Started off this week determined to feel good, eat well, and not crash like I have been on the past couple of long runs. The focus this week is hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.
Monday: Joined Mary for a kick boxing class on Monday morning. Jess and I were going to run around 5pm but it was hot, hot, hot so we put off the run till 8:30, after I taught yoga.
Jess just completed the Hood to Coast Relay Race with her friends and family on Fri/Sat. She ran 3 legs, 6 miles, 5 miles and 6 miles, and mostly uphill and in record time!! She's a badass and we needed to celebrate. She had a great idea - run and then drink! So, we ran across the Brooklyn Bridge and then bought tallboys and walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. Stay classy Brooklyn.
Tuesday: Started off the morning with a yoga class at Mala. It was a bit more intense than I thought it was going to be. We were up in handstands and forearm stands! It was fun but hoping it wouldn't affect my track workout. It didn't - thank god! It was a pretty hot day; hot and humid but being in Florida for a week changed my idea of what is hot and humid. It's gross up here but it's GROSS down there. Drank tons of water and ate really well all day so I was excited for track.
Workout was: 4x600 with 200 recovery and 6x400 with 200 recovery. I was very excited about my running/performance. I ran the 600s: 2:27, 2:24, 2:21, 2:24 and then my 400s were totally consistent!! 400s: 1:34, 1:34, 1:33, 1:34, 1:33, 1:34. And I actually followed my coach's advice and ran the 400s slightly faster than my 5k pace instead of all out sprinting. I'm hoping this translates well for my goal of a sub 6 min mile in 3 weeks at the Continental One Mile race.
Wednesday: We switched it up this morning and did a short run with some boot camp type exercises. My co-worker and friend, Mary, gave me some great exercises for us to do so we did our own outdoor boot camp on Cadman Plaza. gotta love burpees, pushups, box jumps, sit ups, lunges.
We ran that night with the lululemon Run Group. Jess took one group on a long run so she got in about 7 miles, 8 total for the day. I ran 7 total for the day and hung back with the beginner runners. Who, by the way, I'm really proud of - they made it up the Prospect Park hill without a problem! Coconut water by O.N.E revived us. Highly recommend Coconut Water with Passion Fruit. It's very good and not too sweet.
Thurs: 4 mile run and it was rough. I felt tired. Yoga later that night in Prospect Park
Fri: rest day!
Sat: Good long run-for all of us, finally!!!!!! yah 18 miles in 2:34 hrs and we felt great!
Sun: 3 miles on a treadmill and a spin class.
total miles: 42 and I was hydrated the whole week.
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