This week did not start very Good as I did not run on Monday and Tuesday. Monday was a planned day off, but Tuesday I intended to run in the early morning, but slept in. Of course felt guilty, the rest of the day.
On Wednesday, I did my planned workout. Got out at 5:50 a.m. to the Turia park, warmed up 15 mins including 5 x 50m strides and then did 5 x 800m with 400m jog in between each repeat. It was cold when I went out, but warmed up during the workout. Splits were 3:23,3:21,3:21,3:15,313. The firt one was very cold, but then warmed up and got progressively faster. In the last repeat I felt tired though and was huffing and puffing. I am struggling at the end of workouts as opposed to a couple of months ago, where I basically could run way faster in my last repeat, I dont have that geat. I suspect is because I have gained some weight. I have decided to decrease my potatoe chips consumption, because as I have been running early in the morning, and in the evening when I get home from work I am downing a 1000+ calories bag of potatoe chips besides my dinner. That needs to end, because I thought that I could get away with it, but I certainly cant. I have decided to substitute that junk food with bananas ( I seldom eat fruits). My performance has not decreased a lot , but I can note that my times in workouts are not improving. 15 mins easy cool down home. Total 10k or so. I have found that running early in the monring pumps me in the morning, but when 2-3 p.m. come I am tired and I have experienced headaches on several occasions. However, that is the Price to pay, because I just get too tired from work and I struggled (on Thursday and Friday that I ran in the evening).
Thursday - I am not sleeping well, so I moved the run for the evening. and I ran 8 laps at 7:30 p.m. in the Blasco park, I did not feel bad, but experienced a side stitch and finished in 44:50 for 7.2k ( Had around 4 weeks without running in the evening).It was a hard day of work.
Friday - I did not feel pretty Good. I again ran in the evening at 8:20 p.m. I left work very late, but since I skiped the first two days of the week, I had to run. I was not motivated and it was pouring a bit of rain when I started, but you have to do what you have to do. I did 8 laps and I incorporated 6 strides from laps 6-8. Felt like crap on those. I only felt Good durin the first 20 mins of the run, after that I felt like I had no energy. Finished in 45:25.
Saturday - I ran in the morning at 9:30 a.m., and it was my tempo day, I thought that the run 12 hours before would not affect my performance, but I think it did, because I ran terribly and felt very tired at the end. Felt exactly like the first tempo run of the cycle. The Good thing is that I only watched my watch in the first km and then it was by feel. I did a positive Split, but at least I finish my 5k tempo. First km was in 4:35 and I thought that I would maintain that pace until the end like previous week, but I jut got worse and worse, first half was 11:43 (pressed the Split button, but did not look) and finished in 23:41. I was very surprised when I saw that time on my watch at the end, I thought that I had run 22:xx given the effort that I put in. My legs felt tired on the warm up and it certainly did not have any pep on them. After the 5k, I stopped for a couple of mins and then did 2 x 200s in 43 and 43, but felt way faster.
Warmed up to the Turia park 15 mins including 5 x 50m strides and Cooled down to home 15 mins easy for a total of 10k or so for the day.
Today I ran at 9:30 again, I wanted to run earlier, but I went to the Asian buffet yesterday when I woke up this morning still felt full, so I took my time before going out. The plan was to do 80 mins of easy running and I did just that. Average pace was around 6 mins per km and I felt pretty Good. The Good weather makes this longer runs more enjoyable and managable. Around 13.4k for the day.
Solid finish to the week, but I am not happy with how my workouts are going. My easy pace has improved, but my workouts are getting worse ironically. I would rather run slower on my easy days and faster on my workout days.
5 runs this week
Have a great finish to the week.
domingo, 24 de noviembre de 2019
domingo, 17 de noviembre de 2019
Another solid week of morning running
Monday - Planned rest day
Tuesday - I was out running in the Blasco park at 6:10 a.m. The plan was to do 8 laps as usual incorporating 6 strides from lap 6-8. I Will have to add one more lap like I did in the previous cycle. Total time for the 8 laps was 42:57 for 7.2k. Felt really Good and fresh.
