TeeterTots
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My thoughts exactly! Do I even know how to run faster?! Looks like a solid training week so far!
Venture outside your comfort zone: the rewards are worth it! KSellers88’s Journal (Comments Welcome)
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SarahDisney
So ... Yeah
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Great job on the speed! Girl, you are on fire!
KSellers88
DIS Veteran
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Y'ALL! I could have sworn I responded to everyone last week!
Thank you! T pace is challenging, but I am having success so far. I hope you are as well!
LOL, well apparently I can't even subscribe to my own! Thanks so much!
Thank you! 3 down, 58743987695765048 to go! LOL
You are too sweet! Thanks!
KSellers88
DIS Veteran
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- Oct 22, 2015
Training Recap: Hello Spring weather, please stay!
Week three of my training plan and everything is going well so far. I did not miss any runs (WOO HOO!), the weather has been great and I hit most of my paces. My watch was a bit of a rebel, but that’s okay, who needs technology anyway?! Except I kinda do…you know, to tell if I am hitting my paces or not.
So what happened?
2/8: 2 mile warm up at 10:19 pace, four 1 mile repeats with 1:00 recovery (goal of 7:54 per mile) and 1 mile cool down at 10:42 pace. My mile repeats were: 7:45, 7:42, 7:49 and 7:48!!
2/9: 4 recovery miles on the treadmill at a 9:41 pace. I tried Pilates for the first time this day and LOVED all the stretching. Unfortunately it caused me to cut my recovery run short by two miles.
2/10: 6 miles at a 9:29 average pace. I wore a rain jacket for the first time while running and couldn’t figure out why I was getting wet with it on…yeah, that is sweat! LOL. It was like a miniature sauna!
2/11: 8 miles at a 9:09 average pace!
2/12: 6 miles at a ???? pace. My watch died at mile 2.5 and I was running at a 10:05 pace at that time. I have no idea how I finished pace-wise though.
2/13: SPEED DAY!! 2 mile warm up at 10:26 pace follow by six 800m repeats (goal of 3:43 each repeat). My repeats were:
3:43
3:43
3:43
3:45
3:41
3:44
WOO HOO! 4 out of 6 were spot on and the other two were a few seconds off, I will take it! Afterward I had a one mile cool down, but of course I didn’t charge my watch for long enough and it died at .34 miles.
Below is my upcoming schedule. I have got to figure out how I am going to get tomorrow and Friday’s runs done. My work schedule has gone nuts, and it is too dark to run when I get home. I’m hoping to avoid the treadmill and find a way to work in the runs during lunch!
Upcoming Schedule:
Th- 2 mile WU + 5x1 mile @ T (7:54) w/1 min RI + 1 mile CD
F- 6 miles @ EA (10:12)
Sa- 7 miles @ EB (9:31) – blind run!
Su- 8 miles @ Long Run (9:10)
M- 6 miles @ EA
T- 2 mile WU + 4x1200m @ SPEED (7:26) w/.25 RI + 2 mile CD
Week three of my training plan and everything is going well so far. I did not miss any runs (WOO HOO!), the weather has been great and I hit most of my paces. My watch was a bit of a rebel, but that’s okay, who needs technology anyway?! Except I kinda do…you know, to tell if I am hitting my paces or not.
So what happened?
2/8: 2 mile warm up at 10:19 pace, four 1 mile repeats with 1:00 recovery (goal of 7:54 per mile) and 1 mile cool down at 10:42 pace. My mile repeats were: 7:45, 7:42, 7:49 and 7:48!!
2/9: 4 recovery miles on the treadmill at a 9:41 pace. I tried Pilates for the first time this day and LOVED all the stretching. Unfortunately it caused me to cut my recovery run short by two miles.
2/10: 6 miles at a 9:29 average pace. I wore a rain jacket for the first time while running and couldn’t figure out why I was getting wet with it on…yeah, that is sweat! LOL. It was like a miniature sauna!
