Training recap week of 3/30 (Pixie Dust Challenge Week 13)

How is it Wednesday already?  It was Monday, I blinked and now it's Wednesday!  This week has been crazy busy and I got behind in posting my weekly recap.  

We had some nice weather last week, but it has turned chilly again.  AGAIN.  I know I'm beating a dead horse, but I am so over this winter.  Hopefully then end is in site.

I slacked a bit last week in terms of cross training, but I was still able to get 3 in (plus I'm doing a plank a day and the Blogilates Sleek Arm Challenge, but I'm not considering those part of my 4 a week goal - they are bonus!).

Monday
Scheduled: Rest
Actual: Rest
Cross Training: Dirty 30 (21 Day Fix), :10 second plank

Tuesday
Scheduled: 5 miles easy
Actual: 4.5 mi, 42:35, 9:28 pace
Cross Training: :15 second plank

Wednesday
Scheduled: Speedwork - 5 x 0.5 mile @ Half Marathon Pace, 0.25 mi recovery (plus warm up and cool down)
Total miles: 5.8 mi total
Paces: 8:12, 8:11, 8:13, 8:01, 7:56
Cross Training: :20 second plank, Sleek Arms Day 1

Thursday
Scheduled: 5 miles easy
Actual: 5.00 mi, 50:43, 10:08 pace
Cross Training: Yoga Fix (21 Day Fix), :25 second plank, Sleek Arms Day 2

Friday
Scheduled: Rest
Actual: Rest
Cross Training: Total Body Cardio Fix (21 Day Fix), :30 second plank, Sleek Arms Day 3

Saturday
Scheduled: Hot Chocolate 15K
Actual: 9.39 mi, 1:31:00, 9:42 pace 
Cross Training: :35 second plank, Sleek Arms Day 4

Sunday
Scheduled: 1-2 miles easy
Actual: 1.39 mi, 15:45, 11:18 pace
Cross Training: :40 second plank, Sleek Arms Day 5

Total miles: 26.08

Total March miles: 102.36
Total April miles: 21.58

Miles until goal (1,250): 960.29
Cross Training: 3/4

Goals: March recap and new April goals!

Gratuitous sunset shot

Didn't anyone else spend all day trying to figure out if the emails you were getting today were real or an April Fools Day joke?  Some were pretty obvious, some actual made me read it twice.  I did really enjoy Google's Pac Man maps.  Basically, I got to play Pac Man on the streets of my neighborhood.  I definitely took some time to play it.

But today is also the first day of April, so time to talk monthly goals.  First a recap of my March goals.

Run 100 miles - A
I ended the month at 102 miles - yay!

Complete the 14 Day Yoga Shred Challenge - A
Did this one as well!  For someone who doesn't really like yoga it was a good way to ease into it.

Do core work 4x/week - B
Did pretty good on this on.  There was one week which I didn't make it, but otherwise I got core in 4 days a week.

Lose those extra "winter" pounds - B+
I only have 1 pound to go, so this was good!

Do my taxes - B+
Done, but I did wait until the end of the month, so only giving myself a B+ on this one

Overall, I did pretty good this month.  I really like setting small monthly goals as they are more manageable to digest sometimes.

Now, on to April...

Run 100 miles
Would like to break 100 miles again this month


Complete the Blogilates 30 Day Sleek Arm Challenge
A friend shared this with me and I thought I'd give it a go this month.  It requires not weights so I can do when I'm traveling this month.  It starts small and builds from there.  Tank top season is coming after all!  Who wants to do it with me?


Complete 1 full round of 21 Day Fix
I've already started doing these workouts as part of my cross training.  I'd like to do 1 full 21 day round at some point during this month.  I just found out that I am going to be going to NOLA the first weekend of May (yes, the weekend before Tink so it's going to be a busy couple of weeks!), so between that and Tink I'd like to ramp up my workouts a bit.  I know I'll be in a bathing suit at least a little, so can't hurt right?  Plus, probably should counteract all the calories I know I'll consume in NOLA =)

Lose that last 1 pound
Continuation of my March goal, so close!

Average 7 hours of sleep a night
I track my sleep on my FitBit and lately, it has not been good.  I'm averaging in the 6-6.5 hour range which is not great.  Would like to work on bringing it up to to 7 (more then 7 would be good, but let's not go crazy here).


Share some of your goals for the month!