I apologize for not having too much in last week’s post other than training details! I meant to write it before I published and it just slipped my mind. Let’s delve into this week’s training by looking at the weather. Winter is finally here in the Southeast. We got about an inch and a half of snow at our house on Wednesday. That minute amount of snow, however, means that the entire town shuts down. No mail, no garbage pickup, no salting the roads. It was eerily quiet at our house up on the hill, where we usually hear traffic in the winter due to the leaves falling off the trees. I was hoping the snow wouldn’t damper my training plan this week. Here’s how I did.
Monday: Strength and Balance for Runners (16 min) - NTC. This workout was sort of yoga-lates. It was fun with light weights and strength training.
Tuesday - 7.5 miles in the cold; 35-minute yin yoga cool down. It was 17 degrees with a real feel of 10 when I headed out for my tempo run. The sun was shining and there was minimal traffic. I didn’t see a single other person on the Greenway. I planned to run 7, but felt so good I decided to run an extra half mile lap around the park before stretching.
Wednesday - Full Body Balance Yoga - Leslie Fightmaster (35 min). This balancing class was tough on my legs, but I definitely could tell how much better I am getting at yoga. Poses like twisted half moon actually stuck and my legs are getting more flexible. I can’t believe how far I’ve come.
Anywhere is a trail when you have snow!
Thursday - 1 mile - failed running attempt. The snow melted and the roads looked great, so I headed down for a run. After a short 0.6 miles i noticed a pulling-type pain in my Achilles tendon on my right foot. I tried to run through it, but it continued so I quit at 1 mile. I canceled out my Garmin and started walking back to my car. When I got to the lot I tried running again, but it definitely pulled harder, so I cut my losses and headed home to put a heating pad on the Achilles and foam rolled a few times.
Friday - Goal Getter (18 Min) NTC. My Achilles was still sore on my afternoon dog walk, so I decided to do some cross training instead. This short workout got me to sweat, so I'm happy with that.
Saturday - Walking in the snow (!) for an hour with Gracie and NoKey. Since we were all home and we didn't have anything better to do, we took a snowy walk with the dog. The main road near our house had been salted and since we only got about 2 inches of fine, powdery snow it made for a beautiful walk. Below are a few photos NoKey took of the neighborhood. I love living up on a mountain!
A snowy scene.
The road is clear!
Sunday - 12 slow miles. This is my last run before my taper weeks before my next big race. I was starting to feel some Achilles pain around 8.75 miles, so I ran by my car, paused the Garmin, and took a water break while walking for about 2 minutes. This breather was just what I needed to push through. I wanted to quit at 10 miles, but I just ran two bigger loops to get the 12 done. I didn't have what it took mentally, but somehow pulled through just fine. I came home and did the Yoga With Adrienne runners cool down yoga and did some foam rolling to help out my Achilles. I can't get an injury now!
Well, that’s how my training went for the week. The next race I’m doing is the Strawberry Plains Half Marathon on February 6th. How did your training go?
