Week 4 of 12 on the road to the Windward Half Marathon:
Sunday: Stretch and Strength - I think I'd better just call this a rest day.
Monday: 3.5 mile run - Had a nice morning run in Kailua. Actually ran 4 miles... oops! :)
Tuesday: Speed work - 35 minute Tempo Run- Just couldn't get going today. Vowed to do this on Thursday instead.
Wednesday: 3 mile run and strength - Did my usual route along Kailua beach. So beautiful out there. Enjoyed the beauty of my home town.
Thursday: Rest day - Made up for missing on Tuesday. Glad I got the Tempo Run done, but learned a lesson on timing of these rest days. Paid for it Saturday....
Friday: 3 mile run - Family scheduling meant that I had to do this run on the treadmill. Now I remember why road running is so much better - uninterrupted time! Distracted but made it through.
Saturday: 7 mile run - Wow. I haven't gone 7 miles in a long time. It was hard. I think switching my rest day really worked against me. Had to walk a lot, but finished with a pretty good time. I need to work on pacing these long runs.
Can't believe that 4 weeks have gone by already. It's fun to be running the longer distances now.
The best thing about this week: Even as hard as the 7 miler was, I felt great to have it done and my time wasn't as bad as I had feared during the run.
The biggest challenge of this week: I learned that running 4 days in a row with my longest run on the 4th day was not a good idea. My body felt about a hundred years old on Saturday evening....
Found a much better playlist to accompany my run - David Crowder Band. Here's a song that really kept me going. It's not the pace of the song, but the message that moved me down the road.
"...Heal my limbs and joyfully I'll run to You!"
So proud of you, Karelin! Keep up the great work!
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