Weekly Workout Wround Up

May Days Training Week 10: April 5th - April 11th

Wow. When I said I was going to this week a little bit easier I apparently wasn't kidding. This week was pretty low mileage and even less working out, partially because of the chest cold I was fighting and partially because my life just got busy. Doesn't mean I was a total slug, though! I still got in three good runs. One of which was the 5K race in which I got another personal best!


Apr 5

Ran the usual 5.5 mile route with the running group. Although I felt like a total slug for the whole thing, I think it was one of my fastest 5.5 mile runs ever. I guess the reason I felt like it was hard is because I was actually running hard!

Apr 6

Didn't get a chance to run at lunch due to a presentation I was giving. And after work, instead of running or going to the gym, I was stuffing race packets for the 5K race on Sunday.


That's me in the white shirt on the right

It was quite the assembly line. By the time I got home I was more than ready to collapse.

Apr 7

Normally I would have done some strength training and gone to my aerobics class on Wednesday but when my husband told me he needed to take a nap so that he could start working on something for work at 11:30PM the idea of a nap after work sounded SO much better. So, I conked out for two hours. It was glorious. Honestly, the only reason I got out of bed was to make dinner. I guess sometimes your body just needs some down time.

Apr 8

After resting for two days in a row I felt as though my cough was finally behind me. Again, I wasn't able to run at lunch due to work so instead of going to the gym I decided to run after work. I did 4.7 miles in an amazing time. I paid for it the next day, though. I woke up achy and coughing out what I think was the last of the gunk in my lungs.

Apr 9

There is no rest for the wicked, however. Friday night I walked at least a mile to help hang No Parking signs along the 5K race course. It was quite fun and although the weather got a little chilly toward the end we couldn't have asked for a nicer evening.

Apr 10

Normally Saturdays are my long run days but because I was running a 5K race the next day I was free to volunteer to staff race packet pick-up. Packet pick-up can be a little chaotic and this was no exception. However, we finally got the system down and I was in a groove.

Packet pick-up was being held at the store where we start our Monday night runs. So, instead of paying for parking I just hoofed it to the store and then home again when I was done. Total walking mileage? Just under 3 miles round-trip.

Apr 11

The Race That's Good For Life 5K brought me another 5K PR and the realization that if I can figure out my pacing I am thisclose to getting under 25 minutes. It also brought me a slight twinge in my right groin area but I think that's due to not stretching enough after running so hard.

Total running mileage: 13.3

This upcoming week I have 26.5 miles on the schedule. That may end up being more like 23 miles since I don't like to run three days in a row and I have a lunch meeting on Tuesday. Plus, you may have noticed that this weekly summary is lacking in strength training. Yeah, I don't want to go two weeks in a row without it. So, stay tuned to see how I juggle work, running, and the gym!