Full Marathon Training: Week 2

Such a fun week running with many friends. Some runs were encouraging and on the, dare I say it, easier side. Others I wanted to throw in the towel and never run again. Time doesn't matter. Speed doesn't matter. What the person next to me is doing doesn't matter. Doing something is all that matters. 

Monday- 4.5 mile run with Jill. 53:55. Ran the first 4miles 4min/45sec run/walks. The last half mile I did 4 set of 20 second sprints with 2 minutes to recover. My sprints got increasingly faster. 8:51, 7:56, 7:54 7:25. I know I only spent 20 seconds sprinting but holy moly that is fast! :) It was a challenging run- very hot and humid but it was a good run with great company :) 

Tuesday- Slacked and couldn't bring myself to get out of bed early to workout and by the time I got home it was late and didn't want to be too exhausted for my Wednesday morning run. 

Wednesday- 5 mile run. 58:34. Over all pace averaged out at 11:14. Long Interval workouts. Mile 1 slow run/walk. Mile 2 ran straight with a 9:57 pace. 2 minute recovery before mile 3. Ran mile 3 straight as well, felt I had pushed too hard on the second mile so I allowed myself to slow down. Paced mile 3 at 10:16. 2 minute recovery followed by a killer mile 4. 9:16 pace. woah dang, I was booking it!! FYI- running past 50+ construction workers walking to work will make you run fast, clearly. Mile 5 was slow, allowed some walking since I was beat after mile 4, paced out at 12:52.

Thursday- 4 mile run with Lauren. 47:29. Paced out at 11:37. 5-1 splits. Super humid. Mile 3 felt like we were running but not actually going anywhere, our pace reflected it too. Lauren instagramed our stats (picture to the right)
Friday- Rest day.... suppose to be a gym day but sleep dominated at 5:30am.

Saturday- 7.6 miles. First 2.5 with Bethany, Stephanie and Michelle. Last 5.1 miles with Katie. 1:39:38. paced out at 13:08. First 2.5 miles went by fast. No splits but it was hot and challenging. Last 5 miles were brutal! 5-1 intervals with Katie. (Please note that Katie looks like such a killer runner with her hat, water bottle and fanny pack, love it!) Sun was beating down on us. Legs were tired. Body was dehydrated. Walked a full+ mile in the middle. Suppose to run another 2.5 miles after finishing with Katie but my body was screaming "NO, YOU ARE CRAZY!" Since I haven't been feeling any pain, I haven't been bothering to stretch after all of my runs. Bad decision! IT was tight. In the last several miles my right arch gave a weird pain when walking. Reminded me that it has been too long since I bought new shoes. Didn't take long after stretching and cooling off for all the pain to go away, thankfully. Bummed I was unable to finish the full 10 but know pushing it could have done more damage than good.

Sunday- Suppose to be rest day but since Friday was lazy (rest) day I needed I do something. So instead of napping the afternoon away to the gym I went. So thankful for The Blogger App, currently riding the stationary bike and finishing up the post for this week. I will do the same weights as last week 4 reps 10 at 20lbs at arms,  4 reps of 10 at 30lbs for legs.

Tomorrow starts week 3 of Full Marathon Training! And since it's a holiday, Katie and I are going to venture down to Katy Trail for a beautiful and, hopefully, cool morning run!