I swear I blinked and this week disappeared! For as crazy as I thought last week was leading up to my big event for work, sometimes post-event can be even more hectic! So last week’s theme of long days continued, but so did the workouts.
Chicago Marathon Training Week 2
Monday – 3-mile run. The humidity hit with a vengeance and 3 miles felt like forever!
Don’t let the smile fool you!
Tuesday – After 4 straight days of running and event planning, my body was waving the white flag so this was a rest day.
Wednesday – 4-mile run. The humidity continued to be oppressive – too much to take the pup along, but he was happy to greet me afterward.
Thursday – Yoga & a much-needed trip to the massage therapist. I had started to feel a little niggle in my hip after Wednesday’s run so I was happy I already had the massage scheduled!
Friday – 8-mile run. The yoga and massage did their jobs and I was able to get my run done between rain storms.
Saturday – Rest.
Sunday – BAA 10K – Recap to come.
21.2 miles for the week. A solid week – while I missed my strength training workout, I think it was a better choice to listen to my body and take the extra rest day. Fingers-crossed this week will be a little quieter!
I’m linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Run Down link-up.
In case you missed it: Summer Running Plans
Great job on the 8 miler – and the BAA10K! Love the pup photo – Scooby approves too. 😉
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Ha! I wish my pup would cooperate so I could run with him the way you do with Scooby – or perhaps I need to get faster 😉
You have really been crushing your runs lately! Congrats on the 10K today look forward to reading about it
Deborah Brooks recently posted…Weekly Run Down Hello Summer!
Thanks so much Deborah! It was a fun race!
I’m excited to hear more about your race! Looks like you and I had very similar workouts/runs this week 😉 Even though our temps have been on the cooler side, the humidity has been creeping upwards….not my favorite thing about summer, but it’s a package deal, right? Thanks for linking!!
Kimberly Hatting recently posted…Welcome to…Summer (?)
What’s so odd here is that many days we’re having the humidity without the heat?!?
Sounds like a great week for you! You’re crushing your runs and that’s nice to see. Looking forward to your recap of the 10k!
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Thanks Wendy – it’s been nice to have things clicking lately!
A solid week of workouts! I hope your hip is feeling better already!
Thanks Angela – the massage really helped!
Good job listening to your body when it demanded a rest day! Looking forward to reading your 10K recap! 🙂
Laurie recently posted…Central PA 10K Race Report
Thanks Laurie – I’m trying to be better about not just pushing through vs. resting.
Way to get in 21 miles despite how busy the week was for you. Can’t wait to hear more about the 10k!
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Such a fun 10K – the BAA doesn’t disappoint!
Another great week for you and kudos for nailing those runs in the crazy humidity earlier this week! Glad to hear that the race this weekend went well too.
Kim G recently posted…Weekly Run Down: DOMS All Week
Thanks Kim 🙂
Cute photo of you and your dog 🙂 I hope this week is a little more restful! You’ve had several busy weeks in a row.
Chaitali recently posted…Weekly Review
Work has definitely been hectic lately but I’m hoping things will slow down soon.
4 days in a row of running is a lot.
Congrats on the 10k. Can’t wait to hear. I’d love to run that race someday.
Yep – 4 days was definitely too much for me!
You should come to Boston some time to run it!
Brilliant work and I agree you did the right thing with that rest day.
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Thanks Liz!
Great week! I really didn’t have many miles this week, and that was a bummer, but I will make it back up. We did do plenty of hiking and driving around so that was fine.
You always stay so active though!
Good week!! good you got a massage as well – niggles need to be taken care of right away when marathon training! I’m currently in Week 1 and it’s already a rough start…
Renée recently posted…WRD: Week 25 Summer Starts
I’m a paranoid runner for this training cycle so I don’t want to let anything linger 🙂