The Training Week That Was… 8/13-19

Following three weeks during which I averaged between 35-40 miles, this week a began a new training plan that calls for “Rest Days” on Monday and Friday, moderately paced runs on Tuesday thru Thursday and back-to-back progressively longer runs (beginning at eight miles and building to twenty-three miles on Saturday and Sundays. The end result will be participation in a run November 9. In the recap below those miles was schedule to run appear italicized in parentheses. The total mileage I had been scheduled to run this week was 20 miles.

I have always had something of challenge staying with plans, but I’m willing to give it a go and remain patient as the mileage increases... here’s a quickie recap of how things went this past week:

Legend: R = Running, R(T) = Running on Treadmill, Bicycling (B), w/A (with Anne), w/J (with Jack), E = Easy Pace, and I've also noted increases (+x) or decreases (-x) from the previous week)

Monday: Recovery Day
Tuesday: R 4 miles (2 Runs = 2 solo + 2 w/A (E))/(2)
Wednesday: R 2 miles
Thursday: R 2 miles
Friday: R 9.6 miles
Saturday: R 6.2 mile
Sunday: Recovery Day
TOTALS--R 23.8 (-10.5 miles from the previous week), B 0 miles

Weigh-In*: 180.5 lbs. (-.5 lb.) [* took place at 5:30 a.m. on 8/20]

I'm proud of having stayed on task with the mileage and felt rewarded by two good moderately distanced runs on Friday and Saturday.

Breathe in, breathe out... YOU AND I ARE ALIVE!