The last two days of my running were better than last week, but they were still tough with the soupy humidity!! My legs are feeling stronger, and the gears don’t seem to be grinding as much at the beginning of my runs.
On Saturday morning I met Brian in Percy Warner park for a hilly run through Percy and Edwin Warner. Even though both of us were wearing Garmins, for various reasons we lost track of how far we had gone so we just had to estimate when we reached the planned 6-miles. After getting back to the house I used mapmyrun.com and calculated our route to be 5.85-miles, which was a touch short. However, it was an enjoyable effort with Brian. My legs were very tired, but I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation during the run.
This morning I did a 6-mile solo run starting from my house through the streets of Bellevue. There was a bit of cloud cover, and the temps were fairly mild, but the humidity was nasty enough that it made this run a bit of a slog-fest. I gutted out the miles, and was feeling pretty decent by the end.
With those two runs, my second week of STG training is now in the books. While there were some struggles this week, the great track workout Thursday and my legs feeling much better than last week are definitely positives. I finished 40.4 miles with an overall average pace of 9:14 per mile in some pretty tough heat and humidity. This marks back-to-back 40-mile weeks, which is awesome, but it is only gonna get tougher from here. Tempo runs start in week 3! Gotta buckle-up!
Tomorrow starts week-3 with a scheduled 6-miler at “easy” pace.
My schedule did not allow for any cross-training on Saturday, so I combined two days activities on Sunday. This included:
Chest
- Standard Pushups (30 reps)
- Military Pushups (15 reps)
- Wide Pushups (30 reps)
- Decline Pushups (25 reps)
- Diamond Pushups (5 reps)
Total = 105 Reps
Shoulders & Arms
This workout is REALLY hard for me after experiencing Brachial Neuritis late last year in my left shoulder. After the attack I only had about 30% function in my shoulder muscles, and now I would say it is only around 50%.
- Alternating Shoulder Presses (9 reps each arm / 20 lb dumbbells)
- In & Out Bicep Curls (16 reps / 15 lb dumbbells)
- Two-Arm Tricep Kickback (12 reps / 15 lb dumbbells)
- Deep Swimmer Presses (8 reps / 20 lb dumbbells)
- Full Supination Curls (9 reps / 20 lb dumbbells)
- Chair Dips (15 reps)
- Upright Rows (10 reps / 20 lb dumbbells)
- Static Arm Curls (16 reps / 15 lb dumbbells)
- Flip-Grip Tricep Kickback (15 reps / 12 lb dumbbells)
- Seated Shoulder Flys (10 reps / 12 lb dumbbells)
- Single Arm Curls (10 each arm / 15 lb dumbbells)
- Lying Down Tricep Extensions (10 reps / 15 lb dumbbells)
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Tonight’s Workout VINYL: Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin |
“I dare you to train for a marathon, and not have it change your life.”
-Susan Sidoriak