2/11: 8 miles at a 9:09 average pace!
2/12: 6 miles at a ???? pace. My watch died at mile 2.5 and I was running at a 10:05 pace at that time. I have no idea how I finished pace-wise though.
2/13: SPEED DAY!! 2 mile warm up at 10:26 pace follow by six 800m repeats (goal of 3:43 each repeat). My repeats were:
3:43
3:43
3:43
3:45
3:41
3:44
WOO HOO! 4 out of 6 were spot on and the other two were a few seconds off, I will take it! Afterward I had a one mile cool down, but of course I didn’t charge my watch for long enough and it died at .34 miles.
Below is my upcoming schedule. I have got to figure out how I am going to get tomorrow and Friday’s runs done. My work schedule has gone nuts, and it is too dark to run when I get home. I’m hoping to avoid the treadmill and find a way to work in the runs during lunch!
Upcoming Schedule:
Th- 2 mile WU + 5x1 mile @ T (7:54) w/1 min RI + 1 mile CD
F- 6 miles @ EA (10:12)
Sa- 7 miles @ EB (9:31) – blind run!
Su- 8 miles @ Long Run (9:10)
M- 6 miles @ EA
T- 2 mile WU + 4x1200m @ SPEED (7:26) w/.25 RI + 2 mile CD
DopeyBadger
Imagathoner
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2015
Training Recap: Hello Spring weather, please stay!
Week three of my training plan and everything is going well so far. I did not miss any runs (WOO HOO!), the weather has been great and I hit most of my paces. My watch was a bit of a rebel, but that’s okay, who needs technology anyway?! Except I kinda do…you know, to tell if I am hitting my paces or not.
So what happened?
2/8: 2 mile warm up at 10:19 pace, four 1 mile repeats with 1:00 recovery (goal of 7:54 per mile) and 1 mile cool down at 10:42 pace. My mile repeats were: 7:45, 7:42, 7:49 and 7:48!!
2/9: 4 recovery miles on the treadmill at a 9:41 pace. I tried Pilates for the first time this day and LOVED all the stretching. Unfortunately it caused me to cut my recovery run short by two miles.
2/10: 6 miles at a 9:29 average pace. I wore a rain jacket for the first time while running and couldn’t figure out why I was getting wet with it on…yeah, that is sweat! LOL. It was like a miniature sauna!
2/11: 8 miles at a 9:09 average pace!
2/12: 6 miles at a ???? pace. My watch died at mile 2.5 and I was running at a 10:05 pace at that time. I have no idea how I finished pace-wise though.
2/13: SPEED DAY!! 2 mile warm up at 10:26 pace follow by six 800m repeats (goal of 3:43 each repeat). My repeats were:
3:43
3:43
3:43
3:45
3:41
3:44
WOO HOO! 4 out of 6 were spot on and the other two were a few seconds off, I will take it! Afterward I had a one mile cool down, but of course I didn’t charge my watch for long enough and it died at .34 miles.
Below is my upcoming schedule. I have got to figure out how I am going to get tomorrow and Friday’s runs done. My work schedule has gone nuts, and it is too dark to run when I get home. I’m hoping to avoid the treadmill and find a way to work in the runs during lunch!
Upcoming Schedule:
Th- 2 mile WU + 5x1 mile @ T (7:54) w/1 min RI + 1 mile CD
F- 6 miles @ EA (10:12)
Sa- 7 miles @ EB (9:31) – blind run!
Su- 8 miles @ Long Run (9:10)
M- 6 miles @ EA
T- 2 mile WU + 4x1200m @ SPEED (7:26) w/.25 RI + 2 mile CD
Incredible week. You're doing so well! That consistency on the 800m repeats is awesome so keep up the great work!
TeeterTots
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 9, 2014
Awesome!!! Glad you liked Pilates! It’s the best! Well, I could live without 100s! Lol
mankle30
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2017
Wow. amazing pace! Great job!
