Sunday, December 21, 2008

Week #2 in the Books

So I have discovered two new facts this week:

1. I do indeed possess great mental toughness.

2. I am a complete heavy sloth and I need to drop the excess pounds I have gained the last year.

Here is the weekly breakdown:

M: rest

T: 8 miles progressive on the TM (8:50)

W: rest

R: 10 miles progressive on the TM (8:52)

F: rest

Sa: 5.51 outside in the slush (9:34)

Su: .78 on the TM, had to stop b/c the kids were freaking out; then did 13 progressive (8:57). First hour was at a 9:13 pace, then I played with the pace a little. Did 1.5 at 8:00 pace (MP?). Overall a good run.

Total: 37.3 , with 31.8 on the treadmill!!!!

Next week I start running 5 days a week and should finally get back up to 40 miles. I am already wishing I was logging higher mileage at this point, but I know soon enough the increasing miles will get harder and harder with work obligations, kids, life.

On a side note, it is -30 today with the wind chill (again) and we have a ridiculous amount of snow. I don't think it is supposed to hit the 30s until Friday or Saturday. Why did I leave Florida?!?!

3 comments:

Adam said...

Nice week, especially for somebody who doesn't like the dreadmill. The older I get the more time I spend each winter thinking about moving.

Mindi said...

Thanks Adam. I was actually thinking of you today as I was running and decided a HADD test may be in order to get some of these mid week medium long runs out of the way.

Runnin-From-The-Law said...

That is some serious treadmill mileage! I couldn't do it if I had to run on a TM.

Great week of training!