Forgot again

😏 Ok, so I guess it's only Thursday so I didn't forget the whole week. 

Monday

Did: 60 min Power Flow w/ Karina

Did this one out on the porch = nice. But man this was tough! We held each posture for a loooooong time. Oof. 

Tuesday

Did: 6.94 mi @ 8:27/mi Track Tuesday

Hit the track with Matt & Chris, did 3x mile repeats (7:29, 7:40, 7:30) that weren't exactly fast but I definitely felt like I was working hard. I felt like I had no gas in the tank. Thankfully Matt & Chris had both done hard runs the day before so at least the warm up and cool down weren't super fast!

Wednesday

Did: 60 min Soul Sculpt w/ Katie F

Good tough class as always!

Thursday

Did: 5.44 mi @ 8:43/mi

Took a lovely cool overcast morning run through Green Valley. Felt good today!

Friday

Did: 5.96 mi @ 7:58/mi

Woooo fast run with the early downtown crew! Added an extra mile to the "Friday Five" route and while we started off with a nice calm pace the middle 2 miles were about 7:30/mi - guess that makes this a tempo?? LOL. I sure felt like I was working hard, but it was good to push because I know it'll make me stronger and faster in the end.

Saturday

Did: nothing

Visiting family in Florida

Sunday

Did: 5.24 mi @ 8:53/mi avg

Man, what a difference 20 degrees makes! Running in Florida in the humid 80s takes its toll. We ran from the cousins' house to the beach and I should have run extra, but totally pooped out. Oh well, something better than nothing!

No long run but still close to 24 miles for the week. I'll take it.

Maybe I'll remember this week?

 Actually only TUESDAY and I'm starting this so 🎉

Monday

Did: 60 min Power Flow w/ Karina

Lunchtime yoga and did it outside on the patio - so nice! 

Tuesday

Did: 7.07 mi @ 8:09/mi avg Track Tuesday

Wheeee track Tuesday back at it, with both Matt and Chris today. Beautiful temps and felt good and energetic today. 3x3x400 at 10k, 5k, and 1m progressive pace for each set of 3. 200 recover between each within the set, then 400 recovery between each set of 3. 

Set 1 (target 1:55 / 7:40/mi pace) - 2:00, 1:55, 1:53

Set 2 (target 1:45 / 7:00/mi pace) - 1:49, 1:47, 1:45

Set 3 (target 1:35 / 6:20/mi pace) - 1:38, 1:33, 1:36

Not too far off target paces, so I'll take it! Man that felt good.

Wednesday

Did: 3.22 mi @ 8:37/mi

Took the only free half hour of my day to get in a quick few miles around the neighborhood in the afternoon. It was pretty warm by the time I got out, but glad to get something!

Thursday

Did: 5.28 mi @ 8:19/mi

Ran home from dropping D off at school this morning and it was so nice to run in the early morning dawn hours. I made an effort to push the pace on the section while I was on the Swamp Rabbit trail (kind of like tempo miles?) - didn't really have a goal but Strava says I did pretty well with that rough concept:

Friday

Did: nothing

Crazy busy day. Exhausted!

Saturday

Did: 8.5 mi @ 9:11/mi avg

Waited alllll morning for the rain to let up enough to get me out the door, finally got out around 12:45pm. It was still sprinkling and the rain just saps my energy, so I felt really slow and sluggish even though my pace actually turned out to be pretty good. Didn't have time for the distance I wanted but was good enough.

Sunday

Did: 60 min Soul Sculpt w/ Eleanor + 3.5 mi hike 

Since I missed my sculpt class this week I decided to do Sculpt on Sunday. It was a great class and I really liked the instructor! Felt good to sweat. 

In the afternoon, we met D's friend at Paris Mountain and hiked Sulphur Springs in the opposite direction as last weekend. It was a tough little climb and we got caught in the rain on the way back to the car, but nice to get out on a mostly rained-out weekend!

A hair over 24 miles for the week when I felt like it was a pretty low-mileage effort seems good to me! Shows that the short runs when I'm "just getting in what I can" really do make a difference. 

Uh, I forgot another week.

 Yep, forgot yet another week of blogging... yikes. 🙈

Monday
Did: 30 min power flow

I don't remember why I only did half of this class. I think the power went out and disrupted our internet connection for about 20 minutes. 

