The One With Land Of Oz Training {Week 6}

This past week I had some crazy ridiculous energy, like the kind of energy that I really wanted to bottle up and store for later because I was literally on fire all week long. And actually right about now I am wishing I had bottled some of that energy because this week I can already tell I’m dragging.

Here is how last week turned out:

Week 5 (Jan 21-27)

4.5 miles Done + spin

BodyPump Done

5 miles + hills 5.5 miles + hills

4.5 miles + yoga Off

Off Done

10 miles (with Rach) Done

Off Done

24+ miles 21 miles

Monday I wound up adding on a spin class because well I just had so much energy. I was afraid the 4.5 miles afterwards would be hard but I wound up doing 3 of those miles as marathon goal pace (10:30) and managed just fine.

On Tuesday I upped all of my weights at BodyPump and I really killed it in the bicep track by not missing a single rep! This is huge for me because biceps are the hardest exercises for me for some reason.

Wednesday I went out for my favorite run of the week and I really pushed my speed big time. I had my fastest run since November and it felt amazing! I did 5 consecutive hill sprints with recovery jogs in between but that was it, I didn’t stop between sets at all, this was a first for me. I even went an extra half mile after all of that; like I said, I was on fire! I also wore my Brooks PureConnects that night. I love my PureFlows so much but I have a pair of connects that I usually wear for treadmill runs and BodyPump class and I’ve been really wanting to see if they will work well for me on the streets as well. They seemed to work really well and I’m going to keep trying to use them for shorter distances throughout the week to build up to primarily using those.

Thursday I was actually feeling really good and still had some of that energy left from the week but I could just tell that my body needed a rest day and I had worked out so hard the 5 previous days and I decided that I should allow myself a rest day.

Friday was also a rest day.

Saturday Rachel and I ran a personal distance record for her and she did awesome! I am constantly impressed with just how great she has been doing in her training; she definitely far exceeds how I did for my first half marathon. We started out doing a 6:1 keeping about an 11:30 pace and after about 5 miles we started working up to 7:1, then 8:1 and finally about 10:1 until we reached the last mile which we ran out completely. Man that girl can bust out a last mile like it’s no one’s business! I am getting really excited for race day with her.

This coming week is actually going to be a bit slower for me workout-wise, I have several things going on in the evenings and a bunch of stuff to get done this week. I also haven’t been sleeping very well lately so I am going to try to focus on getting some rest this week.

Week 6 (Jan 28-Feb 3)

4.5 miles

Off

5 miles + hills

Off

Off

13.1 miles* ( 12 with Rach) *5 miles for 5 by the 5th *Virtual race series 13 in 2013

off

22+ miles

On Saturday Rachel and I will go out for her longest run before we start to taper for her half marathon. She will do 12 miles with me. I will be participating in a virtual race as a part of the 13 in 2013 race series and I will also be dedicating 5 of those miles to my 5 by the 5th series as well.

Is anyone else doing the 5 by the 5^th or the 13 in 2013 race series?

I hope everyone has a great week!