Hello, lovely readers!
We’ve made it to the end of another week, and with that week’s end came the the end of my 10k training plan. Here’s what the week looked like:
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 4 x 800m repeats with 400m recoveries. 6 miles total, followed by some core work and stretching.
Wednesday: 6 miles easy, then some core work.
Thursday: Rest. This was my least favorite day.
Friday: An easy 20 minutes (2.5 miles) with some strides, then some stretching and foam rolling.
Saturday: RACE DAY! I did a mile warm-up and some strides, then the race (6.2 miles, obviously). I’ll have a full recap up later this week, so for now I’ll just tell you that it was miserably cold and windy, that hill in the middle of the race that I worried about was, indeed, massive, and I finished second female in 43:00 exactly. Here’s a photo of me freezing my buns off at the start line:
Sunday: Rest. My training plan said to do a recovery run today, but I’m uber sore, and I also want to get back to Monday-Saturday running (no more of this 5-days-a-week business) and Sunday rest. So I settled for an easy little walk out in the beautiful sunshine. You’re a day late, sunshine.
Overall thoughts on this training cycle: This was definitely a learning experience for me. I’d never had a training plan that I hadn’t designed myself or pulled out of a book/website, so that was interesting. And I’d never focused on short-distance speed. I think it was definitely good for me to mix it up and to add some paces I’d never considered (I never dreamed I’d be running intervals at 5:00 pace). Overall, I enjoyed it, and if you’re looking for a coach or someone to design a plan for you, go talk to Heather!
This week, I’ll start building mileage back up again (more on that Thursday), and I’ll head back to the gym for a couple strength training sessions. And, of course, I’ll get lots of extra mileage walking circles in my classroom and staring at standardized-test-taking kiddos.
(I got sidetracked for a really long time after searching “standardized test memes).
Have a great week!
Anybody else race this weekend?
What was the highlight of your weekend?
Rural Running Redhead 
CONGRATS Cassie!! YOU KICKED BUTT!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t wait to hear the full recap 🙂 🙂
Yay!! Congratulations!! I can’t wait for the recap. Have a beautiful rest of your Sunday.
43 minute 10k?!?!?!? That’s fantastic-ly fast! 🙂 I wish I can someday move my feet as fast as you!!
CONGRATS 😀
Wow! I am SO EXCITED to hear all about the race! Way to go, speedy! Ugh-Saturday was so incredibly cold and windy and snowy here. Glad you survived!
Haha… I love that meme… Not running for 2 days = out of shape. 🙂 Yesterday I took a rest day and ate pizza and cookies. By the time I went to bed, I convinced myself I was fat. What is wrong with me!? I know better!!
You are seriously a speed demon! Way to finish strong and fast! I did a 10 mile trail run that was organized by our local running store and it was so fun to venture out on a new trail and meet other runners in the community. Definitely a highlight!
Thanks! That trail run sounds like a blast!
Nice job on your second place Cassie 🙂 Look forward to reading the recap! Thats great you have a coach who is working so well with you! It makes a huge difference! Without my coach I would never have achieved what I have so far….nor will I without him in the future!
Thanks! I’m not actually working with the coach.. I won a training plan in a blog giveaway. But the experience definitely made me wonder about someday working with one when I’m richer. 🙂
Way to go, Cassie! You’re amazing!! Awesome time, girl!! I cracked up at your “OMG I’m gonna be so out of shape” graphic, because I totally catch myself thinking like that … funny how our minds work :). Congrats!
Thanks, Megan!
I hate rest days, so hard to convince myself they are good for me. Great job taking them! and Congrats on a speedy 10k! I can’t seem to get under 44 for those!!
I have a hard time with rest days, too.
Holy cow, a 43 minute 10K?!! You are freakishly fast!! I wish I could run that fast!!
Haha I don’t know about “freakishly fast,” but thanks. 🙂
43 minutes?!?! Spectacular!! I am so impressed!
That Princess Bride meme is hilarious! Good luck on your testing days this week.
Thanks! I enjoyed that meme, too. 🙂