I can’t believe how quickly the last few months have gone by. This was my last real training week before I brave the Whiskey Row half marathon, and the 1700 foot climb over the first 6.5 miles. Shit. Sorry for cursing, but honestly, shit. Not to mention this course starts at 5300 ft and Phoenix is what like 2 ft? I’m excited, though. Totally nervous, but excited. I’ve been training hard, and this is not my goal race. Not for time, anyway. It’s my goal to take on a new challenge and finish strong. Only race day will be able to show what that will mean.
I’m most looking forward to running with Lisa again. And margaritas, naturally. So here’s how I worked it out this week.
- Monday: 5 miles with Jason. We ran. Jason PDR’d. We breakfast’d. It was awesome.
- Tuesday: Linda’s Spin. This class wasridiculous. Linda came in, and told us we were going to do something different. We all did warm up like normal, cleared our bikes then started over together. She split the class into 4 groups based off where we were sitting and told us we were competing to see which team could complete the most miles while maintaining our individual “flat roads” and keeping up with all of the hills. She even walked around to make sure people weren’t cheating. Once the term competition was involved, I spun my little heart out faster than I knew possible. I was a hot mess. Unfortunately, my group came in third, but I had the highest mileage in my group, and was in the top 5 in the class with 19.7 miles in 43 minutes, with a flat road of 10.
- Wednesday: Tempo run. 6 miles with 4 tempo miles @ 9:07. Ran with speed Ashley and ended up with 1 mile warm up, then 9:05, 9:05, 9:07, 8:49, 1 mile cool down. This run was tough, but good.
- Thursday: Rest. Welllll, I did walk 2 miles around the duck pond with Kara. Does that count?
- Friday: “Long” run. Ran just over 6 miles with Stacey. This run felt great, but my legs are definitely happy for the break they’re getting right now.
- Saturday: Bike ride. Not the most ideal circumstances, but my legs felt great, and honestly I felt like if I had brought food along (I got super hungry at the end!), I could have just kept going. Also, if I hadn’t gotten a flat and had to stop, but you know…
- Sunday: Rest. That’s two in one week friends. And it was lovely.
How did you work it out this week?
diana says
Last week? I hiked oh how many miles did I hike? Lets say 16..you know you are hiking a lot when you cant remember the miles…:) and i went to the gym and ran. I am up to 1.25 miles at a 9 min pace.BLAHHH By the end of this week my goal is 2 miles baby..I stop training at 5 miles..then i will hit a 5k up..
you are going to be amazing at the whiskey row!! Where are you guys staying?
Ari says
Thanks girl! One of Steve’s good friends actually lives up there near the starting line so we’re gonna stay with him. I’m proud of you for getting back out there!