WttMB

Mileage Log: August 27-September 2, 2012

Creeping up on this PR. Stalking it.

Monday:

• Tempo Run, 10 Miles:
  2 mile warm up
  3 miles @ 7:25
  3 miles @ 7:30-7:35
  2 mile cool down
• Bikram Yoga, 1:30:00

Tuesday:

• Yoga @ Equinox, 1:00:00
• 6 miles + hills @ 8:30/mile

Wednesday:

• Speedwork, 7.5 miles
  1 mile warmup
  2x1600 (6:49, 6:53)
  3x1200 (4:55, 4:46, 4:45)
  2x800 (3:06, 3:05)
  1 mile cool down  

Thursday:

• 60 minutes easy bike

Friday:

• Bikram Yoga, 1:30:00

Saturday: 

• Long run: 19 miles @ 8:04/mile!

Sunday:

OFF!

Total: 42.5 miles
7 weeks to go! 

Mileage Log: August 6-12, 2012

Beyond inspired by the Olympics this week. I cannot tear myself away from the TV! Thinking about five people and a dinner table. Wants pumpkin pie for dessert.

Monday:

• Tempo Run, 8 miles
  2 mile warmup
  4 miles tempo (7:19, 7:13, 7:03, 7:03)
  2 mile cool down
• Bikram Yoga, 1:30:00

Tuesday:

•  4.5 mile recovery run

I didn’t set out to dominate

… I just did.

**Thanks to one of my prime sources of motivation, Julie Valenti, for sharing this video with me.

Mileage Log: July 30-Aug 5, 2012

Recovery week when it comes to mileage volume, but no shortage of intensity. Weekend escape to a farm in Minnesota where I watched Hadley & Jeremy get married!

Monday: 

• Tempo Run 9 miles:
  2 mile warm up
  5 mile tempo (7:25, 7:20, 7:25, 7:29, 7:15)
  2 mile cool down

Tuesday:

• Strength at Equinox, 1:00:00
• Easy Run, 5 miles

Wednesday:

• Speedwork
  800m, 3:12
  1000m, 4:05
  800m, 3:15
  1000m, 4:05
  800m, 3:11
  1000m, 4:00
  800m, 3:00
  1000m, 3:58
• Yoga at Exhale, 1:00:00

Thursday: 

• Gentle stretching and mobility

Friday: 

• Run 14 miles @ 8:20/mile

Saturday:

OFF in the wilderness, sleepin in a tent.

Sunday:

OFF

Total: 33 miles

Mileage Log: July 23-29, 2012

Solid week, good running, good people, bossed up.

Monday:

• Run 8 miles, 4 @ 7:20, 4 @ walk/run pace —> Ran at noon. 100 degrees. #worstideaever

Tuesday:

• Strength @ Equinox, 1:00:00
• Run 5 miles (am), hill work @ 8:09/mile
• Run 5 miles (pm), recovery @ 9:00/mile

Wednesday:

• Run 7 miles speed work:
  1.5 mile warm up
  2 miles, 7:04 and 7:03
  4 minute recovery
  2 miles, 7:01 and 6:55
  1.5 mile CD 

Mileage Log: July 16-22, 2012

Third week of the program, felt completely off so I listened to my body and just relaxed. A lot of travel left it challenging to get on schedule but, life happens. Ready for Week 4’s clean slate.

Monday:

• Run 5 miles recovery <— Still recovering from Arkansas
• CrossFit WOD:
  1,000m row
  20 Pistol Squats
  15 Hang Snatch <— I was terrible at these today. #woof.

Tuesday: 

• Crossfit: 3x3x3x3x1 Sumo Dead Lift Max: 173
  WOD: For time - 30-20-10
  Wall Balls (24/14lbs)
  Ab Mat Sit Ups
  Then, 1 mile run (6:30!)
  Time: 10:30!
• Tempo Run:  2 miles WU, 3 miles @ 7:20/mile, 1 mile CD
• Bikram Yoga 1:30:00

Wednesday: 

• OFF

Thursday:

• Yoga at Equinox, 1:00:00
  “Turn frustration into fascination”

Friday:

• Run 9 miles in the Redmond, WA hills near Ames Lake 

Saturday:

• Run 3.5 miles in the Warrior Dash in North Bend, WA

Total: 24.5 miles
2:30:00 Yoga 

Here is NOW

Marathon #17 Recap. 

