This Week on the Journey (10/5 – 10/11)

As I mentioned in my previous post, it was a wild and crazy week this past week. Unfortunately, when things get crazy, diet and exercises are typically the first things to fall off… I’m proud to say that I still got in 6 workouts during the week; however, L and I also ate more fast food in these 7 days than we have in months…

The week started with the last Sunday Long Run before the Indianapolis Half Marathon; D & M, whom I’ve mentioned previously, came to my neck of the woods to do a 12 mile route. It’s a route I’ve done before, but not very often.

This week’s route

Overall it was a pretty good run that left me feeling pretty good about the upcoming race; it’s a 6 mile out and back route, and we ran at an overall 10:54 pace. To make my goal of 2:15:00 for the half, I’m gonna have to cut about 30 seconds per mile off the pace, but according to at least one pace calculator, my long runs are supposed to be at about an 11:00 pace, and my predicted finish time for a half is about 1:58:30! I’m not saying I believe that, just that the pace for this run seems reasonable.

For the remainder of this week, I had two scheduled training sessions with Ryan, and he had me schedule two additional sessions at the gym to spend some quality time with the rowing machine. Monday was the first such session; this one was scheduled at 45:00, with a goal of keeping my heart rate within the 140 – 150 range the entire time. I was able to do it, but…. 1) around 20:00 in, my butt went numb… 2) around 30:00 in, my right leg went numb… and 3) When I got up after my 45:00 were done, I walked like a drunk… man I can’t wait to do this again!

Tuesday brought the first of my scheduled training sessions for the week. It was a full body, high tension type of workout, with dead lifts, weighted aerobic steps, bicep curls, pushups, walking lunges with weights, and some ab work with the oversized medicine ball.

Wednesday was my first day on the day shift, followed by a rousing rendition of Financial Management (2) class… About halfway through class I had a Diet Mt. Dew to keep me awake for the second half of class; it worked long enough so that I felt good and awake after class, so I decided to hit the treadmill for 3 miles. As has been the case with my treadmill miles lately, I slowed down and took it nice and easy.

Thursday was supposed to be my second training session of the week, but Ryan called to cancel early in the afternoon. I wasn’t too upset, as my schedule shift had begun to catch up with me. I ended up using this day as a rest day.

Friday, originally scheduled as a second rowing session, became a training session day after Thursday’s workout was canceled. It was also weigh in day, which this time I dreaded. I knew the scale wouldn’t be kind to me this week, as my diet was far less than desirable. And I was right; a 2 lb gain. Oh well, can’t win em all, right? I’m in this for the long haul. As for the training session, it was probably one of the last ones for a while that contained significant outdoor time, including some squats and walking lunges with the medicine ball, some resistance band runs, inclined pushups, and some ab work with a medicine ball on a rope. Then it was back inside for some more deadlifts, bicep curls and tricep extensions.

Saturday is typically my rest day; however, since I had already taken Thursday off, I wanted to get some more mileage in. I did 5 miles, and meant for it to be an easy run. However, the first two miles went by at a 9:02 pace (oops). I slowed down the rest of the way and finished with an overall 9:26 pace. When did 9:26 become an easy run?

~ by fatboyrunning on October 14, 2008.