My thoughts on this week's training:
I felt better having longer running stretches at 5 minutes this week. I felt like I got into a good groove. It was less choppy feeling and more endurance building too. I also ran with my first ever Running Group for my long run and that was a complete blast! My pace was faster this week since my running intervals were longer, too. Yay!!
My Stats for this week's training:
{all runs 5 min run/3 min walk interval}
35 min / 3 miles / 11:39 pace
41 min / 3.5 miles / 11:42 pace
30 min / 2.52 miles / 11:57 pace
4 mile run / 45:17 minutes / 11:17 pace (Group Run)
What was hard this week?
Probably the fatigue. Just being tired and sleepy. One morning I REALLY did not want to wake up and run. But I did!!
What was easy this week?
Surprisingly, my long run. I did 4 miles and ran with a running group. I've never done that before and loved it. It was way out of my comfort zone to post on the Group Facebook page and just show up. I'm so glad I did! I think it'll be a new normal for my long runs! We chatted the whole run through and it helped the 4 miles fly by! I had this mental thought around 30 minutes where I thought "ugh I want to stop but have to keep going" and "my legs are tired" it helped so much to have others with me to distract me. Plus several of the running leads were super encouraging and positive about my running, my pace, my training plan. It was great!! We even finished the run on an uphill, which I hate and never would've chosen on my own, but pushed through and felt so strong when I finished. Yay for community!!!
Any aches or pains?
Still mostly lower back.
Here we go! On to week 4!!!!
PS make sure you follow #shapeherhalftraining for updates too!!
I felt better having longer running stretches at 5 minutes this week. I felt like I got into a good groove. It was less choppy feeling and more endurance building too. I also ran with my first ever Running Group for my long run and that was a complete blast! My pace was faster this week since my running intervals were longer, too. Yay!!
My Stats for this week's training:
{all runs 5 min run/3 min walk interval}
35 min / 3 miles / 11:39 pace
41 min / 3.5 miles / 11:42 pace
30 min / 2.52 miles / 11:57 pace
4 mile run / 45:17 minutes / 11:17 pace (Group Run)
What was hard this week?
Probably the fatigue. Just being tired and sleepy. One morning I REALLY did not want to wake up and run. But I did!!
What was easy this week?
Surprisingly, my long run. I did 4 miles and ran with a running group. I've never done that before and loved it. It was way out of my comfort zone to post on the Group Facebook page and just show up. I'm so glad I did! I think it'll be a new normal for my long runs! We chatted the whole run through and it helped the 4 miles fly by! I had this mental thought around 30 minutes where I thought "ugh I want to stop but have to keep going" and "my legs are tired" it helped so much to have others with me to distract me. Plus several of the running leads were super encouraging and positive about my running, my pace, my training plan. It was great!! We even finished the run on an uphill, which I hate and never would've chosen on my own, but pushed through and felt so strong when I finished. Yay for community!!!
Any aches or pains?
Still mostly lower back.
Here we go! On to week 4!!!!
PS make sure you follow #shapeherhalftraining for updates too!!
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