15 miles!

I ran the furthest I've ever run in my life...15 miles! And I was sick doing it. Unfortunately, that showed in my time (9:19 mile average). Carrie and I are putting on the miles for training. This Sunday we will run the same distance, but run faster. Hopefully I will not be sick then.

sick

Well, I'm not sick, but Skyler has been. This has hampered my workout schedule since I would rather be at home with him than working out. Anyways, Sunday I ran 13.1 with Carrie and Kelly. We ran at a 9:00 mile pace (116 minutes). Not the greatest, but not bad for a 1/2 marathon. A 8:30 mile pace would be 1:51:20. That's what I ran the Disney 1/2 in. We are going to try to run every weekend, increasing the distance each week. Next week will be 15 miles.

Nothing Monday.

Yesterday I ran on the treadmill at the gym. I ran one mile at a 7:30 pace, then one minute rest. Repeated two more times. Ran one more mile at 8:00 pace. It felt good to run fast, but I feel like my endurance is fading. I need longer workouts, but I just don't have the time.

Tonight I am biking home from work (10 miles) and I will be swimming later tonight.

End of Week

Tuesday I ran at the gym. It wasn't pretty. I attempted to run 6 miles at a 7:30 pace but I failed miserably and then I could barely run fast at all. Ran a little under two miles at the 7:30 pace, but then had to slow down. Jogged for two minutes. Picked up pace to 7:30 again but only ran one mile. Jogged for two minutes. Ran one mile at 8:00 pace then jogged for two minutes. Ran 2 more miles at 8:00 pace with jogging in between. I felt horrible.

Wednesday I did an arm workout at home. Then went swimming with Carrie at the gym. We swam for about 30 minutes. We are going to try to go every Wednesday night.

Yesterday I did the elliptical for 30 minutes and the stairmaster for 20 minutes. I even did some jogging on the stairs.

Today is my day off.

Tomorrow I want to try to get on my road bike.

Sunday I will be running an informal half marathon with Carrie and Kelly. I need the endurance training.

Yikes!

Catchup
Thursday: Ran 10K in 48:56. I think it was 0.1 mile longer than a 10K. Still 30 seconds better than my time two years ago.

Friday: Bike to Black Star. 90 minute climb and 30 minute descent.

Saturday: Small at-home workout.

Monday: Swam at gym with Skyler for 30 minutes. 30 minutes of weights.

Tonight: I really need to get some long runs in, but it's so dark to run outside by myself. I plan on running 6 miles on the treadmill. That sounds so boring, but I need to do it. 7:30 mile.

Spoiler: I think I'm getting a Garmin 405 watch for Christmas! That will help me with my speed while I'm running.