Work It Out

My lack of posts lately stems from the fact that I don’t have a lot to say. I’m not one to post if I don’t have something to talk about. And by something to say, I don’t mean to suggest that everything I write is worthy of posting from the start. Bear with me…

The last two weeks of workouts have been pretty decent. A few great runs, a few meh ones, and a couple really bad ones. I am getting to the point of race training burnout with less than 2 weeks until the 10 mile race. I sort of just want to run for fun. I enjoy weekend long runs and week day 5-6 milers with no real pace in mind. I put pressure on myself to complete the speed work in it’s entirety and with the “correct” paces, and because of that I start to dread some of my training runs.  I can’t say I am bored of running, just tired of the pressure I am applying to myself. (Remind me of this post when I get crazy enough to sign up for a full marathon, please.)

My two week workout report for the weeks of August 15^th – 28^th:

Monday, 15^th
3 miles at race pace, 4 total
push ups and core work

Tuesday, 16^th
5 miles

Wednesday, 17^th
3.5 mile tempo run
3 mile walk

Thursday, 18^th
5 miles

Friday, 19^th
None

Saturday, 20^th
4 mile walk
3 mile easy run

Sunday, 21^st
9 mile long run – this one went pretty well. Keeping around 8:30 pace felt effortless.

Monday, 22^nd
5 miles

Tuesday, 23^rd
40 minute tempo, 4.5 miles total

Wednesday 24^th
5x800’s, 5 miles total – these went well. Kept it around 3:30 for each. I always LOL at the fact I used to do these one whole minute faster back in the day.

Thursday, 25^th
4.5 miles at goal race pace, 5 total

Friday, 26^th
None

Saturday, 27^th
12 miles long. I didn’t bring water with me. BIG mistake. Definitely suffered the last 4 miles.

Sunday, 28^th
Easy 4 miles

Dumbbell push press – 3 x 10 x 20ea
Dumbbell RDL’s – 3 x 10 x 20ea
prone jackknife – 2 x 12