Fired up by the thought of following the more aggressive marathon training plan for Chicago + a truckload of pandemic anxiety = I was having all the feels for running this week.
image: Kori Barnum
models: Margo and our giant backyard squirrel
M – Recharge strength class from the garage! Yay for live streaming!! Double yay for Dan setting up the home gym in the garage and for Renee providing a kick ass online class!!! [http://www.rechargesport.com/weekly-schedule/]
T- 6 mile treadmill SOS workout with 4 miles at lactate threshold. Still trying to figure out what pace this is for our treadmill setting; on the road I can maintain the 8:13-8:18 minute mile pace, but today trying to do that on the treadmill with recommended settings (1% incline, 7.2 pace) just about killed me. Had to take a 15 second break every .5 miles or so. Will try 7.0 pace next week and see if that more closely matches my road pace.
W – REST (migraine…)
Th – 5 easy trail miles, 10:27 minute mile pace, cold and sunny
F – 9 mile road SOS workout with 6 miles at marathon pace (8:45): 8:30, 8:31, 8:37, 8:37, 8:35, 8:28 = 8:34 pace. Well, that’s a little too fast, but maybe confirmation that this new cookie fueling plan is working? I think I need more data.
Sa – 5 easy road miles participating in the I Run Far virtual race to support the World Health Organization’s Solidarity Response Fund. Didn’t track pace, just ran easy for an hour. [https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/donate]
Su – 10 easy road miles at 10:10 minute mile pace. Did a tough rolling hill workout up and down Mt. Washington, up and down Summit, up and down College Way. Didn’t follow my pace, just tried to trot up the hills, bomb the downs, and go easy on the flats.
20 minutes of pilates mat work.
Total Miles: 35
Meditated 7 out of 7 days…that said, my focus has been terrible. I can barely get one breath before my mind wanders. They say the most important moment is the one after you get distracted, that commitment to return to the practice, again and again. I am definitely practicing returning to the practice.
