Sunday, August 8, 2010

Week Two: Keep On Running

Alright, readers, it's time to check in on my weekly half marathon training schedule. This week, due to a few unforeseen appointments, I ended up doing my first "brick" workout, which means two workouts-a-day. The heat has also caused me to slow down tremendously. A rule of thumb is that your pace slows 15-30 seconds/mile for each 5 degrees over 65: it was 80 degrees this morning when I finished my long run so you do the math. Perhaps I should call it my weekly long "crawl".

Monday:          3 easy miles
Tuesday:          5 miles (1 mile, 2x1600 m w/ 800m recoveries, 1 mile)
Wednesday:     Yoga
Friday:             2 easy miles/Yoga
Sunday:            7 mile long run

Yay! Week 2 is a success! In celebration, let's listen to RT's version of this post's namesake: Keep on Running (if I hadn't completed my workout this week, I would have made you listen to The Whisperers, probably the worst song ever so be grateful that I struggled through today's long run!).


Let the celebration and well wishing commence!

5 comments:

  1. Congrats on Week 2- only eight (?) more to go?

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  2. That's so cool that you're running for a half. I did one back in Jan, and I felt great :).

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  3. I'm training for a half too! Good for you on your excellent workout week!

    Beth

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  4. I love this feature. I'm also training for a half and this is helpful motivation.

    On another note, will you review the Sugar Coated Shirtdress? I'd love to see what you think and how it looks IRL. Thanks!

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  5. Thanks everyone! And Victoria, you must be psychic, I was at Anthro this weekend and the Sugar Coated Shirtdress was one of the first things I grabbed. I'll post the review tomorrow morning!

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