesome we were doing it for a 46 year old. We’re all kids at heart!
Great job on that speedy run.
Thanks 🙂