I feel like all my time these last couple of weeks somehow got sucked into a black hole. I swear I've been, like, running and doing stuff! You can tell because I typed it on the internet in neat little bullet points or whatever, which is basically the most accountable thing a human can possibly do.
In other news, it is my 35th birthday & I am spending it in a hotel room in LA for work.
So excited I can hardly stand it.
Things went well! It was a good week! Accomplishments were accomplished!
Some Numbers:
- * 26 miles
* 2:00:00 strength work
* 50:00 stretch & roll
Monday: a.m. strength work / p.m. karate
Tuesday: 1.5 warm up, 2x1600m @ 7:10ish, 2x800m @ 6:45ish, 1.5 cool down = 6.5 total, 20:00 stretch/roll. First track workout in months, and it was glorious. :)
Wednesday: a.m. strength work / afternoon 4 easy / p.m. karate. Skipped leg work since I was racing Saturday but did everything else.
Thursday: 6 easy. Felt a bit tired on this run & wondered if it was Tuesday catching up to me.
Friday: 2 easy. Since I was racing the next day I opted for extra sleep instead of strength work.
Saturday: 1.5 warm up, 6.2 RACE!! (+ 30:00 stretch/roll)
Notice how I am, like, actually running a race
and not sitting around injured. #winning #okayiwasthird #still
You can read my grumbly race report if you want, but one of my big takeaways was that I felt for most of the race like I was red-lining and running really hard for most of the race, but I realized as I got closer to the end that it was just my out-of-racing-practice coward brain playing tricks on me and in reality I had definitely not run as hard as I could have. Seriously, five minutes post-race I felt completely fine. It was a really weird feeling.
Sunday: GO ROCK CLIMBING!! Isn't that what you do the day after you race?
In case you needed more evidence that I definitely did not wear myself out at Bay Breeze, I finally conquered a 5.10a, which I've been working on since December.
The big story this past week was my long run. My schedule called for 160 minutes, but a 60% increase over the 100 minutes from a couple weeks back seemed like a bad idea, so I capped it at 140 for a grand total of 14.3 miles.
This was one of those days that just never happens for me when it comes to long runs. I felt like I could run and run and run and, although my right hip still felt a little tight (and probably always will), it felt not effortless but still really good. 14.3 felt great and if I were really stupid I could have gone further.
Out and back to Cliff House, which affords gorgeous views of Ocean Beach.
Also, just total mileage in general. For some reason mentally I was feeling like I didn't run all that much last week, but apparently it was 30 miles, which is another post-injury weekly mileage record and also quietly inching backs towards something that feels like normalcy.
Some Numbers:
- * 30 miles
* 2:00:00 strength work
* 20:00 stretch & roll
Monday: Karate. Honestly, I could have run Monday & been 100% fine. Actually I probably could have run Sunday. My body just honestly did not feel like it ran a race on Saturday.
Tuesday: 8 easy. My longest week-day run post injury, and faster & easier than usual. Yeah; totally did not race as hard as I could have on Saturday. Bah.
Wednesday: Afternoon 1 to gym, strength work, 1 home / p.m. karate. Super early work meeting so strength work got shifted to after work.
Thursday: Nothing. This day was 100% packed start to finish and I knew going in that I wasn't going to get any running in.
Friday: a.m. strength work / 6 easy. I'd planned for 8 again but got caught short on time.
Saturday: Rest.
Sunday: 14 long + 20:00 stretch/roll
Less than a month to go until Oakland Running Festival & my first start in the 35-39 age bracket!!!
Oy. Happy birthday!! You get a belated birthday celebration when you get home, right? At least it sounds like the week went well. Yay climbing! Capping the long run: probably a smart move.
ReplyDeleteBig week! Happy Birthday. I hope it was a good one even though you weren't home.
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