KSellers88
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2015
Thank you! Hoping I can keep it up!
Thanks!
LOL! It took me a minute to get used to working out slower, but I really enjoyed the change of pace. I also discovered some muscles that clearly never get attention!
Thanks so much!
SarahDisney
So ... Yeah
- Joined
- Jul 23, 2014
Those 800m repeats are amazing! Wow!
KSellers88
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2015
LOL! I don't know about that, but thank you!!
Thank you! I kept chanting to myself "almost there, almost there, almost there" to make it through. Pretty sure I was saying it outloud at some points based on the looks I was getting.
KSellers88
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2015
Training Recap: Spring can stay, Pollen go away!
Week four of my training plan and allergies have struck full force. I am allergic to pollen and ragweed, which are both extremely high right now according to my local meteorologist. YAY! Not. I started feeling sniffly on Friday night and it has progressively gotten worse. I feel a lot better while exercising, but I can’t do that 24/7. LOL. I am going to urgent care today for some help, because I leave for Princess Weekend on FRIDAY!
So what happened?
2/15: 2 mile warm up at 10:35 pace, 5x1 mile at T pace (7:54), and .5 mile cool down at 11:00 pace. This run went pretty well. I hit all of my mile paces with the exception of one. I did have to cut the cool down short in order to get back to work on time. Mile splits were:
7:52
7:47
7:51
7:55
7:51
2/16: 4 miles at a 10:02 pace. This run had to be cut short due to work too, stupid responsibilities!
2/17: 6 miles at a 9:31 pace.
2/18: 8 miles at a 9:18 pace. This is where I started feeling the effects of my allergies. I started out right on track to hit my 9:10 paces, but slowed down as the run went on because I felt like it was most important to get the mileage in.
2/19: 6 miles at 10:11 pace and feeling like my head is a big balloon.
2/20: SPEED DAY!! Let me be very honest here. I messaged @DopeyBadger Tuesday afternoon asking if I could change my workouts this week because I was not feeling it. Him being the excellent coach that he is explained why skipping these workouts was a bad idea if I want to reach my April HM goal. I will not be doing a lot of speed work next week at Disney, so this would leave me with a long break between hard workouts. So he said to give it a shot and see what happens, and I did it! It was not pretty and I walked in my recovery intervals instead of jogging, but I tried my best, hit two of my paces on the repeats, missed one by 3 seconds and missed another by 13 seconds. SUCCESS!
4x1200m (5:35 goal) splits:
5:31
5:35
5:48
5:37
Below is my upcoming schedule. I have one more run before Disney, and two runs scheduled while there (not counting the 10k and Half). I will try to update while I am down there, but may not get to do so until I return on March 3rd! HOORAY!
Upcoming Schedule:
Th- 2 mile WU + 2x2 mile T (7:54) w/1 min RI + 1 mile CD (completely depends on how I feel, heading to the doctor today)
F- Rest/Travel Day!
Sa- Enchanted 10K (running at LR pace of 9:10)
Su- Princess Half (running at LR pace of 9:10)
M- Eat all the snacks and ride all the rides!
T- 5 miles at EB (9:31)
W - Eat all the snacks and ride all the rides!
Th – 1 mile WU + 3 miles at Tempo (8:04) + 1 mile CD
Week four of my training plan and allergies have struck full force. I am allergic to pollen and ragweed, which are both extremely high right now according to my local meteorologist. YAY! Not. I started feeling sniffly on Friday night and it has progressively gotten worse. I feel a lot better while exercising, but I can’t do that 24/7. LOL. I am going to urgent care today for some help, because I leave for Princess Weekend on FRIDAY!
So what happened?
2/15: 2 mile warm up at 10:35 pace, 5x1 mile at T pace (7:54), and .5 mile cool down at 11:00 pace. This run went pretty well. I hit all of my mile paces with the exception of one. I did have to cut the cool down short in order to get back to work on time. Mile splits were:
7:52
7:47
7:51
7:55
7:51
2/16: 4 miles at a 10:02 pace. This run had to be cut short due to work too, stupid responsibilities!
