Training Rundown: 4/12-5/2

Humpday! I’m collecting the past three weeks of training into one recap because I’ve been slacking (being completely honest over here). I really enjoyed my break from work over my birthday and just getting back into the swing of things (I.e. need to continue to list things on eBay & pare down all the things we never use before our closing date at the end of June). The transition from my marathon to now hasn’t been anything crazy, but it has been gradual.

Total Run Mileage each week: 21.25 , 35.19, 38.19

Longest Run: 13.36 (2.5 hrs)

Average Runs Per Week: 5

Total Miles Biked: 21.11

Total Swam: 3,007 yds

I focused mainly on really good nutrition and adding in walk breaks to my runs to transition from my marathon back into ultra training. I think it’s important to focus on recovery after any sort of race/big training and sleep is also a part of that. Sleep is certainly hard to come by when I’m switching between day/night schedules at the hospital, but I’ve been trying so hard to make that my number one priority.

-How do you transition from races back into training? What do you like to focus on?

Training Rundown: 4/5-4/11

Happy Humpday! I’ve been gone at work the past two nights, so I can’t wait to come home and snuggle my puppy today 🥰Last week was a cut-back/taper week for my race, so it mainly consisted of all easy runs and I focused on recovery and sleep as much as possible. I also worked an extra shift last week (over 50 hours), so I had to get pretty creative with when I was able to fit my workouts in.

Monday, 4/5: Rest day

Tuesday, 4/6: Easy 60 minutes before work & 10 minutes of PT exercises

Wednesday, 4/7: Felt super exhausted, so skipped my morning run and opted for 20 minutes of yoga before bed.

Thursday, 4/8: Easy 30 minutes with 10 x :20 sec pick-ups and 10 minutes of Pilates before work

Friday, 4/9: Easy 30 minutes & 20 minutes of abs/ PT exercises

Saturday, 4/10: Easy 20 minutes & some stretching!

Sunday, 4/11: 26.2 miles! Race day!

Total miles: 40 miles

Training Rundown: 3/29-4/4

Happy Humpday! Only 2 more workdays in my week (I picked up an extra shift this week). I can’t believe I get to race in a LIVE race this weekend! Training has been going really well and I’m just so excited to have fun out there and be grateful for the opportunity.

Monday, 3/29: 45 minutes easy, 20 minutes of yoga, & 20 minutes of strength

Tuesday, 3/30: 10 min up/ 20 min @ 8:10/ 5 min @ 9:00/ 20 min @ 8:10/ 10 min down & PT exercises

Wednesday, 3/31: 30 minutes indoor trainer & 30 minutes of strength

Thursday, 4/1: 1:30 easy miles, 10 minutes of strength & 15 minutes of Pilates

Friday, 4/2: Rest Day

Saturday, 4/3: 1:15 easy miles

Sunday, 4/4: 7 miles (40 minutes around 8:05 pace) & 30 minutes of strength

Total Mileage: 34.25 miles

Training Rundown: 3/22-3/28

It’s been a few days 😅I ended up getting a head cold at the end of last week and then went into a 4-day work stretch and THEN we found a house! So, I’ve been a bit busy and blogging had to take a backseat, but I’m back! I had a solid training week and am heading into my taper already?!? I have no idea what time goal I should have for my race next week, but I know that I definitely want to STAY POSITIVE and HAVE FUN! I’ve missed racing so so much and cannot wait to just be able to pop a bib on again.

Monday, 3/22: 1 hour super easy & some stretching before a night shift

Tuesday, 3/23: 10 up/ 4 x 6min at 7:45/ 10 down & 15 minutes of PT exercises before another night shift

Wednesday, 3/24: 45 minutes easy & 30 minutes of strength

Thursday, 3/25: 5 miles easy/ 6 miles at 8:10/ 1 mile at 9:00/ 4 miles easy & 15 minutes of Pilates

Friday, 3/26: 1:10 minutes easy & 30 minutes of strength

Saturday, 3/27: Rest Day

Sunday, 3/28: Scheduled to do an hour of cross training, but woke up feeling super congested so decided to take another rest day plus had to work!

Total Miles: 37.73 miles

Training Rundown: 3/15-3/21

Humpday! I have a few days off before another 4-day work stretch, so am trying to savior the time off as much as possible. Last week I had a really long work week (was at the hospital everyday for 7 days straight), so training definitely took a backseat. I think I’ve gotten a lot better at stepping back from running when I recognize that I’ve got additional stress going on. It’s almost super important to realize and honor your body when you do have that additional stress (running and training is stress, but so is being on your feet at work all day). I’ve also gotten better at prioritizing sleep. Rather than getting up early to run/workout if I’m going to be getting less than 7 hours of sleep, I push my workout to later in the day. It’s no longer worth it (to me) to lack sleep or put additional stress on my body when I don’t really need to.

Monday, 3/15: 45 minutes easy & 30 minutes of yoga

Tuesday, 3/16: 10 min easy/ 4 x 7 min hard (3 min recovery)/ 10 min easy

Wednesday, 3/17: 1 hour easy & 35 minutes strength training

Thursday, 3/18: Rest Day

Friday, 3/19: 10 min up/ 20 minutes at 8:00; 5 at 9:00; 16 minutes at 8:00/ 6 minutes cool down and 30 minutes of strength. Finally got around to doing this run at 7pm (and did the run split-up between dinner). Sometimes, you just have to make it work. I immediately fell asleep on the couch at 9pm afterwards 😂

Saturday, 3/20: Rest Day again- saw a few potential homes (got out-bid on one that we put an offer on) & had lunch with Alex’s parents!

Sunday, 3/21: 4 mile walk outside & 1 hour of Pilates and yoga. Achilles felt a bit tight, decided to rest from a run and do extra stretching/ other stress-relieving activities

Total Mileage: 23.3 miles