Long and Less Long Runs: 4-2 to 4-8

[KSH]

Well, I am not scheduled to run again until Wednesday, but I figured I would start the thread!

Have a great week of running lady warriors!

[Grog]

Thanks KSH.

It worked well for last week so let's do it again this week:

MONDAY
Probably a bike ride in the afternoon if I've been nice. I'm still quite sore from yesterday's run.

TUESDAY
Early morning 30-40 minutes with my running partner.

WEDNESDAY
Probably another bike ride.

THURSDAY
OUTDOOR POOL OPENS!!! Swimming will be a joy again. Even when it's cold, I love swimming outside (the outdoor pool runs on the same water as the indoor one so it's warm enough). That might motivate me with the swimming routine.

FRIDAY
Speed work. Can anyone make a suggestion? I'm getting bored with the usual stuff we do.

SATURDAY
Club bike ride.

SUNDAY
Another long run, maybe I'll suggest pushing it to 18-19 km? Next week will be sort of a recovery week so this might be the week with the biggest volume before our half-marathon.

The half is in a month. I almost wish it was next week, I'm afraid I'm peaking to early. Or it's the sun (at last!!!) that makes me so energetic?

[KSH]

Hey Grog... happy to hear posting up your week helped you stick to it. That's cool that the outdoor pool is opening again.

I did everything as planned by my coach.... except I only swam once last week.

I SWORE I would start swimming 2 days a week this week, but alas... no swimming on Friday with my tri club (due to holidays). So... next week I start 2 times a week.

Otherwise, here is the plan my coach gave me:

April 2 - 8

MONDAY
OFF


TUESDAY
Swim workout #1B
20 - 25 mile ride

WEDNESDAY
3- 4 mile easy run

THURSDAY
4 mile run:
1 mile easy, 2 miles hard, 1 mile easy

FRIDAY
Swim workout #2B
3 mile easy run

SATURDAY
30 - 40 mile ride

SUNDAY
25 mile ride/3 mile run brick

[kelownagirl]

Well, I fit into the "less-long" category. I ran 2.5 km today. My legs are still a bit sore from Saturday but thought I'd go out anyway and run a little.

I hope to do 3km two more times this week.

[Wahine]

My lunch run was about 1:26 and a little over 9 miles. It included 3 reps of a half mile hill working in zone 4 and pushing up into zone 5 for the last 1 minute. Then I did 5 reps of 6 min on zone 4 running on relatively flat terraine.

Phew. It was a toughy.

[KSH]

My lunch run was about 1:26 and a little over 9 miles. It included 3 reps of a half mile hill working in zone 4 and pushing up into zone 5 for the last 1 minute. Then I did 5 reps of 6 min on zone 4 running on relatively flat terraine.

Phew. It was a toughy.

I hope I can run like you someday.