The Little Chemist That Could: "Because Why Not" Half Marathon Training (Week 6/12)

Side note: Uhh yeah I forgot to write in this blog for, like, a week and a half? It wasn't until a friend asked me about it that I realized I never published this blog last week. Oops. Life gets in the way.

Monday

Did: nothing

Mondays are busy.

Tuesday

Did: 7.04 mi @ 8:24/mi

Track Tuesday is back again. Did 5x800 and they were sloowwwww, man I was dragging. Maybe I didn't sleep well? But still, the temps were nice (low 70s and low humidity) so it was good to get out and get done.

3:33, 3:28, 3:44, 3:41, 3:35

Wednesday

Did: 3.28 mi @ 8:27/mi

Ooooohhhhh Garmin has new features on their website:

Fancy

Took the opportunity this morning to go for a quick 3-miler in between conference calls. It's 63F!! SO NICE. Tackled some hills on this one but otherwise just getting outside.

Thursday

Did: 60 min Soul Sculpt w/ Brionna

I really wanted to go for a run in the hurricane but it's just not happening because my schedule today looks like this:

Yeah.

I had hoped to get out sometime in the 8-930 range but I had IMs and emails and phone calls out the wazoo before 7am and the rest of the day was just shot. Ugh. I did stand firm on my virtual sculpt class even though it meant cutting off a phone call with external lawyers (😬) so now we have a follow-up call scheduled for 5pm today. 😕 BLAH. But the sculpt class was good and awesome to be able to take one of Brionna's classes again since it had been a while.

Friday

Did: Power Flow w/ Jessica

Did the first half of a 60-min power flow class virtually with Jessica but the connection kept cutting out and I got annoyed, so I did the last half on my own. Better than nothing.

Saturday

Did: 9.29 mi run, Part 1 = 8:12/mi pace, Part 2 (cooldown) = 10:35/mi pace

Got myself up early to run with the downtown group and ended up with a group of FAST folks. We ran a 7-mile lollipop down Augusta Rd, through some really nice neighborhoods near Greenville Country Club, then back down Augusta. I was pooped by the end but I know it's what I need to push myself. Did a couple more miles on my own as a cooldown.

Missed these Falls.

Sunday

Did: 5.28 mi hike - Pinnacle Mtn Trail to Mills Creek Falls spur at Table Rock State Park

Another lovely hike with D, Robin, Dale, and their pup Luna. We got out to Table Rock around 8am and enjoyed a little over 2.5 mile out-and-back to some pretty falls. It was a gorgeous morning, D did great and didn't even complain about being tired until we had just about a quarter mile left.