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Four Mile Easy Run
Today called for a four mile easy run. Is there such a thing as a pace coach? Because I need one. I know my paces and I wear a watch that tells me my pace. But I still can’t seem to run easy. I’m mad at myself for running too fast for this easy run. Today I did four miles. First I debated switching an active rest day to today, or even taking it completely off. I was up early with a toddler, who also appears to be getting sick. I was feeling really tired physically and mentally all afternoon. I decided since it was an easy run and the…
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First Interval Workout
First Interval Workout in the books! 4×400 with 400 Recovery. I was supposed to hit 8:20 pace. Which as you can tell was a MAJOR fail. Next week when I do this workouts, I will probably adjust the pace a little and I will force myself to hit them for at least the first couple. As you can tell from the splits the recovery time got longer as the reps went on. This was because the reps felt harder and I needed a walking recovery instead of a jogging recovery. Overall I am happy and surprised with the workout. I didn’t think I could sustain that pace yet for that…
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Project Fast 5k – The Start
First Time Trial Post HERE I woke up early to kick start the new training plan. I guess you could say I am excited. I have decided for this training block I am going to substitute my off days with active recovery. This will include a mix between peloton classes (walk/run, recovery low impact bike) and longer walks. Right now I believe that is what is best, but I will listen to my body along the way and make adjustments. I have a full draft of my training plan until a 5k on Thanksgiving. The first week is finalized, and depending on how it does I will finalize the following…
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Bike & Finishing New Training Plan
Tomorrow starts the new training plan so I kept things short slow and easy today. I wrote the bike for 28 minutes at a very slow pace, just enough to get the legs moving and break a sweat. My official long term goal is to break 20 minutes in the 5k. It will take a while to get there, but that is the long term goal. I will make mini goals for time-trials until I am ready. I will also probably throw in a few 5k races throughout to see where I am. I am beyond excited to try and get some speed into my legs again. It has been…
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Time Trial: The Starting Point!
Time trial morning. I did a four minute warm up. A 3.11 mile run (a mistake when I created the workout!) Then a 10min mostly waking cool-down. It felt good and hard at the same time. The first half felt great. The second half felt hard but I still felt strong. I did stop for two or three very quick walk breaks when I felt like I couldn’t sustain the pace. I need to get better at just slowing down the pace instead. There was some obstacles on the path because of the hurricane winds from the previous two days, so I had to slow down a few times for…
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A Walk and Birthday Celebration!
Birthday celebrations were the main focus of the day. Our baby turned two. We had morning balloons and presents, a fun day of playing and ended with pizza, cake and ice cream. A fun filled day. I snuck in a walk to quick start some afternoon naps for the boys. It was great to get outside and enjoy the perfect weather. Tomorrow morning I am going to time trial a 5k and see where my starting point is. Then I am going to finalize my training plan to start on Monday! I’m ready!! More Training Log Posts: HERE Pinterest: HERE
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One Mile & Bike Ride
Today was one of those days where I’m reminded that training plans are so important. Even if you aren’t training for something. They give you a plan to follow, and are harder in my mind to change. I should have written a small plan for this down week. I had zero motivation to do anything today. To be honest the only thing that got me out the door was because I have a pretty long activity streak going on the Apple Watch so I needed 30minutes of exercise. I guess that little motivation tactic works for me. I ran a mile on the treadmill to get my heart rate up…
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Hurricane Home Workout
We are riding out the storms at home. We are on the opposite coast, so we are just looking at tropical storm like conditions, but still playing it safe and staying home for the next few days. I was going to try and fit in a run today before the storm got really bad, but it was off and on raining all day and I didn’t want to risk anything. I ended up doing two Flash 15 strength workouts on the peloton app. The workouts were two different 12min EMOM workouts. I love EMOM workouts, they are the best for when I’m just doing strength. It adds in a cardio…
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30min Walk/Run
I am still not feeling 100% after traveling. I’ve decided I am going to take this as a recovery week and let my body get back to feeling better before I stress it out some more. I have officially ended my base training phase and next week I’m going to start Project Fast 5k. My goal is to start racing some 5ks. First one will be a Turkey Trout on Thanksgiving. I’m excited for an official goal and some base training. Today I did a 30min walk/run. I’m trying to get at least 30mins of exercise each day. Even if it’s a walk. Today was short and slow, but just…
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My Active Rest Day for the Week!
I took today extra slow. We didn’t get back until around 11pm after a long travel day. Back to back nights with little sleep, plus bad nutrition and dehydration my body isn’t feeling great. I’m trying to give myself some grace and know that one weekend isn’t going to derail the work I have put in. I kept today to a slow 30min bike ride. I kept it super easy. I wanted to get the body moving, but not kill myself until I have time to recovery when some sleep and water. I am going to spend a few minutes tonight reworking my training plan. I want to shift and…
