Bruins playoff, Bosox opening day, the marathon… Boston is going to be wicked crazy this weekend.
Packing for Boston.
Ugh, I hate packing. I know I’ll forgetting something.
Geeking out with my Garmin. Currently on connect.garmin.com looking at my last few runs. Not too shabby. My milage for the last two weeks (22 & 28 mi) is nothing like it was last month, but I am trying to give my body a chance to rest. With the miles I am running, I am more thoughtful of my heart rate. I’m trying to make sure I’m hitting the right percentage or zone on certain runs. As of now, I think I’m a little below of the %, but I know I am pushing myself a bit more and a bit farther. I know if I wasn’t watching my Garmin, I would slow down and take it easy earlier on my runs.
I got room for another good run tomorrow before heading to the east coast for the next six days. I doubt I’ll find much time to run over there, but I should get plenty of tourist walking in on the visit. Once again, I know my body wants this break.
Visiting Boston this weekend. I guess I’ll take some time out of my day to watch some little known local footrace.
Yesterday was the warmest day of the year in Seattle so far this year at 62 degrees. It was supposed to be a rest day, but I couldn’t waste a sunny Seattle. I decided to go for my second bike ride of the year. I kept it short since I haven’t riden my bike consistently since last summer. I ended up riding 30 minutes one direction and then riding back home. Nothing too excruciating, just an easy ride in the sun.
Hoping for many more dry days to ride bike this spring and summer.
Ran 14 miles on Saturday. Still trying to stay within the proper heart range for a long run which seems low. The range for a long run is 121-139. I was 138-139 for most of the run. I had to force myself to really slow down. It felt really slow for me. I’m a little hesitant on trying such a slow pace again, but I really want to try to heart rate training some more.
Besides being slow, I had some issues with some cramping in the run. I’m not sure if I can blame it on dehydration or maybe it was because I wasn’t wearing my tights for the first time in months. Who knows?
I also had a major issue with a blister on my right foot. Pretty gnarly actually - it was all red and filled with blood. I decided from popping it and just let it be. It actually kept me from another run on Sunday. It seems to be better now. I think most, if not all the fluid inside is gone, it’s just a large, dark red spot on my foot.
Scheduled for some intervals tomorrow. I should be able to really push myself with the HR monitor.
Time to give this heart rate monitor training another go. I ran for 4.75 miles on Thursday. About 3 miles of it was supposed to be at a tempo pace. According to several sites, my heart rate should be at 161+ bpm at a tempo pace. I was just below that for most of the tempo session at around 159 bpm. I hope to get much faster for my next race and hopefully using my heart rate monitor will help me get there.
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Just a quick run today. Just over 3 miles and body felt ok. I’m uncertain if ok feeling is because I haven’t given my body enough time to recover or I let too my body recover too much. It was ten days ago since I did my ultra and it dad time the only real activity I’ve done is go for an hour long bike ride.
I’m planning to do another short easy run tomorrow and hopefully my body will fell better than just ok.
Trying to plan out my workouts for my the Seattle Rock N Roll in June and I feel like I may be taking it too easy for myself. I currently have 2 build weeks and then an easy week rotation. 2-1-2-1, etc. The distance shouldn’t be a problem since I did just finish an ultra. I definitely want to greatly improve on my time.
I looked over the course profile for the marathon and I am certain I can destroy my old PR. The course is mostly flat with the highest point around 190 ft - I just did a race with two 1900 ft peaks! I just got to make sure to keep some hills in my training, to make sure I can still handle the little hills the race does offer.
Okay, plan is to have a lot of tempo and interval training. Similar to my half marathon training last fall, but you know, twice as far. I also need to force myself to run in the mornings. I think my body reacts negatively when I do most of my training runs in the afternoon and evenings and then suddenly force it to do a race on an early morning.
Okay! Lots of speed training- intervals and tempo, and morning runs. Hmm, I want to include more strength training and maybe a better diet.
I’m starting to overthink this. Back to planning.