Training Summary: 7/6/2015-7/12/2015

This week of training was pretty interesting… I was super busy with work (both my new jobs) and the final week of one of my grad school classes. There were a few days that I left the apartment before 6am and didn’t come home until after class (around 11pm-ish). That being said not many structured workouts got done, but I did what I could and ran the hilliest routes around, added strides at the end of almost every run, and upped my strength training. By the end of the week I was pretty ready for a rest day so even though I’m a little bummed that my mileage was so low I’m trying to remind myself that I put in all the work that I could have. 🙂

Training Summary: 7/6/2015-7/12/2015

Monday: 8.02 miles @ 7:06 pace (including 6x 100m strides) + 15 minute core workout

Tuesday: 7.03 mile workout [2 mile warm-up + 7x 400m on a straight dirt path (with 400m jogging rest) @ 81, 80, 80, 80, 81, 80, 79 + 1.5 mile cool-down] 7:08 average pace

Wednesday: 8.01 miles @ 7:26 pace – including 6x 100m stides + 30 minute arm//core circuit @ the gym

Thursday:  800m all out run for a classmates’ research project (time unknown) + 6.5 miles easy @ 7:45 pace

Friday: [AM] 12 mile long run + 6x 100m strides [PM: 45 minutes weight lifting @ the gym – legs//arms//core]

Post-long run breakfast with a side of foam rolling and puppy paws. 🙂

Saturday: [AM] 6.15 mile run w/ my assistant coaches to go over plans for the first week of the season [PM] 6.5 mile hike w/ Henri and two of our friends. We checked out an awesome trail called Chantry Flats which was anything less than flat! All the uphills did lead to some pretty awesome views though!

Sunday: rest day!

Total Miles: 48.21  *  Total Time Spent Running: 5 hours 55 minutes  *  Average Pace: 7:21

How was your weekend? 

Do you prefer hilly or flat hikes?