Well, it’s been quite a week. A snowstorm, rainstorm, gale force winds, -35c temperatures with wind chills and a day that was a barmy 8c! The whippets and I think -35c is a ridiculous temperature and are glad it doesn’t get that low too often. We didn’t move far from our wood stove apart from to go and bring in more wood. Michael definitely chose a good week to be in San Diego. The photo above, by the way, is from my Hadrian’s Wall Walk last year. Warmer times for sure!Â
On to my training. This is how week 10 went:
Monday – A nice and easy 9.66 km which I did on the treadmill in the garage. The temperature was -15c in there but that was 20c higher than it was outside, so a wise decision.
Tuesday – Day Off Bowling League Day, more of this later1
Wednesday – Speed day and it was a Fartlek Ladder again this week. Same plan as last week and this time I managed to get up to 14.7kph for the last 200’s. So this is what I did, 2x 200’s (14.5kph), 1 x 400 (13.3kph), 1 x 800 (12.4kph), 1 x 1600 (12.2kph), 1 x 800 (12.4kph), 1 x 400 (13.3kph), 2 x 200’s (14.7kph). By the time I reached the mile repeat I felt like I was walking it at 12.2kph until I got about half way through it and then I started to feel a bit tired.
Thursday – Day Off so I did some strength training. My coach, Alex, had sent me some strength training exercises to do a couple of times a week so I did the first set today. Oh my, made me realize how my core has gone a tad week and needs to improve.
Friday – Ran a nice and easy 9.81 km with Michael, who was complaining about the cold, having just returned from San Diego. I was thinking it was fairly warm today, -6c, but the wind was very strong and chilly. We drove half way down King William Road to start the run. Then ran to the junction with Lorneville Road which included the long incline near the end of KW. We then turned up into Lorneville and ran up the very steep hill at the bottom of Lorneville Road, turned around and ran back to the truck. I wanted to get a few hills in as the new Tallahassee route is very hilly.
Saturday – Day Off so I did my second set of strength training.
Sunday – Nice and easy long run with Cindy. We ran another 19.3 km. Setting off from the Lorneville Store we ran towards Manawagonish Road and continued towards Simms Corner until we reached Ready Street and then turned around and came all the way back. It started off as a very good day for a long run, -8c, sunny and not too strong a wind. This changed soon after we started back when a very strong gale force wind suddenly whipped up, just in time to be against us going up a long tough hill and most of the rest of the way back to the store. It felt like we were going backwards at one stage and we probably were. To quote Cindy, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” To quote me, “Just think how fit I am making you by letting you accompany me on my long runs. What an awesome friend I am.”
My non-running highlight of the week was definitely getting back to the bowling league on Tuesday night. I had missed 2 weeks of bowling, so it was great to get back into it. I was a bit worried that I would have forgotten how to bowl but I got my highest score ever in the first game of 126!!! Unfortunately I suffered jet lag from those dizzying heights and scored 87 and then 82 after that. Our captain Brian, played very well in the last game to pull us through. Definitely a captain’s performance. We managed to win two of the 3 games and knocked the most pins down and so scored 6 points.
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Week 2 of my training for the Tallahassee Half completed, 12 more to go. Only 12 weeks, yikes!
So, what did week 2 entail:
Monday I ran 7 km, nice and easy, in 40 minutes at a speed of 10.48. From the store here in Lorneville past Colpitts Road and then back to the store.
Wednesday was interval day, which I did on the treadmill. I really enjoyed this as it involved, dynamic stretches and strides, both of which I don’t normally do before intervals. My routine was, 2 km run for a warm up, then a series of 8 dynamic stretches, followed by 4 x 70 meter strides. I then did 8 x 400 meters at a speed of 11.6 km/hr with a 20 second walk break between each. I finished with a 1 km cool down run. I really like interval work, awesome.
I switched my long run to Friday as I was asked to include hills for at least half of the route. I ran from Dr. Roberts down to Saints Rest Beach where I met up with 3 of my running friends, Cindy, Sue and Brenda. We ran to Irving Nature Park and did the 6.5 km trail round the Park and then back to Saints Rest car park. Brenda and Cindy then accompanied me on the extra 2 km I had to do to complete my 12 km hilly run. I am really lucky to have such great friends as I don’t like hills and they kept me going. The time passes so quickly when you have friends to chat too.
Sunday I ran 7 km on King William, which included running Michael (my husband) in on his last 2 km’s. He is training for the Tallahassee full, so was doing 26 km.
All these runs can be found on Training Peaks and the links are on my twitter page, @MaritimeRunner1.
My special news this week is that I have registered for the Dingle Half Marathon, which takes place in September 2017. Dingle in Ireland, is where my Mum and Dad came from and is the most awesome, beautiful place. The Marathon has been voted Irelands most scenic and I can understand why. Michael and I will be going on this adventure with our friends, Cindy and Sue and are already planning the trip.
Finally, for this week, after I had completed my long run on Friday, I was thinking how lucky I am. Obviously I am lucky to have such good friends to run with but also to live in such a beautiful place as Saint John. It took less than 10 minutes to get to Saints Rest beach for such a scenic run across the beach and then round the Nature Park. How awesome is that? Mega awesome.
The RunNB Annual Awards are this coming Saturday at Tracadie. I am looking forward to meeting up with many runners and race directors and especially sharing some fun times with Joy and Ed Durdan.
