Week 6 Recap

Week 6 of 12 on the road to the Windward Half Marathon:

Training Log

Sunday: Stretch and Strength - Rest and relaxation!

Monday: 4 mile run -  Ran an average time for this day, not the fastest I've done, but not the slowest either.

 

Tuesday: Speed work - 40 minute Tempo Run - Treadmill work today.  The weather was extremely muggy.  Good, sweaty workout.

Wednesday: 3 mile run and strength - I decided to run the hills on Mokulele Drive.  It's a three mile out-and-back from my house to a golf course.  The route is up and down but the main hill is a good 45 degrees for a quarter mile.  Killer.   I had to walk most of it.  It amazes me that I can run 8 miles one day and then a short run on the hills reduces me to walking.  I've committed to run this every Wednesday until race week.  I will not be denied!

Thursday: Rest or easy run day -  My schedule demanded that I make this a rest day.  Only thing is, I didn't really rest.  I spend most of the day either on my feet or sitting on the ground.  It was a very tiring rest day.

Friday:  Rest day - With a 10K race scheduled for Saturday, the plan called for another rest day.  Originally I thought I'd do an easy run, but after my long day Thursday, I gladly took the rest.

Saturday:  10K Race -  Just like in week 3, I didn't have an actual race to run.  So I did the 6 mile out-and-back that will make up the first half of the Windward Half Marathon route.  Since this route is mostly flat, I cut 5 minutes off my last 6 mile run just three weeks ago.  Felt great!  The rest really did me good!

The best thing about this week:   Running the first 6 miles of the race route felt really good.  Now I know what to expect on that leg of the race.

The biggest challenge of this week:  When training for the last half marathon, I ran the Mokulele hills all the time.  I can see that hill training builds the strength I need for the longer distances.  Making myself do it is not easy.  It's like eating your veggies...the ones you don't like.  I know it's good for me, so I've got to do it. 


I can't believe I'm half way through the training.   Six weeks down, and six more to go.