Mileage Log: July 2-8, 2012

We’re back!

Mileage logs resume as I train for the Indianapolis Marathon on Saturday, October 20. My goal is to PR and that’s exactly what I plan on doing. 

Oh and I PROMISE I’ll post my Seattle Marathon recap on Tuesday. #slowestbloggerever

Monday:

• Tempo run, 7 miles. 2 mile warmup, 3 miles @ 7:20/mile, 2 mile cool down
• Crossfit:  Back Squat 3x3x3x3x3, 1 rep max: 133
  WOD: 21-15-9
  Pistol Squats (Rx)
  Handstand Push Ups (I modified on a box) 

Tuesday:

• Crossfit: WOD: 4 rounds
  Clean & Jerk 165/110 lbs. (I did 78 lbs.)
  200 M run
  Time: 7:00
• Recovery run, 3 miles @ 8:49/mile practiced cadence 175-180 bpm
• Yoga @ CorePower 1:00:00 

Wednesday:

• Speed work:
  1 mile warm up
  4x400, 200 recover (don’t remember splits)
  4x800, 400 recover (3:09, 3:11, 3:12, 3:08)
  1 mile cool down 

Thursday:

• Crossfit: WOD: 1000M row, (10 push ups, 10 sit ups) x10, 1000m row
• Yoga: Vinyasa @ Exhale, 1:00:00

Friday: 

• Bikram 1:30:00

Saturday: 

• Long Run: 12 miles @ 8:16/mile. (1-7 @ 8:20, 8-11 @ 7:45-:50, 12 CD)
  100 degrees!!

Sunday:

• OFF!

Total: 27 miles
Yoga: 3:30:00

The Smile Project: Days 91-120

91. May 27: 35 mile bandit Bike the Drive, patio hangs, unconventional revelations

92. May 28: Allison English and a sparkly spirit

93. May 29: Thrive Foods by Brendan Brazier

94. May 30: Equinox and Lululemon

95. May 31: Good hangs with good peeps and Taqueria La Oaxaquena

96. June 1: Bacon Brownies, being regulars, Dublin’s

97. June 2: 15 miler, cotton tees, run club, MM&A, Gilt Bar, texting

98. June 3: Nolan, Yoga adjustments

99. June 4: Crossfit, sore hip flexors D&C, Hillary

100. June 5: Crossfit, runners, Michigan & Walton

101. June 6: Nana, Flat Nick, actual Nick, Family, yearbook signings, 17 till 17 re: Liz Berey

102. June 7: Wedding Dress/Sister in it, Wittich, KTP and Emma

103. June 8: Laura & Livy and sunshine and grass

104. June 9: Cab driver who rescued me from the #worstrunever

105. June 10: Sunday routines, Lauren’s 30th, Kristen Klanow

106. June 11: Liz and Katy, Whole Foods and tongue tricks, Mangoes and GF Cookies

107. June 12: Possibility. Re: lululemon and Chicago Marathon 2012

108. June 13: Gibson’s Patio in the summer

109. June 14: Family dinner, aerial photos

110. June 15: BFFriday x2

111. June 16: JANET, “victory hands”

112. June 17: Restorative yoga at Moksha

113. June 18: Bikram in the summer, inventory shift with Ayani, GG

114. June 19: Quiet evenings, good hangs

115. June 20: Hugging my sister in the pickup at SEA airport

116. June 21: The g’damn duck boat

117. June 22: You have a BV, McDonald’s, vegan restaurants, being twins, Chuck taylors, cross fit, sister

118. June 23: SEATTLE MARATHON! #17!

119. June 24: Having my face in Wrigley Field re: Hit an Om Run, bloody marys, pedis, sitting on a stoop, bike rides.

120. June 25: Becca and Pinkberry

Can you see me now?

Marathon #17 is this Saturday in Seattle! Already here and sightseeing the heck out of this city with my sister and Dan.

Here’s the outfit:

See you in 26.2!