Tuesday

Did: 6.3 mi @ 8:19/mi

Slept through the alarm for track Tuesday in the morning (maybe intentionally since it was supposed to be storming) so ran in the neighborhood in the afternoon. Had a really fabulous and fast run! 

Wednesday

Did: 3.04 mi @ 9:09/mi + 60 min Soul Sculpt

Went for an "easy" run while on a conference call, ended up being pretty decent pace despite trying to pay attention.

Followed with a sculpt class at noon which was tough as always but felt great. 

Thursday

Did: 4.31 mi @ 8:54/mi

Ran in the neighborhood, don't remember much about the run but seems like it was good. I know I was pressed for time and got back just in time for a conference call. Also, it was much warmer than I'd anticipated.

Ready for conference calls!

Friday

Did: 60 min Power Flow w/ Jessica

Friday lunch class = 🙏

Saturday

Did: 11.06 mi @ 9:20/mi

Yessssss long run 🙌 I've been stuck in the 8-9 mile range for weeks and it felt so good to go above and beyond 10 miles today. I took it steady, not slow, just steady, and it was a great run. I also ate breakfast before I ran which I think made a big difference. 

Sunday

Did: 5.45 mi hike w/ D

We kept it local and went to Paris Mountain (D's choice) for our Sunday morning hike. Started at Shelter 5&6, up Sulphur Springs to Brissy > Kanuga > Firetower > down hiker-only Sulphur Springs. Great time, only a few attitude issues from little D, but ended up having another great morning in the woods together. 💚

This is silly, I'm not training for anything.

I don't know why I've kept up the "training" posts. I'm not training for anything. My mileage isn't progressing or following any kind of plan. As much as I crave structure and goals to motivate me, I don't think another demand on my time and energy is what I need right now. I've got a good groove of weekly activities for now and I'm good with it. 

Monday
Did: 60 min Power Flow w/ Karina

I usually avoid doing workouts on Mondays since it's my day to help D with his eLearning at home, plus do my usual workday, but today I felt like I just needed to take the hour for myself and do some yoga. It was a good choice.

Tuesday

Did: Track Tuesday, 6.74 mi @ 8:10/mi avg

Matt had to miss out on the track run today, but thankfully another track friend Chris was able to join for the first time since pre-Corona. Definitely good to have another person along those suuuuper dark sections of the Swamp Rabbit Trail so early in the morning.

Did a downward ladder and was fairly pleased with paces... the time per distance doesn't exactly match the detected pace since the distance markers on the track are basically nonexistent. 

1600 @ 7:00/mi = 7:13

1200 @ 7:05/mi = 5:26

800 @ 6:50/mi = 3:31

400 @ 6:23/mi = 1:39

Wednesday

Did: 60 min Soul Sculpt w/ Brionna

Yayyyy got another of Brionna's classes in. Super tough class, tons of lunges and squats. Booty's gonna be sore.

Thursday

Did: 4.21 mi @ 8:35/mi + 60 min Power Flow w/ Marsha

Was planning to run home from dropping D off at school, but as we pulled away from the house it was raining fairly steadily (where did that come from??) and was still dark. I wasn't in the mood for it, so I said no thanks and hopped out. Ran later once the sun came up and the rain (seemed to have) moved out. Got rained on for the last mile = loved it.

Later got in a power flow class with Marsha as the instructor - man I have missed her! She's got good inspirational stories and affirmations throughout the class, plus is always challenging and has new/different things for her students to try. 

Friday

Did: 60 min Power Flow w/ Jessica

Lotsa yoga this week! This has become my typical Friday lunch class which I really enjoy. 

Saturday

Did: 8.42 mi @ 8:49/mi avg

Ran with the downtown group again, this time a slower paced crew (thank goodness) with an easy route out-and-back on the Swamp Rabbit Trail. I think I need to eat more food before I do long-ish runs, because I start to poop out around an hour into the run. I pushed to get past 8 miles but really want to get back to double-digits soon. It'll happen, just need to get my head in the game.

Sunday

Did: 5.7 mi hike w/ D

Took D out for an ambitious hike at Table Rock - all the way up to Governor's Rock! 

Large Hill

It was a beautiful morning and D did an amazing job climbing this super-technical and very climby trail. He loved making it to the view at the top (or at least the "top" where we turned around) and keeps talking about how he really wants to go all the way to the top of the mountain! Maybe someday soon... here are some pics from our adventures:

😊

"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. 

