Inspiration Wednesday 03/18/20

Recap Monday 3/16/20 (on Tuesday....again)

I may have to start making this recap Tuesday if I can't get my act together :D I had a pretty decent week, it was a recovery week so it was a light week for me. Here was my schedule -

Monday - 30 min walk
Tuesday - 45 min @ 134HR
Wednesday - 45 min @ 134HR
Thursday - rest
Friday - 30 min stair stepper
Saturday - 120 min @134HR
Sunday -  30 min walk

And how consistent did I stay?

Monday - 30 min walk
Tuesday - 45 min @ 134 HR
Wednesday - rest
Thursday - 45 min @134HR
Friday - 30 min stair stepper
Saturday - rest
Sunday - 120 min @ 134 HR

I got all my workouts in, some just on a different day. Pretty proud of myself for staying consistent last week... So here's this week's schedule. Time to start ramping things back up again.

Monday - strength training
Tuesday - 60 min @ 134 HR
Wednesday - 60 min @ 134 HR
Thursday - 60 min @ 134 HR
Friday - strength training
Sat - 30 min @ 134 HR, 90 min @ 144 HR, 30 min @ 134 HR
Sun - 30 min walk

With all the closures for the COVID 19 virus, I'm not sure how long my gym will be open so I may be resorting to strength training at home. Hope you have a great training week, and stay healthy my peeps.

Inspiration Wednesday 3/11/20

Monday recap - 03/09/20 (on Tuesday)

Happy Tuesday! Monday was super busy for me so I never got time to sit down and write my weekly recap. But, hey, that's life, right? I had a pretty crappy training week, but ended  with a pretty darn good race time (for me) on Sat. Here was my schedule -

Mon - 30 min walk
Tues - 60 min @ 134hr
Wed - 60 min @ 134 hr
Thurs - rest
Fri - 2 mile shakeout
Sat - Gate River 15k
Sun - 30 min walk

What actually happened -

Mon - 30 min walk
Tues - no run
Wed - 5k, 50 min run
Thurs - rest
Fri - no run, 30 min walk
Sat - Gate river 15k.... awesome race for me 2:19:04
Sun - 30 min walk

I don't know if you've ever done Gate River Run in Jax, but it's a pretty decent race. Well organized, great expo and awesome after party. My run club lucks out and gets to hand out chocolate milk from the Florida Dairy Farmers after the run... it's always a good time. The community comes out in full force to support the runners, offering oranges, water, and alcohol throughout the course. There is also live bands probably every mile - mile and a half. It's just a well planned race, and a lot of fun. And of course, there's the Green Monster bridge at the end to provide you with a nice challenge :)

Florida Dairy Farmer crew

awesome swag

from the blue bridge looking at the green monster

heading up the green monster

on the green monster

heading up the green monster

looking at the stadium coming down the green monster

Done!!!!

Huge Medal!!!!

Here's my schedule for this week... it's a recovery week so it's pretty light :)

Mon - 30 min walk
Tues - 45 min @134 HR
Wed - 45 min @ 134HR
Thurs - rest
Fri - strength
Sat - 120 min @ 134 HR

I'm feeling really good coming off the high of an awesome race time, so I'm excited to keep progressing in my training for my upcoming races!!! I hope everyone has an awesome training week!!!

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What's even better is that I get to share some of my perks with you guys. I have a 10% off discount code that you can use when your purchase some of these amazing socks and apparel. Use the code SOXYPAM when you make a purchase at My Soxy Feet. 

Inspiration Wednesday - 3/4/20

Recap Monday - 3/2/20

Happy Monday!!! I can't believe it's March already and my first baby boy will be 21 tomorrow. Wow, where does the time go? I had a really good training week last week, and did not miss any of my runs. I actually started making progress with my speed as well. I'm so excited! Here was my schedule -

Monday - strength training
Tues - 80 min @ 134hr
Wed - 60 min @ 134hr
Thurs - 2 miles warm up, 7 x .25 mile sprints, 2 miles cool down
Fri - strength training
Sat - 30 min @ 134hr, 50 min @ 144hr, 30 min @ 134hr
Sun - rest

Here's my actual results for the week -

Monday - strength training
Tues - 80 min @ 134hr, 5.28 miles, 15:12 min/mile
Wed - 60 min @ 134hr, 3.94 miles, 15:14 min/mile
Thurs - 2 miles warm up, 7 x .25 mile sprints, 2 miles cool down (the sprints were rough this week), 6.15 miles, 14:21 min/mile (Woot Woot... down in the 14 min/mile range)
Fri - strength training
Sat - 60 min spin class (can't miss my spin :D )
Sun - 30 min @ 134hr, 50 min @ 144 hr, 30 min @ 134hr, 7.40 miles, 14:55 min/miles

I'm excited to finally get down in consistent low 15 min/miles and then to run under a 15 min/mile for my long run was AMAZING for me. I'm so excited and can't wait to see more progress :D

Next week I'm running Gate River Run, so my week will be light to rest for it. Here's my schedule -

Mon - 30 min walk
Tues - 60 min @ 134hr
Wed - 60 min @ 134hr
Thurs - rest
Fri - 2 mile shakeout run
Sat - Gate River Run 15k
Sun -  30 min walk

Who else will be at Gate River? Good luck!!!