Wednesday - I did intervals in the morning. This is the first time that I do intervals in the early morning in years. When I headed out the door at 5:50 a.m. ( I woke up earlier since this workout was going to take me around 60-65 mins), I saw that it was pouring rain, I almost got back to bed , but I was already awake, dressed and out, so I decided to go no matter what. I dont regret the decisión, since the rain stopped soon after, but there was too much wind. The warm up to the Turia park was unconfortable with the cold and the rain, but felt better as the warm up progressed. Did 4-5 x 50m strides very controlled since the roads/dirts terrain were slippery and wet. The plan for that morning was to do 4 x 1000m with around 400-500m recovery rest ( I think I recovered around 450m between each) The first 2 were with a headwind, the last 2 I think there was a bit of a tailwind. Splits were 4:13,4:18,4:06,4:01. In the first 2 I thought that I was very out of shape, but in the second 2, I realized that I was just not warmed up. Anyway, if you dont use it you lose it, since I was huffing and puffing in the last 2 and the last 400m were very unconfortable. I had not done intervals since October 1st or something like that, so around 6 weeks without doing intervals workouts. This was a Good come back. I am happy with the splits. After the workout, cooled down 15 mins to home. Around 10-10.5k total I think.
Thursday - Planned rest day.
Friday - Was out in the Blasco park at 6:10 a.m. again to repeat the 8 laps that I normally do. Pace was easy to recover and get ready for Saturday`s tempo sesión. Did 44:33 for the 8 laps (7.2k) feeling pretty Good.
Saturday -I was out at 7:20 a.m. to the Turia park to do my tempo run, when I went out it was still dark. Its getting lighter around 7:40 a.m. before that its dark. Anyway, 15 mins warm up including 5 x 50m striders to loosen up, the weather that morning was 8 Celsius, so it was very dark, even warming up 15 mins, my hands were very cold and did not feel enough warmed up. The plan was to do a 5k tempo like the last couple of weeks, but this time I would incorpórate 2 x 200m, I have been neglecting those 200m after the tempos in the last few months, those really help with the finishing kick. The plan was to only look at the watch in the first km and then ran by feel the rest of the way without looking at the watch until the finish. I would still press the Split button for post run view. First km was in 4:37, feeling Good, but felt very cold and because of that felt a bit unconfortable, after that just ran by feel and to my surprised finished in 22:55 with a 18 seconds negative Split. Halfway was 11:37. I think there was a headwind in the first half and tail wind in the second half, or maybe I just warmed up in the last 1 mile and increased pace. I noted that in the last km my hand were no longer cold, so I warmed up with 1 km to go, ha. I was pleasantly surprised with this tempo, I did not think that I could run sub 23 mins, but I was working, no way I could sustain that pace for 10k. However, I felt the same way 2 weeks ago when I ran 23:35 and finished with the same disconfort. In 2 weeks I improved 40 seconds at the same effort level. 2 weeks ago also I was still sore on Wednesday and when I type this (Sunday post run) I am feeling fresh and Good. Maybemy fitness was asleep for the last of workouts in the past month. If you dont do workouts, you are not going to improve, period. Then did 2 x 200s in 42.50 and 41.78. Felt better in the second one . After the 200s, I just went home to finish 15:10 of cool down. Total for the day was around 10.5k or so. Felt really satisfied, maybe that cold weather help.
Sunday (today) - I did 80 mins of easy running, that was the plan since yesterday. I was out at 7:40 a.m. today barely some brightness. The weather was again 8 Celsius, and my hands were no longer cold after the 40 mins of running, ha. I felt very Good though and you dont even break a sweat in this weather and dont get dehydrated, like you do in summer. You feel you could run forever in this weather. I went to the Turia park and until the 5k mark and back. I turned around at 40:30 and finished in 79:16, so I did 1:44 negative Split. I completed the 80 mins though. I started to look at my splits when I got to the Turia park and first km that I looked was 6:08, then worked in the 6:02-6:03 for a while and after the halfway started to run sub 6 mins per km, hitting 5:54,5:54,5:52 and then left the Turia park and ran home for the last 13 mins, which were maybe faster, because I was calculating to get home in 80 mins, but got here in 79:16. I felt really Good and it feels Good to know that my easy pace is getting quicker at the same effort. I dont care much about easy pace though. Workouts are what really improve you. Felt very strong today.
