Week 13
-45 miles, no speed, 6 days of running, 20-22 mile long run.
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4/27/2023
It’s been a busy week. I was able to get in a couple of shorter runs and a 6 mile run earlier this week. Today is my last long run! I am so excited to get it over with. I had to move my long run up due to rain and a busy weekend. It’s cutting my recovery time short from the half I ran on Saturday, so we’ll see how it goes.
Nutrition
Three hours before my run I had oatmeal with honey and cinnamon and a small cup of coffee. Forty-five minutes before I had 1 ½ servings of UCAN and half a peanut butter sandwich. I decided to try UCAN Edge every 6-7 miles and SaltStick FastChews every 4 miles.
The Run
Okay the run, well it wasn’t the best but could’ve been worse. It was extremely foggy when I started, so I ran down a gravel road and wore neon, trying to avoid cars. Flipbelt is my go to for carrying everything I need. I’m not sure if my shorts were too slippery, I’ve lost inches around my waist or I’ve had this belt for too long but it was not working for me. The belt kept slipping, things were falling out. I don’t typically wear it flipped with the openings to my body but had to turn it around to keep everything in place.
I kept my pace pretty conservative, grabbed a new water bottle from my driveway around mile 13, UCAN Edge seemed to be sitting pretty well with me at this point. I didn’t really have a route planned and went through town. I knew I wanted to add on some marathon pace miles towards the end. Unfortunately I didn’t really plan my route for speed, so I ended up running into the wind and up a hill during those miles. I did 3 miles around marathon pace and then slowed down to do a 1.5 mile cool down, for a total of 21 miles. The last 1.5 were the hardest!
I could tell my legs were still recovering from racing Saturday. I looked back at my training from last year and I ended up with 8 days between that half marathon and this long run. Note to self, give more than 5 days to recover after a half marathon! Now to enjoy the taper, 3 glorious weeks of running less miles.
4/28/2023
A short 4 mile recovery run today. I was surprised at how good my legs felt! I figured out my Flipbelt problem, my pink one is a size bigger than my two black ones. I hadn’t noticed this difference over the winter because I had so many layers. What a difference it made wearing the right sized belt.
4/29/2023
Slow 6 miles today. My left hamstring has been sore since my race last week. I've been doing some gentle massage and starting hitting my rehab exercises again. I used KT Tape on my hamstring this morning to give it a bit of extra support and I'll let it on for a couple of days. As I write this I'm using my MEDIVICE Tens Unit to speed up healing and ease mild soreness. I also like the OMRON Tens Unit but it's more expensive.
I ran 45 miles this week and kept track of how many hours I worked out. A few weeks ago my husband, Jeremy, challenged me to keep track. He thought I was working out 30 hours per week, nope! It was only 11 hours and 20 minutes. He's now questioning my math.
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