And it goes a little something like this……
SorryNotSorry for that 😉
What Was Planned VS What Really Happened!
Monday July 20th: Rest Day – Rest Day – Really nailing Monday’s rest day!!!
Tuesday: 5k – 5k humid morning run.
Wednesday: 7k – 7k run outside. I was pretty convinced this run was NOT going to happen but I’m sure glad it did. You can read more about it here but to sum it up: rough day = fast pace Piper.
Thursday: 5k – 5k Treadmill run at 8:15 pm. Nothing special about this run other than it was another long day, soccer night for Lilly but I managed to get it done.
Friday: Rest Day – Rest Day . Nailed this rest day too 😉 We hit the road late afternoon to hang out with our family in Halifax.
Saturday: 13k – 13k outside. I met up with three other mother runners around 7am. Renee has three children, Natalie currently has two and Tracey has two as well.The plan was to run out 6.5k on a gravel trail (BLT Rails to Trails) and return.
We stayed together as a group of four until the half-way mark and then I had to slow down A LOT! The first 6k of our run was a little fast for me to maintain so Renee and Natalie kept their 6 minute/km pace and Tracey and I slowed down to 6:20 minute/km.
1 – 6km was fast for me but it was great as I was still able to have a conversation. (6:27; 6:12; 6:04; 6:07; 5:59; 5:52)
7 – 9km was terrible. I walked way more than I wanted to. I answered questions with “Yes/No” and didn’t elaborate because I couldn’t talk, and I questioned it being a hard run vs me being lazy. (6:52; 6:46; 6:26)
10 – 13km Some how I managed to maintain a good solid pace (or what seemed like a good pace) and the short walk breaks were behind me. We even plowed up the last hill to finish off our run.(6:35: 6:58; 6:14; 6:08)
Tracey, me and Natalie (Renee kept running).
Then I left on a 4 hour drive to visit a good friend of mine – sans kiddies!!!! I forgot what it’s like to drive long distance with no one in my back seat!
A girls gotta drive in comfort, right? Don’t worry, I didn’t step out of the car like this.
Sunday: Cross Train – Nothing. The plan was to hit up the gym on my drive back but that didn’t happen. I was in a hurry to get back to meet my new niece that was born earlier that morning. She’s beyond beautiful and she held my hand for a 1/2 hour – I’m in love again!
Overall: It was a good week but I had a few struggles along the way. Really, no complaints here. I noticed I wear a lot of purple some days (not planned):
Highlights:
- Having an awesome run when I wasn’t even expecting to finish 3/4 of the distance.
- Long run with some awesome mother runners.
- Meeting my niece.
Week 5 # of km: 30km
Total km of training to date: 132 km
Looking forward to next week: This is going to be an interesting week of my planned runs and workouts happening on random days. I think my long run will happen mid-week instead of the weekend since my husband will be away. The plan is to just get what I can done when it’s possible.
Week #4 update here, in case you missed it. I can’t believe I’m starting week 6 – halfway there!!!
Do you rearrange your running schedule often?
What’s the most important run(s) during your training cycles?
Did you love hearing a little Run DMC ?
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I always rearrange my running schedule! Sometimes you just need to!! I would say the most important for me are my long runs & hill workouts. Have a great week!
Usually my during my training plans, I have to change days around but so far I’ve been almost 100% on track! I’m fine with changing things up this week – should be interesting!
I need to do more hill training.
It was great to run with you! hopefully we can meet up again before MRW for another long run. I’m so happy you are injury free!!!!
Thanks for meeting so early! Hope you survived the early morning 🙂
Constantly rearrange my running schedule. No 2 weeks are the same unfortunately.
For some reason this training plan I am able to keep on track almost 100%, however this week will be off and I’m totally fine with that…as long as I get my runs in that’s what matters.
I have to rearrange a lot because my schedule gets super hectic with rehearsals and vacations and whatnot, but it usually (mostly) gets done. Congrats on another great week!
It’s nice to have the flexibility to change up a training plan if needed.
Love your DMC!!! GREAT tune. Awesome job this week and congrats on the new niece! Now that I’m back to being my own coach I am constantly rearranging my schedule. I think tempo runs and progression runs are so important, and of course just plain old easy runs!
I couldn’t get it out of my head when I started the blog post so I figured, why not! I’m terrible at tempo runs 😦
Haha cute driving outfit! I wore my compreshies (that’s what I call my compression socks) all the time on our last long road trip. I looked ridiculous because mine are just plain BLACK. They don’t even look like compression socks… it just looks like I am making a poor fashion choice!
I change my workout schedule up all the time. Sometimes life gets in the way or sometimes I am just not “feeling” something so I switch it around to a different day.
My last training cycle I changed it up all the time but so far this round I haven’t (until this week) – it’s all good 🙂 If people only understood how good compreshies feel on one’s legs they would wear them too.
I change my schedule all the time, it’s part of the reason I stopped keeping a paper plan. 🙂 I love compression socks for long car rides- the best!
I love that Run DMC tune. 😉 Your driving apparel is on point. 🙂 I would have loved to run into all you ladies running on the trail! I think I was in NL then though.
You were busy rocking out another PR!!!! Sounds like the Tely10 was awesome! I’m sure I’ll be running in Timb. again!
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