My first week of half marathon training in the all done!!! I have to admit it was a pretty awesome week of running. I usually like to start my training on Sundays but this training plan starts on Mondays which kinda threw me off later in the week. It’s all good.
What was planned VS. What happened!
Sunday – 7k {not part of training} It was a super hot day and my husband was home. We both wanted to run that day so I decided to run on the treadmill in the afternoon {in our cool basement} and he ran that night around 8pm. He made the better choice as it was still super hot in our basement when I ran. I wish I would have just waited until the evening but glad I got it done.
Monday Stretch & Strength: 5k- fast outside {28:41} Was so close to getting a new PB but failed and then slowed down for the remainder of the run. Ahh well, another time. What I loved about this run? That when I got home my husband got his running gear on and ran 8 km. #tagteam 🙂
Tuesday 5k – 5k outside {29:04} a.k.a The day we took Hilary’s dummy away! This run almost didn’t happen but I managed a late night run (8:30 – 9 pm). I was really happy I got it done.
Wednesday – 5 x 400 @ 5k Pace: Yoga for Runners Workshop I went to a 1.5 hour workshop on yoga for runners…it was great. Just what my body needed. I basically switched Monday and Wednesday’s workouts minus the speed training.
Thursday 5k – Rest Day I took today as a rest day as I had Friday off work and wanted to run outside then inside.
Friday – Rest Day – 5k outside. Had the day off work and kept the girls in day care! I had the whole day to myself and took advantage with a slow run outside in the humidity heat.
Saturday 5k – 8k treadmill 100% read the plan wrong and thought my long run was on Saturdays not Sundays. It was a good run…nothing spectacular but I was happy to run that distance again.
Sunday – 8k – 5k outside. We took a trip to visit my family in Halifax and I went for a run in my old stopping ground. It. Was. Awesome! I got a new 5k Personal Best of 27:43 🙂
New 5k Personal Best
And just like that my first week of training is done, only 11 weeks more to go!
Total Mileage for the Week: 28km
Total Mileage for Training: 28km {Can’t wait to see what it is after 12 weeks}
How was your weekend?
Ever mess up your training schedule by mistake?
How’s the heat ?
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Nice job on the PB!!! You’re really logging in the miles, keep it up and you’re going to have an awesome half-marathon 🙂
Thanks! I hope so 🙂
Great work. That is quite a week. Gotta love training season 🙂
Thanks. Looking back I have to admit it was quite the week!
Congrats on the new PB! It’s getting pretty hot here again!!
Thanks! We’ve had some cool days but it’s super hot again!
Solid week! Great job and congrats on the new PB!
Thanks! It felt solid 🙂
Are you following a Hal Higdon plan? This looks awfully familiar. 🙂
Great week of training!
Sure is!!! At the beginning of last week I was second guessing the “Intermediate” training plan I chose but after a conversation with my husband that night I am feeling a lot better about it.
Thanks 🙂
You’re rockin’ those runs lady!! I wish my brain automatically converted km to miles so that I could easily figure out your distances lol. It still takes me a while. Canada and the rest of the world needs to tell the US to just switch to metric already 😉 And ugh the heat makes running so hard!
Ha ha yeah, miles always messes me up! Quick breakdown for ya: 5k – 3 miles 8k – 5 miles 28k – 17 mile and yes I had to look up the 28k/17miles 🙂
Hooray for half training! Me too. The heat, my biggest weakness, is getting me out the door earlier these days.
Oh the heat can be nasty! Early mornings or late night runner is just so much better these days.
Yes, I’ve been following along. I know you had a great week! And I think you know I had a tough one due to it being the hottest week of the year. When you get in your car and the thermomater says 109..ouch. I wouldn’t mind so much if the humidity wasn’t so flippin high!
I seriously don’t know how you run in that weather! Maybe you’ll get another bout of cooler weather for a bit 🙂
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