Week 5 of 16
“I’m on the right track baby, I was born to be brave.”
This week was weird. But the good news is I am still feeling
great, injury free and I am another week closer to my goal. I took it easy on the running but I went hard
in the gym with the next program progression thanks to Greg.
On Monday I did my first
(mid-thigh) full clean and a bunch of other exercises I was not familiar with
before hitting the treadmill. Tuesday
was a rainy mess so stayed after work for another treadmill run and then on
Wednesday went right to high hang power cleaning. These new workouts were kicking my butt so I
decided to skip my run.
I had an extra hour Thursday
morning so I brought G out for 2 miles.
When I got to work, I started logging into all our social media accounts
and saw that a sexual assault happened less then a half mile from my work. The news article said a female in her 30s was
walking just before 5:30pm when a man grabbed her by the wrists and dragged her
into the woods. Reading this I literally
freaked out. I had flashbacks to the
time I was followed on a run. I was
shaking. Those are MY roads. It’s so unfair that women have to feel unsafe
doing the things they love. The things
that make them feel free. I didn’t run
Wednesday night when the alleged incident happened but I so often run right by
there when I work until 4pm. It could
have been me. It could happen to
anyone. It’s also a good wake up call
and reminder how screwed up this world is and to always be alert and aware of
your surroundings.
I shared my safety tips for runners and walker a few years back. You can read them here: http://www.jenrunsfastblog.com/2013/11/running-safety.html
I shared my safety tips for runners and walker a few years back. You can read them here: http://www.jenrunsfastblog.com/2013/11/running-safety.html
So I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t
afraid to run long on Friday. My goal
was to run another 14 and Friday was my only option to do it because Saturday
was Rehab 2018—our annual day of staff training, inservice presentations and
team building activities. The morning
was single digit temperatures so I
waited until noon to run when it was about 28 feels like 18 degrees. It was also my way of procrastinating and trying to talk myself out of the run. I knew I needed to get in some hills so I
grabbed my mace and headed to Falmouth to run the Falmouth Road Race course x2.
My mom was
getting out of work as I approached Woods Hole so she came by and checked on
me, which was nice. Overall my run felt
great and I actually felt like I could run for hours.
I wasn’t checking my watch. I
just ran. There was a little bit of fear but my mom was tracking me and it helped that I know that course so well I
could probably run it with my eyes closed.
When I ran my first 14 miler two weeks ago, I thought my 7:20 average
pace was a fluke but I ended up averaging 7:23 pace this week! I couldn’t believe it. It really makes me wonder what I am capable
of in April… although I hear the Boston course can get the best of anyone.
Other highlights:
·
On Friday night I went back to the gym for my
third workout of the week. This one
featured… BOX JUMPS. I was literally
thinking about them all week. If you
didn’t know, Jen can’t jump. Erin stayed
after work and joined me for a workout and we had a box jump party. She’s 4’11.
I’m 5’4. Her box was about 3 feet
higher than mine.
·
Rehab 2018 was so fun! The morning was filled with presentations but
in the afternoon we got in the pool for a hard workout before some intense team building competitions which included team entrance dances...
Upcoming events:
Monday 1.22.18
4 treadmill miles (30:47)
Greg’s Workout #7
Burdenko H2O
1’ rowing
12,887 steps
Tuesday 1.23.18
4 treadmill miles (30:42)
Taught spin class
13,282 steps
Wednesday 1.24.18
Greg’s Workout #8
8,902 steps
Thursday 1.25.18
2 miles with G (19:21)
Taught spin class
Power Water
18,581 steps
Friday 1.26.18
14 miles (1:43:30)
Greg’s Workout #9
26,320 steps
Saturday 1.27.18
45’ pool lab
1’ rowing
7,528 steps
Sunday 1.28.18
Taught spin class
Burdenko H2O
13,189 steps
ICYMI
This week’s mileage: 24
miles
This week’s G
mileage: 2 miles
January Totals: 104
miles
2018 Totals: 104
miles
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