I am really liking this morning running thing, I am feeling fresh in the morning and feeling free in the evening, although a bit bored sometimes. It feels so Good to get the run in the morning.
5 runs this week and 2 workouts, very Good week of running. I Will have to keep training hard to accomplish my goals.
Have a great Sunday!
Tuesday - I was out running in the Blasco park at 6:10 a.m. The plan was to do 8 laps as usual incorporating 6 strides from lap 6-8. I Will have to add one more lap like I did in the previous cycle. Total time for the 8 laps was 42:57 for 7.2k. Felt really Good and fresh.
Wednesday - I did intervals in the morning. This is the first time that I do intervals in the early morning in years. When I headed out the door at 5:50 a.m. ( I woke up earlier since this workout was going to take me around 60-65 mins), I saw that it was pouring rain, I almost got back to bed , but I was already awake, dressed and out, so I decided to go no matter what. I dont regret the decisión, since the rain stopped soon after, but there was too much wind. The warm up to the Turia park was unconfortable with the cold and the rain, but felt better as the warm up progressed. Did 4-5 x 50m strides very controlled since the roads/dirts terrain were slippery and wet. The plan for that morning was to do 4 x 1000m with around 400-500m recovery rest ( I think I recovered around 450m between each) The first 2 were with a headwind, the last 2 I think there was a bit of a tailwind. Splits were 4:13,4:18,4:06,4:01. In the first 2 I thought that I was very out of shape, but in the second 2, I realized that I was just not warmed up. Anyway, if you dont use it you lose it, since I was huffing and puffing in the last 2 and the last 400m were very unconfortable. I had not done intervals since October 1st or something like that, so around 6 weeks without doing intervals workouts. This was a Good come back. I am happy with the splits. After the workout, cooled down 15 mins to home. Around 10-10.5k total I think.
Thursday - Planned rest day.
Friday - Was out in the Blasco park at 6:10 a.m. again to repeat the 8 laps that I normally do. Pace was easy to recover and get ready for Saturday`s tempo sesión. Did 44:33 for the 8 laps (7.2k) feeling pretty Good.
Saturday -I was out at 7:20 a.m. to the Turia park to do my tempo run, when I went out it was still dark. Its getting lighter around 7:40 a.m. before that its dark. Anyway, 15 mins warm up including 5 x 50m striders to loosen up, the weather that morning was 8 Celsius, so it was very dark, even warming up 15 mins, my hands were very cold and did not feel enough warmed up. The plan was to do a 5k tempo like the last couple of weeks, but this time I would incorpórate 2 x 200m, I have been neglecting those 200m after the tempos in the last few months, those really help with the finishing kick. The plan was to only look at the watch in the first km and then ran by feel the rest of the way without looking at the watch until the finish. I would still press the Split button for post run view. First km was in 4:37, feeling Good, but felt very cold and because of that felt a bit unconfortable, after that just ran by feel and to my surprised finished in 22:55 with a 18 seconds negative Split. Halfway was 11:37. I think there was a headwind in the first half and tail wind in the second half, or maybe I just warmed up in the last 1 mile and increased pace. I noted that in the last km my hand were no longer cold, so I warmed up with 1 km to go, ha. I was pleasantly surprised with this tempo, I did not think that I could run sub 23 mins, but I was working, no way I could sustain that pace for 10k. However, I felt the same way 2 weeks ago when I ran 23:35 and finished with the same disconfort. In 2 weeks I improved 40 seconds at the same effort level. 2 weeks ago also I was still sore on Wednesday and when I type this (Sunday post run) I am feeling fresh and Good. Maybemy fitness was asleep for the last of workouts in the past month. If you dont do workouts, you are not going to improve, period. Then did 2 x 200s in 42.50 and 41.78. Felt better in the second one . After the 200s, I just went home to finish 15:10 of cool down. Total for the day was around 10.5k or so. Felt really satisfied, maybe that cold weather help.
