Week 1 of 16
Week 1 of Houston Marathon training
was great! The 10 day forecast was not
very promising with rain beginning Tuesday and lasting for the next 9
days. I took advantage of the beautiful
Monday but started to reconsider marathon training when a mile into my first
training run I literally almost ran into a turkey and I didn’t even have my
mace—a big Run Jen Run no no! It was so
nice I even went home and took G out for a quick run. I wasn’t expecting to go to Tuesday’s Run
Club but it wasn’t raining so I couldn’t NOT go! It was fun but about 1/2 in the dark…
BOOOO!
Torrential rain on Wednesday led
to a rest day. There was a clearing on
Thursday morning so I decided to try a long route with G, which turned into a
bad idea, a very bad idea. So many
things added up and sent her way over threshold about a mile away from
home. Not fun. But we survived and I dropped her off at home
and got in 2 miles alone.
Friday was an experience! More torrential rain and wind but I refuse to
run on the treadmill so I headed out for 4 miles in Osterville. Running with a hat definetly helps and I
wasn’t feeling all that bad except for the asshole cars that would speed by and
splash buckets on my feet. Not a fan of
soggy socks, thank you very much.
Saturday was long run day! Week 1 starts out at 8 miles. When I went to bed on Friday it had looked
like the rain was going to continue until late afternoon but I got lucky! I headed out late morning and battled the
20-30mph winds. (The news reported up to
40mph winds!) I ran way faster than
planned but I blame the wind. So hard to
stay consistent and judge pace when swirling winds are pushing you in all directions.
I will be facing some possible
scheduling conflicts next week but bring it on, Week 2!
Upcoming events:
·
3 weeks until the Cape Cod Half!
·
15 weeks until the Houston Marathon!
Monday 9.28.15
5 miles (38:04)
1.15 miles with G (12:02)
20,676 steps
Tuesday 9.29.15
Marathon Sports Run Club! 3.2 miles with Chris (29:03)
Taught spin class. The playlist: Let’s Get Married Spin Playlist
10 push ups
20,530 steps
Wednesday 9.30.15
10,275 steps
Thursday 10.1.15
0.96 miles with G (10:05)
2 miles (16:20)
Taught spin class. The playlist: Lose Control Spin Playlist
Power Water
24,708 steps
Friday 10.2.15
4 miles (31:20)
16,760 steps
Saturday 10.3.15
8 miles (1:00:40) <-- 7:35
pace – 7:37, 7:34, 7:39, 7:41, 7:38, 7:41, 7:26, 7:19
25,205 steps
Sunday 10.4.15
Taught spin class. The playlist: Gimme Three Steps Spin Playlist
Burdenko H2O
10 push ups
14,438 steps
G mileage disclaimer:
None of the mileage reported with Georgie is straight, consistent running. We may run 1 mile in 9 or 10 minutes but in
reality we probably covered a 2-3 mile distance with a mix of walking and
running. I stop my watch every time we
start walking.
This week’s mileage: 24
miles
This week’s G
mileage: 2 miles
September Totals:
87 miles
October Totals: 15
miles
2015 Totals: 432
miles
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