Week 12 of my Run Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Training is complete! Check out the lessons I learned this week and how I’m moving forward.
Y’all, this week was a rough one. It was ridiculously busy and training kind of took a backseat to everything else. My less than perfect effort showed through in the form of exhaustion and slow times. This coming week will be another busy one, but I’m hoping I can take the lessons learned in week 12 and come out stronger than before.
Sunday, 9/17/17:
Well… I know I said last week that I had a long run scheduled for the day. While that was true, the long run did not happen. Instead, I did sprint intervals on the treadmill for the distance of 2.25 miles to round out week 11 of half marathon training. I’ve realized that I’m having some training plan burnout/boredom issues and I’m finding myself NOT wanting to run… and with my race six weeks away, this should NOT be happening, so I’m working on ways I can fix that. More to come later this week!
Related: Last Week’s Workouts + Wine & Dine Week 11 Recap
Monday, 9/18/17:
I started the work week off with leg day. It was largely quad focused, included wall sits, and had me sore by the end of the day!
Tuesday, 9/19/17:
AM: “Push” day, meaning chest, shoulders and triceps were on the menu. I did a Lauren Gleisberg workout that I’ve done in the past and I loved it. Except I got about 20 minutes into the workout before I realized my watch had stopped tracking, so my stats for that workout were completely off.
PM: My plan was to get in some speed work through 30 second intervals between my house and the nearby park, buuuut… It was 98 degrees (and my car registering 103) when I left work in the afternoon, so I opted for intervals on the treadmill. I covered the distance of 2.3 miles and had a total stitch in my side by the end. That’s a good thing, right?!
Wednesday, 9/20/17:
Another treadmill workout. This one was about 2.1 miles of hill intervals. I was huffing and puffing, but I know it was good for me to switch things up. I followed this workout with a super fast total body workout and utilized my ankle weights for a little extra kick, ha!
Thursday, 9/21/17:
AM: “Pull” day that included back and biceps got completed Thursday morning. It included lat pulldowns with a resistance band. I don’t have a door attachment for my bands, so I’m rigging something up that isn’t too cute, but I guess it works. I’m also replacing some of the band exercises with dumbbell lat pullovers. If anyone has other suggestions for exercises to work that hard-to-reach area of the back, I’m all ears!
PM: I had four miles on the schedule, but got pulled into an after school meeting that lasted about 45 minutes longer than I’d anticipated. When I got home I jumped on the treadmill and settled for 5K. My husband was out of town for the night, so it was all right that I was still running long after he would’ve returned from work!
Related: 2017 runDisney Virtual Running Shorts Review
Friday, 9/22/17:
Rest day. I needed to destress a bit, so I got my nails and toes done after school. Sometimes that massage chair is as much destressing as I have time for!
Saturday, 9/23/17:
10 miles!! My lackadaisical training from the last couple of weeks really showed as I struggled through every bit of the 10 miles. I was miserable halfway in, so I broke up the last half with 4 minutes running, 1 minute walking. It helped pass the time. I finished a lot slower than I wanted to, but I finished and I’m happy with that.
Week 12 Miles: 17.5 Miles
Total Miles: 160.9 Miles
Question: How do you come back from a training rut?
I’m linking up with HoHo Runs and MissSippi Piddlin for Weekly Wrap!
Great job getting things done even when it’s tough! When I get in to a running rut, it’s usually at the end of my training seasons and I switch over to other forms of exercise. I love to take classes because it’s a fun way to push myself (and I’m just a little bit competitive so it gets me to work harder than I’ll push myself lol).
I used to take lots of different classes and I miss them! I work out exclusively at home now.
Honestly, when I get in a training rut, I just try something new and take a break from running for a days. Or I run somewhere new or with a new person.
I bet running somewhere new helps a lot! I would love to have some buddies around here to run with too.
Training ruts can be tough….I try to do something completely different to mix things up (because I get bored doing the same stuff so often).
I do too. That’s something I’ve learned about myself. I need variety, even if I’m following a plan!
I get this about getting your nails and toes as a stress relief! You may have struggled with you long run but hey you got it done. Don’t fret next week is a whole new week! Thanks for linking up!
Sometimes it’s nice to just sit and let someone else do things for you! Lol
Congratulations for sticking with it all when it got tough this week! I hate those weeks when everything just overtakes you and you don’t know how everything is going to work out… But that 10 miler looked tough! I probably would have given up halfway through haha.
I really wanted to! Sometimes the victory is in just not quitting, haha.
I spoil myself with pedicures (and leg massages) and I am so overdue right now. It WILL happen this week. New tunes helps me with I’m in a rut. Some people swear by podcasts. Or, I’ll play a game like flipping my watch to its HR screen and try to keep the number below a certain point. Silly distracting things help me a lot. Thanks for linking!
Sometimes silly distracting things are what it takes to get through!
Good for you for taking a day to treat yourself. A manicure and pedicure is sometimes what we need!
Manis and pedis make everything better! At least for that time spent in the massage chair!