It was the final training week leading up to the Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon on Saturday. I continued with the Runner’s World Run Streak and it’s been 21 days now! … Continue reading Last Week’s Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon Training Workouts Recap and Weekend Update (6/8-6/14)
It’s Wednesday night and I’m just now posting last week’s workouts recap. It’s been a busy week. There’s only three more days until the Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon. It should be a fun one. I just checked the weather and the high in Seattle will be 72 deg and low of 51 deg. It should be great running weather. I think my training has gone well even if I didn’t follow a specific plan since my last half marathon last month. I’m still doing the Runner’s World Run Streak too. Here’s what I did last week:
Monday – Ran 3 miles.
Tuesday – Ran a fast 5 miles. 
Wednesday – Two miles on the treadmill for National Running Day. 
Thursday – I got some strength training in and did Focus T25’s Gamma Extreme Circuit. 
Then in the evening went for a run with a friend. 
Friday – I continued the running streak and ran a mile with my lil guy.
Saturday – Ran a nice and early 5 miles.
Sunday – Ran a mile to continue the streak. 
That’s my recap from last week. Once I’ve ran the Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half marathon, I’ll start training for my first marathon. Do you know of a good marathon training plan? I’m not sure what plan I’ll follow yet. Well, hope you’re having a great week!
Last week was the start of the Runner’s World Run Streak. I was able to go a week with running at least a mile a day. 🙂 But I’m getting excited for the Seattle Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon next week. I’m not really following a set plan but here’s what I did:
Monday – Ran a loop by my neighborhood and it was 2.71 miles.
Tuesday – Ran 5 miles before work. 
Wednesday – Ran a mile. 
Thursday – Got 3 miles on the treadmill. 
Friday – Ran a mile with my lil guy and then did Focus T25 Ab Intervals. 
Saturday – 11 tough miles on the treadmill. I watched Prefontaine on Netflix which helped.
Sunday- Ran a mile. 
Also, last week ended the month of May and I ended up with another 100+ miles. I ran 110 miles. This is my fourth time ever to get 100+ miles in a month. I’m on a streak right now, with three month’s in a row. The only other time was last year in August. Maybe I’ll continue the streak? Below is my May running report from Smashrun.
How’s your training going? Hope you’re having a great week so far!
It was race week and I still somewhat followed the Nike Coach from the Nike Running App. The pic below shows what was scheduled.
Here’s what I did:
Monday – Got an early morning 4 miles in.
Tuesday – Just got my #plankaday in, which I’ve been mostly posting on Twitter.
Wednesday – Another early morning run, 5 miles. 
Thursday – Got 4 miles done while the kiddo was in Preschool. 
Friday – Running rest day. #Plankaday done.
Saturday – 2 miles on the treadmill.Now for the weekend update. Nothing too exciting except for going to the Portland Rock’n’Roll Expo on Saturday and then the race on Sunday.
On Saturday, the kiddos and I took the Max train to the Oregon Convention Center, where the Portland Rock’n’Roll Expo was held. It’s nice to take the Max train since the Convention Center is right on the Max train line. It’s nice and easy for me since we live close to the Max and I don’t have to worry about finding parking and whatnot. The kiddos enjoy taking the train too.
The Portland Rock’n’Roll Expo was decent sized, not huge but still had many big vendors. Packet/Bib pickup was easy. Here’s a pic of the shirt and my bib:
Here I am by the countdown sign. 
My 7 year old posing with the runners. 
I thought the mirrors in the Brooks Merchandise area were amusing. They had sayings on them like the one below.
There also was a Brooks photo booth that was fun. You could pick out the signs to hold. 
After the Brooks Merchandise area was the rest of the vendors. Here was the entrance to them.
Here’s a fun pic we did at the Toyota booth.
The only thing I bought was nuun. I love the fruit punch and watermelon flavors. 
On Sunday was the race. Here’s my finisher’s medal. Race recap coming soon. 
How did your weekend go? Hope you have a great week ahead!
I’m linking up with Tara from Running ‘n’ Reading for the Weekend Update.
It was another busy week. It’s hard to follow the Nike Coach now that I’m working and don’t feel like working out or running after a 12 hour shift. It’s either I wake up early on the days that I work or I won’t get that workout in and it’s tough. I did get about 26 miles in last week so that’s not bad.
Here’s what I did:
Monday – Didn’t get run in.
Tuesday – Ran 3.8 miles on the treadmill.
Wednesday – Didn’t get run in.
Thursday – Ran 7 miles. 
Friday – Ran 5 miles on the treadmill. 
Saturday – I didn’t get the 12 miles in but got 10 miles on the treadmill. My longest run ever on the treadmill. 
It really helps to watch a show on the treadmill and I’ve just started watching Game Of Thrones. I’m still trying to catch up and am almost on Season 4.
How’d last week go for you? Have you seen Game of Thrones? Hope you have a great rest of the week!
It was a busy week for me and I did not get in the planned mileage. I started a new job and went to work for the first time in about eight years. So it was interesting going back to work. Things worked out well actually for me workwise because I thought I was going to work the night shift but there was a mixup and I ended up picking my shift and will be working day shift. Woohoo! 🙂 Last week was an 8-5 schedule but I will be working 12 hr shifts three or four days a week. But anyway my workouts have definitely suffered. I’m hoping when I get the hang of things I’ll get my workouts in better. Here’s what the Nike Coach had scheduled for me:
Here’s what I did:
Monday – Ran 5 miles.
Tuesday -I only ran 5 miles instead of the scheduled 9 miles.
Wednesday – No workout, just did my #plankaday.
Thursday – No workout, just did my #plankaday.
