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    Exercise

    planning for success

    Published: Aug 4, 2014 · Updated: Nov 23, 2019 · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads

    My second week of training for my half marathon was successful - woohoo!

    I completed all three of my runs.

    Screen Shot 2014-08-04 at 9.46.51 PM

    This might not seem all that great, but it is for someone who hated running less than a year ago.

    It really helps me to have it scheduled. Monday is my 2 mile easy run. Wednesday is my speed work - either a tempo run or intervals. And Saturday is my long run.

    However, while I try to make sure I stick to a schedule, I also realize that I will have to do a little rearranging at times to get in my runs.

    With an incredibly packed schedule and a birthday to celebrate, I knew I'd need to be extra diligent in figuring out exactly when I was going to get my runs in {like after I went to see Double Indemnity at The Prytania on my morning off and enjoyed a bag of popcorn}.

    Prytania

    This was nice because it really made me focus on when I'd run because I knew that I would have few opportunities.

    Sometimes it's better to have a busy schedule where you can't give the excuse "I'll just run tomorrow" because that turns into a week with only one or no runs.

    Moral of the story: Plan your workouts. Be specific with when and what you'll do.

    This week I am going to New York to visit my cousin and some friends on Thursday until Monday, so this is going to throw off my schedule a little. I'm not too worried though, and I will just try to get in a run on Friday morning if possible. I'm planning on giving myself a little vacation on Saturday and Sunday.

    For those interested, here are my workout stats for last week including what I did, my pace {if applicable}, and the amount of steps I took that day {according to my FitBit}...

    Monday: 1.55 mile easy run 9:20 min/mile pace; barre3 studio class; 16,708 steps
    Tuesday: 2.5 mile walk; 15,621 steps
    Wednesday: 4 mile tempo run 9:45 min/mile warm up & cool down {1 mile each} with 2 mile 8:35 min/mile pace; 12,295 steps
    Thursday: 2 mile walk; barre3 studio class; 19,036 steps
    Friday: 2 mile walk; barre3 studio class; 14,816 steps
    Saturday: 5.5 mile long run 10:08 min/mile pace {there was some walking involved - it was hot!}; 19,350 steps
    Sunday: rest day; 4553 steps

    This week:

    Monday: 2 mile easy run
    Tuesday: walk in the park, barre3 studio class
    Wednesday: 4 mile intervals, barre3 online class or studio class
    Thursday: walk in the park, barre3 studio class
    Friday: I'll be in New York so hopefully I'll be able to fit in at least a 4 mile run, preferably 6 mile
    Saturday: vacation day 🙂
    Sunday: vacation day 🙂

    Meme

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