Sunday (today) - I did 80 mins of easy running, that was the plan since yesterday. I was out at 7:40 a.m. today barely some brightness. The weather was again 8 Celsius, and my hands were no longer cold after the 40 mins of running, ha. I felt very Good though and you dont even break a sweat in this weather and dont get dehydrated, like you do in summer. You feel you could run forever in this weather. I went to the Turia park and until the 5k mark and back. I turned around at 40:30 and finished in 79:16, so I did 1:44 negative Split. I completed the 80 mins though. I started to look at my splits when I got to the Turia park and first km that I looked was 6:08, then worked in the 6:02-6:03 for a while and after the halfway started to run sub 6 mins per km, hitting 5:54,5:54,5:52 and then left the Turia park and ran home for the last 13 mins, which were maybe faster, because I was calculating to get home in 80 mins, but got here in 79:16. I felt really Good and it feels Good to know that my easy pace is getting quicker at the same effort. I dont care much about easy pace though. Workouts are what really improve you. Felt very strong today.
I am really liking this morning running thing, I am feeling fresh in the morning and feeling free in the evening, although a bit bored sometimes. It feels so Good to get the run in the morning.
5 runs this week and 2 workouts, very Good week of running. I Will have to keep training hard to accomplish my goals.
Have a great Sunday!
lunes, 11 de noviembre de 2019
Week of morning running
Last week I ran 5 times and every run was in the morning. I want to start running in the morning since I am very unmotivated to run after work with that darkness after work, and my brother is partially retired from running, so its hard to run alone. I decided to give the morning running a go. I had a lot of time without running right before work, but you have to start somewhere.
On last Monday I rested as usual.
On Tuesday I started my morning running quest, I was up at 5:50 a.m., I did not wear my windbreaker but it was cold, I did 8 laps in the Blasco park, a lot of drunk youngster at that time in the park. I had stomach problems, but felt really fresh and finished the 8 laps in 44:19 , both halves were 22:19, 22:00. Felt really Good.
On Wednesday up again at 5:50 a.m. I thought about doing intervals (I would have to get up at 5:30 to ge the intervals in), but decided to start slow with this transition. I incorporated 6 strides in the last 2 laps though. I did 8 laps again , so 7.2k. Me and the drunk youngsters once again. Total time was 43:30 and felt really fresh as well, much better Both halves were 22:23 and 21:07 or something like that.
Thursday was an off day.
Friday was up again at 5:50 a.m. and out around 6:10 a.m. again my bread and butter 8 laps in the Blasco park, 44:16. Pretty much the same run as Wednesday and the same pace.
Saturday - Was up at 6:30 a.m. and was out at 7:15 a.m., or so its very dark at that though, I went to the Turia park jogging to do my warm up , did 15 mins warm up with 5 x 50m strides, felt really Good, but I was worried that I would have to abort the workout due to GI problems, because the previous night I was in the all you can eat buffet, but ironically, I did not have any problems and I could complete my 5k tempo without problems. The goal for today was at least to feel better tan last week. I only looked at the watch in the first km and then did not look again until the end, I pressed the Split button in the halfway though. First km was 4:38, half was 11:46 (did not look until the end though), finished the 5k in 23:23 felt much better than last week and no soreness at all. It was a night day difference and that really increase my confidence, because I thought that I was losing a lot of fitness, but given how I felt on Saturday, I am heading the right direction. Then did again another 15 mins of easy running to cool down. Around 6 miles or 10k. Felt really Good overall.
Sunday - I was up at 5:50 a.m. because I was going to a trip ( yea, the trip that I could go last week, I could go this week), Had to squeeze a quick 7.2k (8 laps) run in the Blasco park before departing to the trip at 08:00. I felt really Good during the run, but had stomach problems in the last 2-3 laps. Did 44:15 for 8 laps, then kept running until home to complete maybe 46 mins.
