Road to Chicago In Search of a PR #2

Post #2 | Tuesday, Week of March 23rd – 29th

I was very pleased with this training week. I want to wrap my head around bringing up the intensity & speed of my workouts and to stabilize my mileage around 70-80/week. So far, so good. Here’s how my training week looked:

M – Easy 8 miles

T – Tmill 4m w/u | Fartlek 10x 2min @ 4:50/mile (1%-3% incline) on 2min jog  | 10min c/d | Strength: 3x 10 45lbs deadlift, 3x hamstring curls in supine w/ ball~ 9.5miles

W – Easy 3.4 miles

T – AM Easy 3.3 miles PM Easy 5.2 miles

F – 4.4m w/u | 3x 1mile @ 5k feel (5:26, :19, :26) on 5min jog on wet Rez | 10min c/d  ~ 10.9miles

S – Easy 10 miles

S – Easy Long Run 15 miles

TOTAL: 65.6 / week

I really challenged myself on both interval days by not backing away from the intensity. It was a great feeling - I wanted to experience the gut-wrenching hurt. I believe I’ve shied away from it the past year and I think mentally, I needed to get to that place where I look for it. Mission accomplished for this week. Feel so ready for next workout.  Mileage was good with a nice long run and I’m on my way to getting to the 70-80s.