Monday- Rest
Tuesday- 2.5 miles (hills)
Wednesday- Rest (although I did a crapton of walking around downtown Scottsdale)
Thursday- 1.5 miles (speed)/.5 mile scenic hike
Friday- 2.5 miles (I had to do this in 2 parts and it sorta felt like cheating...)
Saturday- off
Sunday- 4 miles
Total mileage: 10.5 miles
Goal: 10-11 miles
Let's take a moment and celebrate a few things:
I got my mileage in this week!
4 miles is my new longest distance ever.
I'm still following my Run Longer plan??? This is unprecedented.
For my 4 mile run today, we went to the White Tank Mountains and I ran a .5 mile loop 8 times- slightly boring, but the trail is really soft and sandy without any huge rocks to dodge. My main goal was to finish- I didn't have a time goal and in fact, I'm not even sure what my pace was. I took a couple 15-30 second walk breaks (recently read about the Galloway method, color me intrigued), and a few stops to snap some photos and look at a lizard.
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| obligatory selfie at mile 3 |
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| My little guy ran with me the last few minutes |
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| The weather could not have been better |
Remember when I said that running is a huge mental game for me?? That was never more apparent than today. I told myself I'd do half my run on the trail and the rest at home (honestly, doing that loop 8 times seemed insane at first). On my third loop, I told myself "yeah, I'm definitely stopping after four, just have to get to four". After four, I got some water and told my husband, "I think I'm going to keep going!" After five loops, I decided I might as well finish my run on the trail. And so I did. So much unnecessary thinking and cajoling and bargaining with myself.
Glaringly absent this week are both cross training and strength training. I'll get there...hoping my early to bed, early to rise plan helps with that.
Did you reach your goals for the week?
Woo hoo! Congrats on your new PDR and finishing it all on the trail! :) I have friends who swear by the Galloway method! :) You gonna keep trying it?
ReplyDeleteI did meet my weekly goals! Hope I do the next two weeks, too! My schedule is a bit more challenging then, lol.
I think I will keep trying the Galloway method as I increase distance- at least for my long runs!
DeleteCongrats on making your goals! My schedule for the next few weeks is pretty packed too, so it's going to be a challenge for me also. Make sure you check in next and let me know how it went!! :)