This week :
M : circuit training 33:15
T : yoga class 1 hr
run 10 / 8:34 / 906 ft
W : trainer ride 11.1 / 46:57 / 14.2 mph
TRX 10 minute abs
R : rest
F : run 9 / 7:18 / 679 ft
Sa : run 6.1 / 7:50 / 482 ft
Su : TRX 35:00
trainer ride 12 / 48:37 / 14.8 mph
total run miles : 25.2
total bike miles : 23.1
Thankful to say my cough is almost entirely gone! I've definitely been taking extra good care of myself lately, and maybe that special homemade chicken soup helped too.
I hadn't originally planned to run fast on Friday, but I felt good starting out and my legs really wanted to go, so I ended up deciding to let them. I didn't look at the pace while I was running, just ran as fast as I could maintain comfortably without getting too out of breath, then picked it up even faster for the last 2 miles (7:08, 7:06). It felt really good, and was a great boost of confidence for me as I enter the final week before Star City!
In other news, today is exactly 6 years since I ran my first marathon! I've been thinking lately about how grateful I am to have had Jim as my running partner back then. When I came up with the crazy scheme to run a half marathon, he trained and raced with me. He did the same when I decided to be even crazier and run a marathon 11 months later. If it weren't for him encouraging me, training with me, and traveling to those races with me, who knows where I'd be now. Maybe I would have eventually run these distances anyway, maybe I would have kept running a 5k a day forever. But I bet I wouldn't be about to run my 33rd half marathon in less than a week, or planning my 4th marathon in 6 months. My running fitness has come a long way in the last 6 years, and I can't wait to see how much further I can take it!
Flashback! 11/12/2011
PS : I can see my abs. They aren't super 6-pack defined yet...but they are definitely there. Exciting.
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