Hello, hello!
Week 3 of my half marathon training went much better than the first couple of weeks. Hallelujah! Now, I feel like I’m finally getting on track with my plan. And, hopefully, it’ll stay that way. I’m traveling to Chicago this week, but I’m planning to fit in at least one workout before or during my trip. Then, we’ll be in Newport this coming weekend (I absolutely love running by the ocean there and look forward to it all year long), so my long run will definitely be a top priority!
SUNDAY: Cycle & Sweat Bootcamp <– full recap
Wearing: GapFit Breathe Racerback Tank // Fabletics Salar Capri in Amethyst // Reebok CrossFit Nano 6 // Bombas Socks
MONDAY: OFF
TUESDAY: 3.5 miles (1 mile warm-up + 2 miles at 8:45 + 1/2 mile cool down)
WEDNESDAY: “Big 10” workout <— speedwork-ish
Wearing: Albion Fit Petal Pants // Brooks Women’s Launch 3 <– I love these for speed workouts!
This was a serious cardio workout, and I loved that it only required one piece of equipment! I used #35 for the kettlebell and it took me about 25 minutes to finish. Definitely a good one!
THURSDAY: Off
FRIDAY: CrossFit
SATURDAY: 10 miles
After Friday’s lower body smoker (it also included Back Squats 1 X 20 at #125), my legs felt like lead on my long run. Woof. But I finished 10 miles with a smile on my face! 🙂
Question of the Day
How’d your training going? What’s going well? What’s not going so well?
10 Comments
Nice job! I had my first 20 mile run today! The cooker weather felt amazing!
I’m training for my first full marathon (WDW full) in January while working full time and going to school full time for a PhD! Training is slow and hot. Living and training in Louisiana this time of year makes training hard!
All that matters is that you finished! Happy is a bonus too! Go you! You’ve got this!
If you are going to be in Chicago, you have to run along the lake front path! You’ll never believe you are not running along the ocean!
I LOVE the Big 10 kettlebell workout. I feel like I have the best results with simple, HARD workouts like that.
I’m just in the beginning stages of my training (7 weeks until my half!), its a little rough. I had a 6 mile run on the docket for Sunday but I did a dri-tri on Saturday and it wiped me out! So I skipped my long run this week with hopes that I can jump into my 7 mile run this weekend without any issues.
I’ve started reading more about polarized training – 80% easy runs 20% hard runs and I’m wondering if that is how I can treat this training since I do Orange Theory twice a week. Have you done any reading about that? A friend also told me that she read that if you do high endurance workouts you don’t need to run as many miles during a race training, I need to read more about that!
If you have time while in Chicago, I would HIGHLY recommend taking a Shred415 class! You switch off between strength and treadmill intervals and it’s great for speedwork and race training – I swear by those classes and they helped me take 12 minutes off my half marathon time!
Solid week of workouts! The Run/Kettlebell looks right up my alley! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Nice job!! I am actually training for my first half marathon next May! I have only really gotten serious about running this year…long story short is I have gained 80 pounds in the last 6 years due to failed fertility treatments…and now I’m losing that weight and getting back into fitness and running for good! I know May is a long ways away, so I’m not actually into my half training YET…right now I’m training, first, for my first 10K in December…which I need to have a pace of 12 minutes (I’m currently at 13)…
Happy to have a new blog to follow!
Welcome to CNC and best of luck with your training! 🙂