Mon- off (travel to Austin,Tx)
Tues- Hill Sprints Hilton Garden Inn, Austin,(long hills) .75 mile WU, 1.5 mile sprints,36 degrees
Wed- 3 mile treadmill run Springhill Suites, Round Rock, TX (10:00 miles)
Thurs- off (travel home)
Fri- off (recovering from traveling home)
Sat- 6 miles (54:18) 9:02 avg pace, 31 degrees, snow flurries
Sun- 6 miles (55:02) 9:10 avg pace, 34 degrees, light snow
Just put my third travel week in the books and was able to again keep my intensity while traveling thanks to some nice hills just out of my hotel in Austin and a sweet treadmill in my Round Rock hotel. I'm finally in for a few weeks and looking forward to some extra pool workouts and runs on my home turf. Also, received my new Helium Fuel Belt in the mail this week and that opens my route options much wider as I was having to plan my route around my secretly hidden bottles on my existing route, which took far too much prep time than I want. I got the 4, eight ounce bottle belt, but only wore 2 on my 6 milers this week...I know why they call it the helium belt cause I really didn't know it was there. What a difference it makes.
Wicked cold this week on my runs as Austin/Round Rock got a suprise cold front and I came home to about 5 inches of snow (4-5 more coming tonight). For my two 6-milers this week I tried a new tactic just to see what would happen and that was not looking at my pace and just keeping my feet to the ground and running. Ran both run in the 9 minute range and that made me feel really good because I feel like I'm getting faster with this training program. Also dropped another 1.5 pounds this week, so that extra few I was complaining about early on seems to be comng off.
Karl and I had a great time on my visit, we got in a few dinners and have some great stories too.
Not sure I've shared my marathon goal with the group, but it's to finish the race sub 4 hours. This was considered my down week with 2 shorter 6 mile runs and next week ramps back up anbd ends with a 15 miler....I can only hope the snow and bitter cold stay away for that run!
Samantha starts her official training in the morning, so I'm pumped for her.
Out,
Bacon
3 comments:
Way to stay disciplined. I know getting those workouts in with all the travel you've been doing has not been easy.
Sounds like your training is working well. That sub 4 marathon is looking very doable.
The family and I went to Austin yesterday to cheer on a co-worker of Jennifer. It was so nice going to a race to cheer other people on rather than competing in it. It was inspiring and motivating.
Keep up the great work. You'll love that Helium. Mine has seen me through many 2-4 hour runs.
Best of luck to Samantha on her program.
Very proud of you Claude, this weather has been very discouraging for training outdoors but you have stayed the course and remained faithful. Keep it up. What is Samantha specifically training for?
Samantha is shooting for more 5k races and an overall more physically fit lifestyle...she's one week into Shaun T's "Insanity"...trust me..it's insane too
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