Cap City Half : Week Three
Hard to believe, but I'm now three weeks in to training for my next half marathon! This was one of my most fun and diverse weeks of workouts that I ever had- it definitely wasn't a high mileage week, but I tried out so many different workouts and it was so great! We also were blessed with some amazing temperatures, and I hope that means spring will be making its debut soon. Here's how my week went!
Cold run, but the sky looked incredible and there was a bit of sun! I did a few loops around the pool by my house and got back to my car at around 4.65 miles, so of course I had to keep going to get to 5 of course!
I worked from home, so I was able to get in my workout during lunch. The goal for this week's speed work was tempo- 3 miles at 8:40 sandwiched between a warm up and cool down. It was a really chilly day and I just wanted to finish quickly, so I ended up a little faster- 8:21, 8:05, 8:00. I felt so good the entire run though and was feeling smooth!
My favorite ClassPass studio just released a Groupon (3 months unlimited classes for $109) so I jumped on it and will put my ClassPass membership on hold for the next few months. Today's class was pretty good- only four stations and a longer time at each one (2 rounds of 4:45 each). The exercises were all over the place- Russian twists, bird dog, kettlebell snatch, twists, rotating dumbbell row, kettlebell swings, deadlift, and TRX pullups. It was challenging but the time went by so quickly!
Monday
5 miles / 9:35 pace
Tuesday
Rest Day!
Wednesday
5 miles / 8:49 pace
Beat Fitness / 1 hour
Thursday
Rest Day for Watercolor class!
Friday
Beat Fitness / 1 hour
Another great class. The format was the same as Wednesday's class, but the moves were different- step ups, dumbbell bench press, side / curtsy sandbag lunge, bar press, air jordan, true form run, BOSU ball supermans, and club lunges. Class ended a little early, so Brian had us do a 3 minute tabata of 30 second burpee/15 second mountain climber. That part of class was SO hard and I left really sweaty.
Saturday
Cross Country Ski / 3 hours
I set out for the mountains early in the morning with Alexa and her boyfriend, and Dan! We all rented skis, then went to Kooser State Park for some glorious ski conditions. I had a ton of fun and was able to use some of the lessons that I learned from my first trip to do even better this time. I even went down a few (tiny, but still hilly) downhills. It was absolutely perfect! We also ended the day by visiting two breweries (Helltown and Strange Roots) so it really was the best day.
Sunday
8 miles / 9:37 pace
I met up with Jessie and Steff for this run at North Park, nice and early on Daylight Savings (bad choice!). It was a beautiful day out, and it felt great to not have to bundle up to run! Steff had 12 miles to do, so Jessie and I tagged along for the first 8. Her plan was to run the first 4 miles, then keep speeding up every 2 miles. We nailed our paces for the first two sets- 9:21, 9:07, 8:55, 8:46, and it made time go by really quickly to break it down into parts instead of just thinking of all 8 miles.
Hot Yoga / 1 hour
I wanted to sign up for a hot yoga class since I had a lot of hard workouts the past few days, and I usually find it to be relaxing and restorative. That was NOT the case with this one at Stray Dog Yoga- the class felt super hot and sweat was just rolling off everyone the entire class (gross but true!). While it wasn't the relaxing experience I was looking for, I still really enjoyed it and got a few good stretches and inversions in! Great way to end a fun week of workouts.
What's your favorite kind of workout?
What's the weather like where you are?
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