Week In Review

A day late, again, this week - but Monday's are a little crazy getting  back into the work week and all.

Last week's workouts were great, and a needed improvement on the previous week.

AND I RAN 9.5 MILES! =D

Training Schedule (11.3.14 - 11.9.14)

11.3.14 // 5:30am Hot Yoga (80 minute class).  It was a great class.  Starting my week off with Kim, was just what I needed.  I should note, that when I left class it was sleeting out.  Unacceptable!  By the time I left for work though, it was over.  The crazy Colorado weather continues!

11.4.14 //  30 minute Disney workout.  I really tried to push myself on the treadmill, and ran (what I think) were my fastest 2 miles ever in just under 25 minutes!  I did speed intervals of 5.5 and 3.5 - normally I top out at 5 on the treadmill, so I was happy with my workout.  Ended up doing 2.3 miles, but walked (speed 3.5) most of the last 5 minutes.

I was so excited, I had to take a picture mid run!

11.5.14 // 5:30am Hot Yoga (80 minute class).  Yet again, a lovely start to my Wednesday with Melissa.  It was a small class, which made it that much more awesome.

11.6.14 // Unexpected rest day, since I had to make some phone calls after work.  My husband said it was ok though, since I had my big long run this weekend to help make up for it. ;)

11.7.14 //  Rest Day!  I need the rest to prepare for my big run on Saturday.  We did Olive Garden for dinner (woo! haha) so I was all pasta'ed up!

11.8.14 //  Today was the day, the biggest run to date!  I kept watching the weather in regards to when I should head out.  Sunday was on par to be the nicer day, but I really wanted to take care of things on Saturday - so I could truly relax on Sunday.  So, instead of heading out early, I waited until more mid day for the sun to be out shinning.  It actually felt warmer than I was expecting which was great - because I do not like to run in the cold (which will be an upcoming problem for me...)

I really had to get over the hurdle that I was going to be out running for the next 2 hours.  That just seemed like SUCH a long time!  I set a 2 hour mark for myself, based upon my previous outings and what I thought would be a good goal to reach for my 9.5 mile run.  Fingers crossed!

I started out really great!  My first mile clocked in at 8:59!!  Excuse me!?  Me!?  I was over the moon, that seems crazy to me!  It was short lived, but my splits stayed in the twelves then the thirteens - given my run walk pattern, I'm ok with it. haha  I also unofficially beat my 10k time from my official 10k that I ran a month ago, so I'm happy to see improvement, even if it's unofficial. ;)

Woo a mile under 9 minutes!  Never would've thought...

Going into the last 3.5 miles or so, I was hungry and thirsty.  But, I had no other option but to continue to push though things as best I could.  I haven't tried any of the runner "treats" that people take on their runs, but I'm thinking I may have to after this one. 

One thing to note - I almost hit my goal of 2 hours flat!  I'm kinda mad at myself, because I walked a decent chunk of the last .5 mile, since I was treating it as more of a cool down, and then all of the sudden I realized that I didn't hit 2 hours yet and started to pick up the pace.  Regardless of my splits not looking all that stellar, I'm really happy that I came that close to running everything in 2 hours.

Overall, it was a good long run for me (never did I ever think I'd be running 9.5 miles...but um HELLO I'm running a half...) and I'm happy with where I am currently with my training.

11.9.14 //  Rest day - though I did walk quite a bit around the mall! haha  I had to go shopping for some cold running clothes because OH SNAP did Colorado take a turn this week!

My husband and I are scheduled to run a Pumpkin Pie 5k this weekend in Denver...lets just say, I'm not looking forward to it (...or the rest of this week for that matter).

Tomorrow is going to be freezing.  And the temperatures continue to drop...  

Oh Colorado.  Yesterday it was literally 60 degrees when I left for work in the morning.  We had an unscheduled fire drill around 11 and it had dropped 20 degrees and my choice of only wearing my North Face Fleece was showing to be a poor one given the wind.  By the time I drove home from work, it was 22 degrees out.  INSANE.  We had such a beautiful weekend here and had no "ease" into this winter weather.  Do.Not.Like.

My drive home tonight - they let me leave early!

 I am a little concerned about my commute in tomorrow, hoping for maybe a delay?  I just cannot deal with this weather yet...though it is November.  haha  I just don't know how this is going to affect my outdoor runs until the Half.  I have 2 more months to go - I can't let up now!

How do you stay warm on your winter runs!?

Week in Review

A day late, but it's here!

Last week was not a total home run on the fitness front.

It was a week to sleep in, aka no hot yoga, and some crazy week nights...my week was. Bit askew. I survived my "long" run for the week though, and I'm trying to be better this week.

Training Schedule (10.27.14 - 11.2.14)

10.27.14 // skipped 5:30 hot yoga. It was chilly and I wanted to 'sleep in'.  Rest day.

10.28.14 // should've been a 30 minute run on the treadmill night for my Disney training.  However,  I have taken up a project for my niece for Christmas that may be a bit more involved than expected. Haha. I am knitting her a baby blanket (she was born in July) and the pattern that I started was giving me issues when I started I to we the weekend.  I bought everything at a lovely yarn shop by my home, and they have evening hours Tuesday night, so I wanted to stop by after work because they're super helpful. Wellllllll, I ended up staying for just over 1.5 hours (!) and didn't get home until after 8pm.  My husband was away in business, so I had to take care of Toby and eat and all that so I decided to run Wednesday  night and call it a day.

10.29.14 //  skipped 5:30am hot yoga BUT attended 45 minutes of yoga during my lunch break. I have actually never done regular yoga, and it was quite nice since a) it was during work/provided by work b) it was free!  It's really nice that my school supports giving students staff and faculty healthy options during the day...this also included free 15 minute massages!  Yoga is offered every Wednesday and massages are offered every other Wednesday. I hope to get a massage too, but the mid day yoga was quite nice and put me (and my co-worker who also attended) in a very zen state for the rest of the day. We actually did quite a few moves for hot yoga so I felt quite comfortable. Did my 39 minutes to make up for Tuesday night when I got home from work...ran 2.24 miles on the treadmill. 

10.30.14 //  didn't get my 30 minutes in this night. I can't for the life of me remember why haha but it didn't happen. Rest day.

10.31.14 // Halloween!  Rest day. Didn't hand out candy or go to any party...just a night in with my hubs and pup.

11.1.14 // long run day. Was suppose to run 3 miles, but I wanted to make up for Thursday, so set my sites on 4 miles.  Had another <10 minute first mile, which was quite exciting. The rest went ok, I was hoping to finish in 45 minutes, but went over that a little.  I probably could've pushed harder, but I did my best give the wind and chillier conditions. I definitely prefer running in the sun.  

11.2.14 // I didn't get Toby out for his mile jaunt, or get to hot yoga like I was hoping to, but I did clean the heck out of our place and worked up quite a sweat...so it was a pseudo work out, but I also spent the afternoon watching football with the hubs and continuing work knitting on my baby blanket. 

This weekend, my long run is 9.5 miles...hoping it goes better than my 8 miles two weeks ago...and hoping I can deal better with the cooler conditions. 

How do you deal with the fall weather and outdoor running?