Plodding Along

May 17-23

Sunday-14 miles at 8:09 pace

Monday- 0

Tuesday- 9 miles at 7:55 pace

Wednesday- 2 miles at 7:59 pace

          Then 6 miles at 7:45 pace

Thursday- A.M. 2 miles with Lucy around 9 minute pace

P.M. Track workout

          12 minute warm up, 14 minute cool down

          6x800 with 2 minute recovery

          Times: 3:01, 3:01, 3:04, 3:02, 3:01, 2:59

Friday- 5 miles easy, part with Lucy, part with Isaac in the BOB stroller.

Saturday- 6 miles at 8:30 pace

May 10-16

Sunday- Mother’s Day 5k in 19:37

          Splits: 1. 6:25 2. 6:08 3. 6:14

          10 minute warm up, 27 minute cool down

Monday- 3.25 miles around 9 minute pace

Tuesday- 9 miles at 8:07 pace

Wednesday- 8 miles at 7:21 pace with 8x3 minute pick ups, 3 minutes easy

Thursday- 2 miles with Lucy

          Then 5 miles at 8:08 pace

Friday- 2 miles with Lucy at 8:14 pace

          Then 3.1 miles at 8:10 pace

Saturday- 2 miles at 8:35 pace

          Then 4 miles at 8:26 pace

Total miles: 45.5

May 3-9

Sunday- Earth Rock Run Half Marathon in 1:33:39

          12 minute warm up, 5 minute cool down

Monday- 0

Tuesday-)

Wednesday- 2 miles with Lucy at 8:15 pace

          Then 5 miles at 8:18 pace

Thursday- 2 miles with Lucy at 8:15 pace

          Then 5 miles at 8:27 pace

Friday- 5 miles at 8:28 pace

Saturday- 3 miles at about 8:45/9 minute pace

Total miles: 37

Comments: A couple highlights of the past few weeks are running a decent 5k after not expecting anything out of the race, and also getting back to the track for a workout. We’ve started putting Isaac to bed between 8 to 8:30, whereas before we would just keep him up with us until 10:30 and he would nap in our arms. But now that we are trying to have an actual bedtime routine, time in the evening is a bit more crunched, so I can’t dilly dally during my track workouts. When Ian gets home, I need to head out to the track to get it done. It was nice to be back on the track. I hope to get in at least one track workout a month, just for confidence. Oh, and running with a BOB stroller is as tough as I thought it would be. I don’t think I’ll be doing too many runs with it! But it’s nice to have just in case.