Training recap week of 3/16 (Pixie Dust Challenge Week 11)

Another week of training in the books! This past week was a busy one (hence the lack of posts) between work, training and going home for my niece's birthday.  It was a great time, but when all combined, a crazy week!

I also must have jinxed myself with the weather because after the nice weather the week before, it turned cold again and has been in the 30's!  And to top it all of we got 3 inches of snow on Friday.  Happy first day of Spring, right?  I am definitely ready for some more moderate temperatures!

I didn't do as great with cross training this week, only getting 3 days in.  But, I did get a nice set of progression runs in.  My legs were definitely feeling it by Day 3 so I need to make sure to keep doing these heading into Tinker Bell.  Only 7 weeks to go!

Monday
Scheduled: Rest
Actual: Rest
Cross Training: Twist and Shout (Tone it up)

Tuesday
Scheduled: 5 miles easy
Actual: 5.05, 47:48, 9:27 pace

Wednesday
Scheduled: 6 miles easy
Total miles: 6.00 mi, 58:04, 9:41 pace

Thursday
Scheduled: Rest
Actual: Rest
Cross Training: Bikini Abs (Tone it up)

Friday
Scheduled: 1.5 miles easy
Actual: 1.53 mi, 14:31, 9:31 pace
Cross Training: 21 Day Fix 10 Minute Fix Abs

Saturday
Scheduled: 3.5 miles long run
Actual: 3.5 mi, 33:49, 9:40 pace

Sunday
Scheduled: 10 miles long run
Actual: 10.00 mi, 1:35:48, 9:35 pace
Cross Training: Yoga Shred Day 14

Total miles: 26.09

Total March miles: 72.75

Miles until goal (1,250): 1,011.49
Cross Training: 3/4

Training recap week of 2/16 (Pixie Dust Challenge Week 7)

Hello!  I'm alive!  Sorry for the bit of radio silence, just needed to recover from Princess Weekend.  We had so much fun (lots of post recaps coming!) but I definitely came back exhausted and needed some time to recover.  This puts me 2 training recaps behind, so let's get those out of the way first. 

This week was pretty good.  I missed a run because I was behind in packing for Florida, but got my 4 days of cross training in!

Monday
Scheduled: Rest
Actual: Rest
Cross training: Pink Flamingo Workout (Tone It Up)

Tuesday
Scheduled: 4 miles easy
Actual: 4.02 miles, 38:58, 9:42 pace
Cross training: Bikini Arms (Tone It Up)

Wednesday
Scheduled: Speedwork - 2 x Harlem Hill @ 10K pace (7:50)
Actual: 3.1 miles total
Paces: 8:24, 8:10
Cross training: Thailand Tush and Daisy Duke Workout (Tone It Up)

I cut this speedwork a little to save my legs for the weekend.

Thursday
Scheduled: 3 miles easy
Actual: Rest
Cross Training: Sleek and Slender Abs

Friday
Scheduled: Rest
Actual: Rest

Saturday
Scheduled: Princess 10K
Actual: 6.32 miles, 1:18:20, 12:24 pace

I ran the 10K with my sister-in-law (her first!) and was happy to run it at her pace.  Recap coming soon!

Sunday
Scheduled: Princess Half Marathon
Actual: 13.4 miles, 2:16:18, 10:11 pace

Another great Princess Half in the books!

Total miles: 26.84

Total February miles: 74.20

Miles until goal (1,250): 1,098.75
Cross Training: 4/4

Training recap week of 1/19 (Pixie Dust Challenge Week 3)

Happy Monday everyone!  Hope you all had a good weekend!  This was a good and a bad week for me.  I missed my long run over on Saturday due to weather and though I debated making it up on Sunday, I felt like sleeping it.  It was my birthday after all :)

I did really good with cross training this week, getting in 6 workouts!  Saturday, Dori had organized a Refine class for the NYC area Oiselle Flock members.  I did them a couple of years ago and they are great workouts.  I'd love to incorporate them more often into my schedule because man, am I sore today!

Monday
Scheduled: Rest
Actual: Rest
Cross training: Love Your Total Body (Tone It Up)

Tuesday
Scheduled: 3 miles easy
Actual: 3.00 miles, 29:24, 9:50 pace
Cross training: Love Your Arms and Abs (Tone It Up)

Wednesday
Scheduled: 5 miles easy
Actual: 5.00 miles, 47:46, 9:33 pace
Cross training: Love Your Booty and Malibooty Routine (Tone It Up)

Thursday
Scheduled: 3 miles easy
Actual: 3.05 miles, 30:17, 9:55 pace
Cross training: Love Your Abs (Tone It Up)

Friday
Scheduled: Rest
Actual: Rest
Cross training: Love Your Body with HIIT and Love Your Arms (Tone It Up)

Saturday
Scheduled: 6 mile long run
Actual: Rest
Cross training: Refine Method class

It was snowing/icing today, so for safety's sake, I skipped this run.

Sunday
Scheduled: 2 miles easy
Actual: 3.2 mi, 31:08, 9:44 pace

3.2 miles in honor of my 32nd birthday!

Total miles: 14.25

Total January miles: 57.92

Miles until goal (1,250): 1,192.08
Cross Training: 6/4

Training recap week of 12/29 (Disney Half Week 6)

It's hard to believe that at this time last year, I was heading into my final week of Dopey training.  It feels like it was both a lifetime ago and yesterday.  I remember the feeling of running that marathon completely.  I also feel like it was FOR-EVER ago.  How is that possible?

I will say, I am very happy to just be running the half this Saturday.  I loved experiencing Dopey, but I also loved not having the stress of training for it over Christmas.

This past week was not a great week.  After being home for Christmas, I came back and got a horrible cold.  I know exactly who gave it to me - my youngest niece (love the girl but she is like a germ dispenser).  I got my runs in, but cut back on the mileage in order to allow myself to recover.  By Saturday, I was 95% back to my regular self!

And since one of my goals in 2015 was to do more cross training (aiming for 4x a week), I am going to be including those workouts in my recaps!

Monday
Scheduled: Rest
Actual: Rest

Tuesday
Scheduled: 4 miles easy
Actual: 4.0 mi, 38:10, 9:33 pace

Wednesday
Scheduled: Speedwork - 6 x 0.5 mi @ 10K pace with 2 min jog recovery (7:50-8:00)
Actual: 2.37 mi, 23:53, 10:04 pace
Cross training: 2 x Quickie Workout (Tone It Up)

Thursday
Scheduled: 4 miles easy
Actual: 3.0 mi, 28:35, 9:31 pace
Cross training: Love Your Body Yoga (Tone It Up)

Friday
Scheduled: Rest
Actual: Rest
Cross training: Love Your Body, 2 (Tone It Up)

Saturday
Scheduled: 8 miles long run
Actual: 8.17 mi, 1:19:26, 9:44 pace
Cross training: Love Your Abs (Tone It Up)

Sunday
Scheduled: Rest
Actual: Rest

Total miles: 17.54

Total December miles: 91.88
Total January miles: 11.17

Miles until goal (1,250): 1,238.83 (I almost just wrote 'a lot' because it does sound like so much right now!)

Anyone out there doing Dopey?  How are you feeling?

Good luck!