I had to wear my windbreaker after Wednesday in all my runs since weather is very cold already (10 degrees Celsius).
I am feeling really good in these runs. Its hard to wake up, but once you warm up you feel really fresh and Good.
On work I feel sleepy after 2 p.m., but that Will pass I think.
Today I rested again and I Will start my morning journey again tomorrow morning again.
Have a great start to the week!
On last Monday I rested as usual.
On Tuesday I started my morning running quest, I was up at 5:50 a.m., I did not wear my windbreaker but it was cold, I did 8 laps in the Blasco park, a lot of drunk youngster at that time in the park. I had stomach problems, but felt really fresh and finished the 8 laps in 44:19 , both halves were 22:19, 22:00. Felt really Good.
On Wednesday up again at 5:50 a.m. I thought about doing intervals (I would have to get up at 5:30 to ge the intervals in), but decided to start slow with this transition. I incorporated 6 strides in the last 2 laps though. I did 8 laps again , so 7.2k. Me and the drunk youngsters once again. Total time was 43:30 and felt really fresh as well, much better Both halves were 22:23 and 21:07 or something like that.
Thursday was an off day.
Friday was up again at 5:50 a.m. and out around 6:10 a.m. again my bread and butter 8 laps in the Blasco park, 44:16. Pretty much the same run as Wednesday and the same pace.
Saturday - Was up at 6:30 a.m. and was out at 7:15 a.m., or so its very dark at that though, I went to the Turia park jogging to do my warm up , did 15 mins warm up with 5 x 50m strides, felt really Good, but I was worried that I would have to abort the workout due to GI problems, because the previous night I was in the all you can eat buffet, but ironically, I did not have any problems and I could complete my 5k tempo without problems. The goal for today was at least to feel better tan last week. I only looked at the watch in the first km and then did not look again until the end, I pressed the Split button in the halfway though. First km was 4:38, half was 11:46 (did not look until the end though), finished the 5k in 23:23 felt much better than last week and no soreness at all. It was a night day difference and that really increase my confidence, because I thought that I was losing a lot of fitness, but given how I felt on Saturday, I am heading the right direction. Then did again another 15 mins of easy running to cool down. Around 6 miles or 10k. Felt really Good overall.
Sunday - I was up at 5:50 a.m. because I was going to a trip ( yea, the trip that I could go last week, I could go this week), Had to squeeze a quick 7.2k (8 laps) run in the Blasco park before departing to the trip at 08:00. I felt really Good during the run, but had stomach problems in the last 2-3 laps. Did 44:15 for 8 laps, then kept running until home to complete maybe 46 mins.
I had to wear my windbreaker after Wednesday in all my runs since weather is very cold already (10 degrees Celsius).
I am feeling really good in these runs. Its hard to wake up, but once you warm up you feel really fresh and Good.
On work I feel sleepy after 2 p.m., but that Will pass I think.
Today I rested again and I Will start my morning journey again tomorrow morning again.
Have a great start to the week!
domingo, 3 de noviembre de 2019
Early morning hour
Yesterday Iw ent to bed really early for me, around 10:30 p.m. definetely, too early for a Saturday, but I was sleepy and wanted to test if I went to bed early, if I would wake up easier. That was the case, since I woke way earlier than my alarm clock that went off at 6:45 a.m., at that time here is still very dark.
Anyway, when the alarm went off, I got dressed and felt very rested, the only problema was again my stomach, it seems that I ate a lot of past yesterday. Had some stomach problems during the run, but nothing crazy. The plan today was to do run 60 mins at an easy pace to recover from the tempo that I did yesterday.
I decided to go to the Turia park and when my watch read 30:30, I would turn around and got back home, that was exactly what I did and I finished in 60:02, so my calculation was very spot on.
