Week 3 DBP#2 Report 3/12 - 3/18
Monday 3/12 - Rest Day!
Tuesday 3/13 - 4 mi @ EA (11:57)
Wednesday 3/14 - 4 mi @ EB (11:10) + Strides
Thursday 3/15 - 1 mi @ WU (12:42) + 8 x 2 min @ I (8:32) w/ 2 min RI @ WU + 1 mi @ CD (12:42)
Friday 3/16 - Rest Day!
Saturday 3/17 - 5 mi @ EB (11:10)
Sunday 3/18 - 7 mi @ LR (10:48)
Monday - I finally took my bike out for a spin after work. We live really close to where Bay's baseball games are played so I decided to ride my bike to her game and meet my husband there. What I forgot was how hilly the route is to the baseball fields so my legs got a short but hard workout. WOOF.
Bike: 2.62 mi / 15:19 dur / 10.26 mph
Tuesday - Nice, easy, warm morning run where I struggled to slow down.
Plan: 4 mi @ EA (11:57)
Actual 4.03 @ 11:38
Splits: 11:33, 11:34, 11:46, 11:38
Wednesday - This morning when I woke up I heard the wind chimes ding away and felt like I was going to be battling some wind. I get out there and was just too fast during my first two miles going west. Turned around and BAM got hit by the wind I was worried I was going to find as I headed east for my last two miles. No wonder why I was going so fast at first.
Plan: 4 mi @ EB (11:10) + Strides
Actual: 4.01 @ 10:48
Splits: 10:31, 10:48, 11:16, 10:36 (Strides)
Thursday - When I was given my next set of paces from Billy I was like "Uhhh there must be a typo there are paces that start with an 8 on here..." Welcome to the club I Pace intervals. Luckily, I found that one of our middle school's leaves their track open so I was able to actually run these on a flat consistent surface. I found that my Apple Watch doesn't give me a really good read on my current pace, so I thought for sure I was fudging up these intervals, but I just kept trucking. Afterwards, I checked my stats on my Runkeeper app and I was actually hitting them pretty well and I felt good while doing it!! This week I bump up a few intervals from 2 minutes to 3 minutes so we shall see how well I feel during these.
Plan: 1 mi @ WU (12:42) / 8 x 2 min @ I (8:32) w/ 2 min RI @ WU / 1 mi @ CD (12:42)
Interval Splits: 8:28, 8:27, 8:28, 8:32, 8:33, 8:50, 8:43, 8:45
These are some concrete stairs I plan on running one of these mornings...
Friday - Rest day! I took Bay to a new park that had opened this week. She has a 1/2 mile race this weekend so we did a lap around the park which was about .35 miles in preparation for her race. She started off wayyyy too fast and refused to slow down until she had to walk. I chatted with her and told her if she ran slower she could run for longer. So we did some run/walk intervals the rest of the loop until we got back to the playground. I love that she loves to run and race. She loves the bling just like her mom. Hopefully this sticks with her.
Saturday - I had a busy day scheduled so I had to wake up suuuper early and get my 5 miles in before the sun was even up. I was totally okay with that because I find myself longing to run on my rest days and look forward to these miles to myself. After my run, I was going to be volunteering for a Triathlon that was going on. I was working a water station with a local running group. It was a lot of fun but I just don't like how they had it set up. We were the first aid station during the run portion but it was an out and back, so we had to keep a look out for both directions and it was a mess honestly. I could tell some of the triathletes were annoyed by it too. But I felt good being out there and giving back to the community. However, next year I think that I might have to actually do the race. I watched the olympic distance triathletes and only saw ONE woman in my age group. Hello, automatic age group placement. Haha. I also made signs for our station, which I thought were funny. My city bought the London Bridge from London and brought it over piece by piece connecting the city to an island. The runners just ran over the bridge before reaching our station.
Plan: 5 mi @ EB (11:10)
Actual: 5.04 @ 10:49
Splits: 10:32, 10:56, 10:52, 10:57, 10:42
I made signs for our water station, which I thought were funny. My city bought the London Bridge from London back in the 60s and brought it over piece by piece connecting the city to an island. The runners just ran over the bridge before reaching our station.
Sunday - I am happy to announce that I did not wake up with a St. Patrick's Day hangover. We did stay at a friend's house and may have stayed up too late, but I was feeling good in the morning. We got up and got some breakfast tacos, I watched the LA Marathon for a bit on my phone, we went to the park, then we started moving some things out of my in laws house and into OUR NEW RENTAL. YAY! We are trying to get some movers to get our stuff out of storage right now, but we are one step closer and I am SO HAPPY. I was able to get my run in in the afternoon sun, which was really nice. It was kind of windy but it help cut the heat from the sun. I did really well with keeping my pace, too. So all in all great Sunday Runday for me.
Plan: 7 mi @ LR (10:48)
Actual: 7 mi @ 10:51
Splits: 10:41, 10:45, 10:45, 10:46, 10:54, 10:59, 11:05
In other news... I committed to my fall "A" Goal Half Marathon last night because it was such a good deal. I signed up for the Navy Air Force Half Marathon in Washington, DC on September 16th!
I have a race this week in one of my favorite cities in California: Carlsbad! Hello beach, pizza, beers, and fun! I am going to attempt to PR my 5k during one part of this race so that should be fun! Also we are taking Bay to Legoland for 2 days while we are there!! We originally were supposed to go to
Disneyland but there is just too much construction at DCA, and we have never been to Legoland! Anyone been? Have any tips?
Scheduled Training 3/19-3/25:
Monday 3/19 - Rest Day!
Tuesday 3/20 - 4 mi @ EA (11:57)
Wednesday 3/21 -1 mi @ WU (12:42) + 3 x 3 min @ I (8:32) w/ 2 min RI @ WU + 5 x 2 min @ I (8:32) w/ 2 min RI @ WU + 1 mi @ CD (12:42)
Thursday 3/22 - 4 mi @ EA (11:57)
Friday 3/23 - Legoland!
Saturday 3/24 - 3 mi @ EA (11:57)
Sunday 3/25 - Carlsbad All Day 20k!! 15k @ EA (11:57) + 5k @ RACE (8:50)