Loving these hikes with my best little adventure buddy. 😍

"Because Why Not" Half Marathon (Week 5/12)

 Alright, trying to get life back on track post-vacation is always interesting. 

Monday

Did: nothing

Air travel all day - exhausting!

Tuesday

Did: 30 min Power Flow w/ Jasmine + 6.22 mi @ 8:34/mi avg #10kTuesday

Tried to get in a yoga workout but technical difficulties caused me to cut it short. Still was nice to do some yoga since I didn't do any last week!

Went out around noon for a 10k in the neighborhood. The cooler morning temps tricked me into thinking this would be comfortable! Plus this was one of my fastest 10ks in a while, so it felt challenging, but good to get it done.

Wednesday

Did: nothing

Full day of work + eLearning Kindergarten!

Thursday

Did: 5.31 mi @ 8:47/mi avg + 60 min Soul Sculpt w Katie F

Ran home from school drop-off, man it was humid... I was hoping for another taste of nice fallish weather! They keep saying a cold front is rolling through this weekend. Fingers crossed. 

Did Sculpt at lunch... a little bummed because I'd intentionally signed up for Thursday since Brionna usually teaches, but turns out she had a substitute... I do like Katie, though, so it was a good class and a hard push with plenty of squats and lunges. 

Friday

Did: 60 min Power Flow w/ Jessica + BMW 2-Miler

Lunchtime yoga with Jessica was nice as usual. She's usually got a good message or mantra to share each week and puts me in a good headspace for the weekend.

In the evening we (Scott ran with me) did the virtual on-course BMW 2-Miler. I didn't have any expectations for the race since I still feel like I'm not back to normal/good speed yet, but it was fun to give a hard push for a couple of miles. Ended up with a time of 14:31 (definitely not my fastest) which was satisfactory, especially with how hot it was. 

Saturday

Did: 8.31mi @ 9:40/mi avg

Headed out for a run this morning and boy are my legs sore! I guess getting back into the regular running and sculpt and yoga groove this week has hit me pretty hard. Also explains the slower pace, but I'll take it. I got rained on for the last half of the run which was very nice compared to the gross humidity that I started in. 

Moist.

Sunday

Did: 1.7 mi walk + 16.8 mi family bike ride

Took a walk with D to try to explore the horse farm trails, but turns out they don't open until 1pm on Sundays. Boo! So we walked back home.

In the afternoon we took a family bike ride on the Swamp Rabbit Trail - to and from The Commons for afternoon refreshments. It was a nice afternoon!

Total Run = 21.8 mi

Not a high mileage week but getting back in the right pattern for working out. Hope to tick up a few more miles next week.

"Because Why Not" Half Marathon Training (Week 4/12)

Um, well I didn't start a blog last week... oops? If I look at my Garmin, here's a record of what I did and some photos to go with them...

Monday

Did: 2.34 mi walk w/ D

Walked to the horse farm with D for "recess" during eLearning.

Tuesday

Did: 7.12 mi @ 8:29/mi avg  Track Tuesday

Finally got over the 7-mile mark for an hour of Track Tuesday! It was stupid humid this morning though. Got a reverse ladder done:

1600m - 7:30

1200m - 5:32

800m - 3:37

400m -  1:41

Not super fast intervals but feeling better about seeing some higher mileage with this speedwork.

Wednesday

Did: nothing

Can't even remember why.

Thursday

Did: nothing

Traveled all day on an airplane! (3 airplanes to be more precise)

Friday

Did: 17.7 mi mountain biking

Went mountain biking in Bend, Oregon! We made a wrong turn and did 17+ miles instead of the intended 13, but it was a great ride and some really fun trails. 

Saturday

Did: 15.3 mi mountain biking

Did the lower section of the McKenzie river trail (the same trail that Scott and I did when we were here exactly 4 years ago). Beautiful day in the woods - it's all so green and lush!

Sunday

Did: 6.5 mi run along Deschutes River Trail + 5 more miles walking. 

Morning solo run on a beautiful trail. I couldn't get enough of it! Something about the chilly crisp air, the sunshine, and the rushing water beside me - so perfect.

That rounded out the trip - we traveled all of Monday. It was a great destination to revisit and I hope we get to go again!