Friday – My parents came to visit and helped take care of the kiddos. We went for an evening walk. I ended up jogging some since my little guy started running for the last mile. 
Saturday – Ran 14 miles, my longest run ever! It was nice to get a long run in and my longest run to date. I felt pretty good during and great afterwards since I ran at a comfortable pace.
Sunday – No workout, just did my #plankaday. Started my first 12 hour shift. I’ll be working Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and every other Wednesday.
How’d your week go! Hope you have a wonderful week ahead!
I’m on week 2 of the Nike Running App Coach training plan. I ran 37 miles last week, which is the most for me to run in a week so far. This is a lot more miles than I’m used to but I’m managing. We’ll see how it goes this week since I’ll be starting my new job on Monday. But here’s what the Nike app had me doing last week:
Monday – Rest day.
Tuesday- Started with 1 mi warmup. Then did a Fartlek of running 4 miles at a faster pace, then 1 minute slower, repeated for 6 miles. Finished with a 1 mi cool down. 
Wednesday – 7 miles at easy, comfortable pace.
Thursday – 5 miles at easy, comfortable pace.
Friday – Ran through Noble Woods Park and ran four miles at easy comfortable pace, last mile at faster pace.
Saturday – Ran 2 miles easy, then a 9 mi progression run, then finished with a 1 mile cool down.
Sunday – Rest day.
The highlight of the weekend was Easter Sunday. The kiddos found there Easter Baskets and were so happy.
Later we went to the park. 
While at the park since it was a running rest day, I decided to go for a walk. I’m loving my new watch!
I’ve also started doing a #PlankaDay, which I saw on Twitter. Here was Sunday’s plank, which is day 8 of my streak.
How’d your week go? Hope you have a super week!
I’m linking up with Tara from Running ‘n’ Reading for the Weekend Update.
It was tapering week so there wasn’t much to this week training wise. I wasn’t able to get one of the 3 mi jogs in due to traveling and switching days around. But all my training paid off when I ran the NYC Half Marathon.
Here’s what the My Asics plan had scheduled for last week:
Here’s what I did:
Monday – I tried Yoga Fix Extreme from 21 Day Fix Extreme. I’m still a newbie at yoga. I liked how this one has a modifier as well as other options to follow.
Tuesday – I did the 5 mi Build up run. I knew I wouldn’t be able to get the run done on Wednesday since I was traveling.
Wednesday – Rest Day.
Thursday- Ran 3 miles with my sister.
Friday – Rest Day.
Saturday – Rest Day.
Sunday – NYC Half Marathon. Recap coming later this week.
It was a fun and busy week for me, which I enjoyed! How’d your week go?
This week started off great! It was nice to not have the Insanity Max:30 workouts since it’s tapering time. I did try some 21 Day Fix Extreme workouts and liked the strength training. But it seems like I’ve just come up a with a cold and my Sunday run was tough. Hopefully, it goes a way soon. Here’s the My Asics schedule last week:
Here’s what I did last week:
Monday – Rest Day
Tuesday – Before my kiddos Preschool Field trip, I tried 21 Day Fix Extreme’s Upper Fix workout. It was a great upper body workout! It’s been a while since I’ve used weights and it was good. 
Wednesday – I ended up running an easy 4 miles instead of 3. Then I did Dirty 30 Extreme with the hubby. Another great workout with weights.
Thursday – Ran 5.5 miles while the kiddo was in Preschool.
Friday – Rest Day
Saturday – Three miles on the treadmill.
Saturday was also a big day for the kiddos, since they were belt testing and earned their next belts. My youngest got his gold belt.
My oldest got his Warrior Juniors blue advanced belt and a patch for being teacher assistant more than twenty times. I’m proud of them and happy they enjoy martial arts.
Sunday – I ran only 5 miles, for the San Jose 408k Race to the Row Virtual/Remote Run I won from a giveaway from Relentless Forward Commotion. The actual race took place on March 1st, but I did not receive the bib, medal and shirt until Friday, the 6th. This was my first 8k virtual race or 8k race I’ve ever ran. An 8k is 4.97 miles but I decided to run 5 miles. It was a tough one for me. I just got a cold and wasn’t into it but got it done. I was hoping to run the 5.5 miles but didn’t feel well while running so just decided on the five miles. Hopefully my cold goes away soon! One more week until the NYC Half!
How’d your week go? Here’s to a great week ahead!
I’m linking up with Tara from Running ‘n’ Reading for the Weekend Update.
Last week was a great week! I finished the two month long Insanity Max:30 program and had my first race of 2015. Half Marathon training is going well too. This is what was planned on the MyAsics app:
Here’s what I did last week:
Monday – Day 50 of Insanity Max:30 -Max Out Cardio. Here’s what I posted on FB that has some video clips:
Tuesday – Ran three miles.
Then did Max Out Power.
Wednesday – Day 52 of Insanity Max:30 – Max Out Sweat.
Thursday – Ran 8.5 miles.
Also, did Max Out Strength.
Friday – Last day of Insanity Max:30 – Friday Fight Round 2! Friday Fight Round 2 is definitely the hardest workout in the program. I maxed out at 6:33, just a 6 sec improvement. This program really pushed me and I will definitely continue to do more workouts from it even though I’ve finished the two month program.
Saturday – Ran the Mommathon 5k, a local race put on my Mom’s Run This Town group and Uberthons. PR’d…woohoo! Race recap coming soon.
Sunday – 11 mile run. I wasn’t able to run it as fast as the MyAsics app said after it recalculated paces, but it was still fast for me. 😛 They are just guideline paces.
How did your week go? Happy first week of March!
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