2/17: 6 miles at a 9:31 pace.
2/18: 8 miles at a 9:18 pace. This is where I started feeling the effects of my allergies. I started out right on track to hit my 9:10 paces, but slowed down as the run went on because I felt like it was most important to get the mileage in.
2/19: 6 miles at 10:11 pace and feeling like my head is a big balloon.
2/20: SPEED DAY!! Let me be very honest here. I messaged @DopeyBadger Tuesday afternoon asking if I could change my workouts this week because I was not feeling it. Him being the excellent coach that he is explained why skipping these workouts was a bad idea if I want to reach my April HM goal. I will not be doing a lot of speed work next week at Disney, so this would leave me with a long break between hard workouts. So he said to give it a shot and see what happens, and I did it! It was not pretty and I walked in my recovery intervals instead of jogging, but I tried my best, hit two of my paces on the repeats, missed one by 3 seconds and missed another by 13 seconds. SUCCESS!
4x1200m (5:35 goal) splits:
5:31
5:35
5:48
5:37
Below is my upcoming schedule. I have one more run before Disney, and two runs scheduled while there (not counting the 10k and Half). I will try to update while I am down there, but may not get to do so until I return on March 3rd! HOORAY!
Upcoming Schedule:
Th- 2 mile WU + 2x2 mile T (7:54) w/1 min RI + 1 mile CD (completely depends on how I feel, heading to the doctor today)
F- Rest/Travel Day!
Sa- Enchanted 10K (running at LR pace of 9:10)
Su- Princess Half (running at LR pace of 9:10)
M- Eat all the snacks and ride all the rides!
T- 5 miles at EB (9:31)
W - Eat all the snacks and ride all the rides!
Th – 1 mile WU + 3 miles at Tempo (8:04) + 1 mile CD
ZellyB
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 18, 2010
Sorry to hear your allergies are causing you problems. Hopefully urgent care can get you some relief.
Way to go on getting those workouts completed even when you didn't feel up to it. Especially awesome on those speed workouts.
And, woohoo, for leaving on Friday for Princess Weekend. I can't wait to hear all about it!
Way to go on getting those workouts completed even when you didn't feel up to it. Especially awesome on those speed workouts.
And, woohoo, for leaving on Friday for Princess Weekend. I can't wait to hear all about it!
DopeyBadger
Imagathoner
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2015
Great week! Happy to hear you were able to complete the workout. Keep listening to your body and make the decision you are most comfortable with. You're doing great and cannot wait to hear all about the trip!
TeeterTots
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 9, 2014
It looks like you did just fine with training!
Allergies are the worst!! I hope you can get some antihistamines and maybe nasal spray.
Have a super time at PHM weekend! I was hoping to get in through charity but it didn’t work out! SW DS is just around the river bend!!! Lol
Allergies are the worst!! I hope you can get some antihistamines and maybe nasal spray.
Have a super time at PHM weekend! I was hoping to get in through charity but it didn’t work out! SW DS is just around the river bend!!! Lol
SarahDisney
So ... Yeah
- Joined
- Jul 23, 2014
Oh man, allergies are rough. Great job powering through, and I hope you can get some relief.
Have a great time at PHM! Looking forward to reading all about it when you get back!
Have a great time at PHM! Looking forward to reading all about it when you get back!
KSellers88
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2015
Thanks so much! I am so excited to leave tomorrow! One more day at work then working from the car on the drive down tomorrow
Thanks, Coach! I appreciate the encouragement!
Yes, thanks! I got a steroid shot (think it'll make me faster this weekend? LOL), nasal spray and some sort of Polyhista prescription that I cannot pronounce or say. Feeling better already!
Thanks so much! I am going to make it work, it just makes me nervous that they are starting so early this year. I have a PR to get in April and don't need this junk! LOL
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