Monday, August 6, 2012

Training for a 50k Week 1?

This week I actually made progress towards running the Pt. Defiance 50k, so am I training for it?  Hopefully so.

Last week although I dominated many workouts, I sucked by resting on a billion different days.  So my goals for this week involved a longer run, more days of workouts, and more than 24 miles.  And I beat all those goals!  Hooray for me.  

Monday - 8.1 glorious miles that actually felt GOOD for once.  Not just good, AWESOME.  Runner's high central. 

On an unrelated note - Cooper got a new toy - he's pretty excited about it. 

Tuesday - My only complete rest day of the week. 

Wednesday - Brick workouts.  20 miles of biking in 1:20 (15 mph) followed by the WORST RUN OF ALL TIME.  3 miles with about 6 different walk breaks.  Seriously people, running after biking is H-A-R-D.  How do you triathletes do it?  I really am doubting my future in the triathlon.  Danskin may be my one and only.  

Thursday - 5 miles at the Road Runner Adventure Run!  Come back tomorrow to hear more about that.


Friday - 1 mile of swimming (1,800 yards) in about 40 minutes.  The water was disgusting and hazy.  I guess that means it was good practice for open water swimming, which I still haven't done yet!  See comment above about already sucking at the triathlon.

Saturday - Another "Adventure Run" of sorts with Lindsay - 13 miles of trail running at Cougar Mountain.  This also deserves a post in and of itself, it was an adventure to be sure.


Sunday - Although I didn't plan on running again one of our houseguests Molly wanted to do a little run so I was more than happy to oblige.  We did about 1.88 miles in 20 minutes at 10am when it was already HOT HOT HOT.  Good practice for Hood to Coast.

Guess what guys?  I ran, trail ran, biked, AND swam this week.  I ran 5 days (though 2 days were very short, but that's what I need to do when I used to only run 3 days a week) for a total of 30.7 miles!  Wowsers!  I'm proud. 

Is the weekend really over already?  How was YOUR weekend?  How was your week of workouts?  What's your next race? 
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tashamalcolm 91p · 661 weeks ago

You had a great training week! I don't think you should be too concerned about your 50K, you are going to do good....and then you will be signing up for another 50K. Isn't that how it usually works?
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runfundone 65p · 661 weeks ago

Nicole, I feel that you are signed up for the 50k, no? So why are you pretending that you are not going to run it? That is silly.

Challenge for you: Go a full 7 days without saying you "suck" or something else Negative Nancy like that. Can you do it?
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marathonlar 68p · 661 weeks ago

I second all of Becky's comments :). You ARE doing the 50K, I already have it on my calendar to come cheer for you so don't disappoint me...ok! And awesome week of training lady, did we really cover 5 miles at the Adventure Run? We are awesome!
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Blonde Ponytail · 661 weeks ago

Fact: I love your Cooper!! A 50k!! That's awesome--ultra status awaits you! I hear you on the hot run training. We have been HOT in Omaha which will help for any midday run for H2C--b/c we are bound to have one!
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Sarah · 661 weeks ago

Way to go! Meeting all of those goals AND getting running, biking, and swimming in the same week is amazing. :) Here's to another week of training!
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henness 31p · 661 weeks ago

Awesome! I'm glad you're training for a 50k. I plan on doing my first one in December and I will be watching your progress and taking notes for my own training. :-) Your week of workouts and runs sounds great. My week was rough. 3 tough crossfit workouts that left me very sore and exhausted. At least I ran on Saturday AND Sunday this weekend, although not for very long. I figure running 2 or 3 miles while sore and exhausted is great HTC training, even though the mileage was low. [o:
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skippinginseattle 16p · 661 weeks ago

Oh girl... you WILL do the 50K and you are going to ROCK it! How do I know this, you ask? Because you are a complete and total BAMF. Yes, I said it. BAMF! P.S. When do you wanna spin?! :)
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