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Training: Faster Than Expected, Week 12
After struggling to do my long run by myself last Saturday, I decided to do my long run with the team this week. Not only did it make the run easier psychologically, but my per-mile time was almost a minute faster than what I’d anticipated at that distance. The Plan Monday, 8/9: Mandatory rest Tuesday, […] Read More
Training: Long, Lonely Runs, Week 11
I hadn’t realized that the days were getting so much shorter until I went out for Saturday’s long run. Setting my alarm for 5:30, I managed to drive the 20 miles south to Milpitas before the cloudy sky even began to glow. The Plan Monday, 8/2: 30 minute easy run Tuesday, 8/3: Tempo runs with […] Read More
Training: It’s Harder Than It Looks, Week 10
This is the week where I realized that Sport Beans are evil. I won’t be making that mistake twice. On the bright side, my long run was along a vineyard-lined course in Livermore, which makes everything seem much nicer. The Plan Monday, 7/26: 30 minute easy run (switched to non-run home stretching as a follow-up […] Read More
Training: Major Improvement, Week 9
I went into my training program assuming that I’d never progress past the runwalking that I’d always done. Eight weeks ago, we did a one mile benchmark run to test our speed, and I struggled to run for the full mile. On Tuesday, we repeated the timed mile and… well, you’ll have to scroll down […] Read More
Training: Uphill Week 8
The cold or allergy attack or whatever it was that thwarted last weekend’s run was still rearing its ugly head as I kicked off week 8. I took it slow on Monday, but then decided to show the cold no mercy and fight back with hill sprints on Tuesday night. The Plan Monday, 7/12: 30 minute […] Read More
Training: Unlucky Week 7
Anyone who says that you can still work out with a cold has evidently not done battle with the one that’s rattling around in my ears, nose and throat. Four days into it and I’m neither worse, nor better, aside from being vastly more frustrated and restless. The Plan Monday, 7/5: 30 minute easy run […] Read More
Another Week in the Books
I’ve logged another training week, including an all-exciting 4th of July 5-K race, my first ever, so a personal record by default! First, the recap: The Plan Monday, 6/28: Scheduled rest Tuesday, 6/29: Kickboxing Wednesday, 6/30: Running and strength circuits Thursday, 7/1: Kickboxing Friday, 7/2: Scheduled rest Saturday, 7/3: 30 minutes of non-running activity Sunday, […] Read More
A Week of Training
I realize that not everyone wants to see the details of my workouts on a daily basis, so now that you’re all fairly certain that I’m following the plan, I’ll give a week-in-review recap on Mondays. The Plan Monday 6/21: 30 minute run Tuesday 6/22: Kickboxing Wednesday 6/23: Running hills Thursday 6/24: Kickboxing Friday 6/25: […] Read More
The Team Run
Saturday Plan: 4 miles. Completed: 4.5 miles, mostly running. It was a damp, chilly Saturday morning at Lake Chabot when we headed off to do our team run. I’d never run at the lake before, and wasn’t quite prepared for the extent of the hills that we were going to encounter, but I quickly decided that […] Read More
Improvement = Training x Rest
Improvement = Training x Rest. This is a Team in Training coaching mantra. There’s a lot of emphasis on the importance of rest, and I, being a good little rule-follower, am only too happy to oblige this week. Tuesday night was the big night of circuit training (on top of a morning of kickboxing), and […] Read More
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