Week 2 Recap:
6/11-6/17
Miles scheduled: 16.6
Miles completed: 16.6 (this time not including off day walking miles)
Monday 6/11: Off Day
Nothing much to note about today. I got in a 1.25 mile walk to keep the June mile-a-day streak going.
Tuesday 6/12: 3 miles at Easy/LR
The weather for my run today was pretty sticky and humid. I went out in the afternoon around 2:15 and fortunately it was mostly overcast, but with the rising humidity (it got soo humid later that evening) and peeks of sun, it was a warm one. Splits were 12:20, 12:30, 12:58.
Wednesday 6/13: 3 miles at Easy/LR
Today’s run was just okay. The dew point was A LOT lower than yesterday, which was very nice, but it was sunny and since it’s mid-June, that’s sometimes harder than humidity. The intervals today still felt fine but something about the run as a whole just wasn’t great. One of those days I guess. Splits were 12:16, 12:37, 12:54.
Thursday 6/14: 3 miles at Easy/LR
I actually got out for my run in the morning today! And it was glorious to get it done early (and by early, I mean like 10:00)! The temperatures and weather are definitely not as comfortable this week as last week, and I know it’s unfortunately just the beginning of the summer weather. We’ve got a major heat wave coming this weekend and I’m not sure how that’s going to affect the weekend runs. It will be my first test to see if I can get myself up and going even earlier. Otherwise I may need to resort to the treadmill at my parents’ house. I hate the treadmill overall, and it’s even harder when trying to hit paces or distances since it’s not at all accurate.
Run went fine - nothing too noteworthy. Splits today were 12:27, 12:20, 12:43.
Friday 6/15: 4 miles at Easy/LR (originally scheduled as Off Day)
As I mentioned in my last post, I decided to shift my Saturday and Sunday runs up a day due to a forecasted heat wave and Father’s Day plans with my Dad on Sunday morning. Even if it meant running 5 days in a row, I preferred that over trying to squeeze in a run on Sunday.
The 4 miles today were not the greatest. About 0.5 mile in or so, my right ankle started hurting a bit. I don’t know if it was my shoes, or my stride at the time, but it was bothering me. I tried to push through, and fortunately by mile 2 or so, it for the most part subsided. The 3rd and 4th miles felt better.
Splits: 12:44, 13:20, 12:58, 12:47
Saturday 6/16: 2 miles at Easy, 0.6 mile at 10K Tempo, 1 mile at Easy
Oh my goodness, was it humid this morning! With the forecast of hot weather for today, I set an alarm to get up early and actually did! I started my run around 6:45 (I know, still probably not that early for some!) and was almost immediately sweating. It turns out that 6:45 am was not the coolest part of the day. A breeze kicked in a bit later in the morning and it felt more comfortable. The whole day actually didn't get quite as hot and humid as soon as they originally said. Oh well, it was still nice to get the run in right away in the morning.
Anyway, I started off with the 2 easy miles, which were definitely slow due to the humidity. I felt like I was in a swamp. Splits for those 2 miles were 13:28 and 13:52. I then did a short 0.6 mile at 10K Tempo, which was 2:30 running at 9:45/mile pace and 0:30 walking at 16:00/mile pace. When I started that segment, I was so surprised at how it felt. I felt like I was going so fast, and it really only took a little more than 2 interval cycles to go that distance. The 0.6 mile split was 6:14, which comes out to about an average of 10:21/mile.
I then wrapped it up with one more easy mile with a split of 12:50.
Overall, despite the humidity, today's run was pretty decent and I liked the little snippet of 10K Tempo. I cannot wait to see how things come together as more of these tempo runs happen throughout the next 16 weeks!
Sunday 6/17: will be modified Off Day
Week 3 schedule:
Monday: Off Day
Tuesday: 3 miles at Easy/LR
Wednesday: 3 miles at Easy/LR
Thursday: 3 miles at Easy/LR
Friday: Off Day
Saturday: 4 miles at Easy/LR
Sunday: 1 mile at Easy, 4 miles at Marathon Tempo, 1 mile at Easy
So as I also previously mentioned, the runs Tuesday-Thursday will likely be difficult to fit in due to being in
Disneyland. But I will adjust as necessary and will hopefully still run Saturday and Sunday as scheduled.
Have another great week, everyone! If you’re interested, I will post some pictures and trip details when I return!