Spring break back home was quite nice! I didn't get near as much schoolwork accomplished as I'd hoped, but that's OK, it was fun to be home with all my loves!
Long run for the week was 18mi! My feet started really hurting after about 16mi, but I recovered great! Later that day I never would have known I'd run the distance. I'd never recovered as fast before, so I am quite happy!
I missed my weekly mileage by about 7...I got caught running fire calls and was on the engine from about 2:30 until about 10pm. The last of our calls was a structure fire, so I feel like I worked plenty! It was quite an intense call, especially the first several minutes on scene with just one crew!
20mi long run, 42mi total for next week!
Friday, March 21, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
First race of the season!
This week was a drop in mileage and my first race of the season on Saturday, the Martha Jefferon 8k!
The race went GREAT! It was cold and rainy, but I felt like I ran strong the entire time. My time last year was 38:44, so this year I was hoping to break 37:00. I hit mile one at 7:03, so I went out a bit faster than planned and was struggling a bit by mile five, but I crossed the finish line in 36:34! That time was good enough for the WIN for my age division - women's 20-24. Feels great to finally get my first race win!!
Hitting the 40 mile mark for mileage this week back home in Scottsville. Long run will be 18mi. I may have to double up on workouts for a few days to get everything in this week. Yes, I'm on spring break, but I've got quite a full schedule!!
The race went GREAT! It was cold and rainy, but I felt like I ran strong the entire time. My time last year was 38:44, so this year I was hoping to break 37:00. I hit mile one at 7:03, so I went out a bit faster than planned and was struggling a bit by mile five, but I crossed the finish line in 36:34! That time was good enough for the WIN for my age division - women's 20-24. Feels great to finally get my first race win!!
Hitting the 40 mile mark for mileage this week back home in Scottsville. Long run will be 18mi. I may have to double up on workouts for a few days to get everything in this week. Yes, I'm on spring break, but I've got quite a full schedule!!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Less than 2 months out!!
OK, so this post is several days late, but here's a recap on last week.
Last week's workouts were all GREAT! Haha, I'm glad that so many of my workouts I have positive reports about rather than negative ones! Really fun tempo run, easy mid-distance 10mi and even my 17mi long run was successful!!
As I stated in the last post, last year I stopped after reaching 15mi long runs, so all my long distances from here out are new territory for me. This week I did the 17 in loops (6mi + 6mi + 5mi) with each loop bringing me back to my car for water, gatorade and Gu. It worked out really well and I was able to *fairly* easily complete the 17. Haha, I kept running past the same guy working on a boat in his front yard and by the third time past he was like, "what ARE you doing? You're making ME tired!"
Next week is a drop in mileage and my "shortened-long run" is 12 mi, so that's still a significant workout. The Martha Jefferson Hospital 8k is on Saturday, so I'm really looking forward to racing. Last year I placed 5th in my AG with a 38:44, so I'm hoping to improve a bit on that time. We'll see what happens. I've been focusing much more on distance work rather than speedwork, so I may not be very fast. Still, I'm excited!! :)
Last week's workouts were all GREAT! Haha, I'm glad that so many of my workouts I have positive reports about rather than negative ones! Really fun tempo run, easy mid-distance 10mi and even my 17mi long run was successful!!
As I stated in the last post, last year I stopped after reaching 15mi long runs, so all my long distances from here out are new territory for me. This week I did the 17 in loops (6mi + 6mi + 5mi) with each loop bringing me back to my car for water, gatorade and Gu. It worked out really well and I was able to *fairly* easily complete the 17. Haha, I kept running past the same guy working on a boat in his front yard and by the third time past he was like, "what ARE you doing? You're making ME tired!"
Next week is a drop in mileage and my "shortened-long run" is 12 mi, so that's still a significant workout. The Martha Jefferson Hospital 8k is on Saturday, so I'm really looking forward to racing. Last year I placed 5th in my AG with a 38:44, so I'm hoping to improve a bit on that time. We'll see what happens. I've been focusing much more on distance work rather than speedwork, so I may not be very fast. Still, I'm excited!! :)
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