monday - 5 miles at an easy pacetuesday - 8 miles with fartleks
thursday - 5 tempo miles, it was actually WARM! i came home beat red and sweat beads were forming on the tops of my hands! had not done that since september of last year!! it won't be long before the heat is here!
friday - 10 miles that were somewhat tough! i forgot a gel but was glad to have my hand held water bottle. i only had a piece of toast but that was 3 hours before i left to run (got distracted with school stuff with my kids). it went from 69 degrees and 83% humidity to 60 and 40% humidity during my run. i could tell it was getting cooler as the breeze was just blowing away. race day weather will be a surprise for sure with the way it's been up and down here!
when i got done with the run, i was soooo hungry! i made a yummy smoothie with a cup and a half of 1% milk, a scoop of chocolate milk mix, a cup of mixed frozen berries, half of a banana, and 2 TBL of ground flax. it hit the spot!
not sure if i'll run tomorrow (saturday...) if i do, it will be a short easy run. i really need to taper now!
3 comments:
That smoothie sounds delicious! Enjoy the extra free time you'll have from not running as much this next week! Maybe you'll have time to squeeze in something you don't usually have much time for - that's what I like about tapering. I can't wait to read about your race!
Yaaaay for taper! Prop those tired legs up, down a few smoothies and visualize the great race I know you're going to have!
thanks you all!! this race will be like an experimental race!! 10 weeks of "kinda" training (didn't fit in as many tempo runs or hill repeats); was sick for a couple weeks; no massages (trying one w/o!); not as many long runs as i would have liked (other than several 13, a 15, 18 and 20)! my goal - have fun!!
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