Current work stress plus training finally caught up to me and I got sick this week. I haven’t been sick in a good while; I suppose it was a reminder to myself to chill out – to relax and recuperate. I took the first half of the week off: Monday was a Rest Day after Sunday’s 11-miler, and then my body crashed. I managed to do a few light workouts Friday through Sunday, but I only ran a total of 20 minutes this week. Enter freak out #1. The race is two weeks from today. Enter freak out #2.
A cold won’t stop me from going to the Saturday market!
Pretty peppers.
Half-Marathon Training | Week of July 20
I didn’t even check what was on my training schedule for Week 9, but there’s no time for catching up. Got to move on and just keep runnin’!
Monday – Rest
Wednesday – Sick
Thursday – Sick
Friday –
- 60 minute yoga class
- 60 minute treadmill walk (4 mi.)
Saturday –
30 minute Stair Master
5x @ 10lb. dumbbells:
- 10 bosu squats
- 10 curtsy lunge + “serve the platter”
- 10 lunges + hammer curl
- 10 sumo squats + high pull
- 20 calf raises
Sunday –
treadmill: 20 minute walk + 20 minute run
(3x)
- 12 overhead lunges, 25lb.
- 12 thrusters, 25lb.
- 6 bosu/medicine ball balancing push-ups
(3x)
- 12 woodchoppers, 12lb.
- 6 squat + ball toss, 12lb.
- 12 russian twists, 12lb.
Only two more week of training recaps — you and me both are happy about that! ;)
Switching Up My Fitness Regimen (Again) + This Week’s Workouts
No Equipment Travel Workout
Half-Marathon Training // Weeks 7 & 8
A Beach Day, Camera Clueless + Training Update
Half-Marathon Training // Week 5
Two weeks!? Wow that went so fast! You are going to do amazing though, you are so prepared and having been training so hard! I hope you’re feeling better, being sick sucks!
Thanks, Caroline. I feel like I have been training hard, but I don’t want all that to “go to waste” if I can’t train adequately the last 3 weeks =/ What is this summer cold thing? Ergh.
Hopefully, the r & r will be just what your body needs :) Good luck!!