Weekly Workouts: Week Ending 1/13/13
Since I have all of this time on my hands and because I have several racing PR goals set for this year, I thought it would be nice to keep myself accountable on the public forum of my blog (for all 2 of my readers). So, each Sunday(ish), I'll post my weekly workouts from the previous Monday through Sunday, including barre classes, boot camps (finally signed up for one that starts in March!), and running mileage.
Freedom Park, one of my favorite places to run in Charlotte. Taken this week during my Sunday run.
I've got a half marathon next weekend in Charleston, and I'm feeling a bit undertrained* thanks to my final semester of grad school, the holidays, and getting a horrible case of the flu for a week during what was supposed to be my peak training week. For some reason, I thought I'd have a lot more time between the marathon and this race, but I grossly over estimated that. And so, I'm not expecting a stellar finish, but I am hoping to do better than my last (and first) half, and given the state and pace of my current training runs, I think this is definitely within reach.
But anyway, enough yammering, here's what my training looked like this week:
Weekly workouts:
Monday: 3.5 miles
Tuesday: This arm workout 2x's through, 25 reps each time, 8 pound weights
Wednesday: Rest, but not intentionally. Originally had a 3.5 mile run planned, but work and other obligations left me without time to do this.
Thursday: Pure Barre
Friday: 3.5 miles
Saturday: 9 miles + 2 mile jog/cool down with Dave afterward
Sunday: 3.1 miles
Total Miles: 21.5
Training for:
Charleston Half Marathon (1/19/13)
Alston + Bird LLP Corporate Cup Half Marathon (3/9/13)
*I suppose I'm used to running undertrained since I was also undertrained for the marathon. My highest mileage week was 32 miles with most other weeks coming in between 18 and 20. It's a wonder I finished that race without dying, really.
Freedom Park, one of my favorite places to run in Charlotte. Taken this week during my Sunday run.
I've got a half marathon next weekend in Charleston, and I'm feeling a bit undertrained* thanks to my final semester of grad school, the holidays, and getting a horrible case of the flu for a week during what was supposed to be my peak training week. For some reason, I thought I'd have a lot more time between the marathon and this race, but I grossly over estimated that. And so, I'm not expecting a stellar finish, but I am hoping to do better than my last (and first) half, and given the state and pace of my current training runs, I think this is definitely within reach.
But anyway, enough yammering, here's what my training looked like this week:
Weekly workouts:
Monday: 3.5 miles
Tuesday: This arm workout 2x's through, 25 reps each time, 8 pound weights
Wednesday: Rest, but not intentionally. Originally had a 3.5 mile run planned, but work and other obligations left me without time to do this.
Thursday: Pure Barre
Friday: 3.5 miles
Saturday: 9 miles + 2 mile jog/cool down with Dave afterward
Sunday: 3.1 miles
Total Miles: 21.5
Training for:
Charleston Half Marathon (1/19/13)
Alston + Bird LLP Corporate Cup Half Marathon (3/9/13)
*I suppose I'm used to running undertrained since I was also undertrained for the marathon. My highest mileage week was 32 miles with most other weeks coming in between 18 and 20. It's a wonder I finished that race without dying, really.