I checked 3-4 kms there in the turia to have an idea of the pace that I was running, and I was surprised with how fast I was running for an easy run. I was running at 6:00 with a strong headwind, and when I turned around that I had the wind on my watch, it was 5:54, then I decided to go easier, as I wanted to recover well from my workout yesterday, got back to 6:00 per km and stayed at that effort till the end of my run.
I am really liking those morning runs, before you know it, you have completed 10 kms and you have the rest of the day to relax and do other things, that honestly can be a problema when you dont have plans and have to stay at home the whole day. However, I find that I am much more energized in the morning than in the evenings where I am just tired from work or the motivation is low. Now I have to test these runs when I have a full day of work ahead of me, the last 3 morning runs has been off from work and basically I have relaxed for the rest of the day.
10k or so for the day. Felt really Good and easy. Although I started the week without running, I finished the week with 3 runs that went really well. Today I am much more sore than I expexted for a 5k tempo, but I am really sore, maybe as I said yesterday I lost some fitness in that break. Anyway, got my mojo back and ready to start training hard again for next year.
ah, I forgot to mention, that I am not going to the trip that I mentioned yesterday, when I was going to buy my ticket, they put in the door that the trip was sold out, I got pissed off, but it is what it is. I Will have to watch the NYC maratón after all.
Have a great Sunday!
Anyway, when the alarm went off, I got dressed and felt very rested, the only problema was again my stomach, it seems that I ate a lot of past yesterday. Had some stomach problems during the run, but nothing crazy. The plan today was to do run 60 mins at an easy pace to recover from the tempo that I did yesterday.
I decided to go to the Turia park and when my watch read 30:30, I would turn around and got back home, that was exactly what I did and I finished in 60:02, so my calculation was very spot on.
I checked 3-4 kms there in the turia to have an idea of the pace that I was running, and I was surprised with how fast I was running for an easy run. I was running at 6:00 with a strong headwind, and when I turned around that I had the wind on my watch, it was 5:54, then I decided to go easier, as I wanted to recover well from my workout yesterday, got back to 6:00 per km and stayed at that effort till the end of my run.
I am really liking those morning runs, before you know it, you have completed 10 kms and you have the rest of the day to relax and do other things, that honestly can be a problema when you dont have plans and have to stay at home the whole day. However, I find that I am much more energized in the morning than in the evenings where I am just tired from work or the motivation is low. Now I have to test these runs when I have a full day of work ahead of me, the last 3 morning runs has been off from work and basically I have relaxed for the rest of the day.
10k or so for the day. Felt really Good and easy. Although I started the week without running, I finished the week with 3 runs that went really well. Today I am much more sore than I expexted for a 5k tempo, but I am really sore, maybe as I said yesterday I lost some fitness in that break. Anyway, got my mojo back and ready to start training hard again for next year.
ah, I forgot to mention, that I am not going to the trip that I mentioned yesterday, when I was going to buy my ticket, they put in the door that the trip was sold out, I got pissed off, but it is what it is. I Will have to watch the NYC maratón after all.
Have a great Sunday!
sábado, 2 de noviembre de 2019
Early morning tempo run
Today I woke up around 6:20 a.m. way before my alarm at 6:40, but did not run until 1 hour later, reason being that I ate 2 kebabs last night and that did not set me weel, so I felt my stomach a Little bit full, so took care of that before going out. I still went out at 7:20 a.m., which is very early for me these days. Streets were for me. I ran easy to warm up to the Turia park and included 5 x 50m strides to get back to routine. I wanted to do a 5k tempo run, but did not care too much about the time, just wanted to get back to the routine of doing workouts.
Felt really Good in the warm up and in the strides. Then I started my tempo and felt great for the first 500m, first 200s were in 54-55 seconds, so I said that I had not lost any fitness in this break, but after the 500m things were not that easy and my legs got progressevely heavier. Luckily, my pace did not slow down much and I even did a negative Split, but I felt very tired, was huffing and puffing and no way that I could have kept that pace for another 5k ( I did the same pace in a 10k 3 weeks ago). Anyway, I hang tough and could complete the intended workout and surpassed my goal for today. Then caught my breath before starting my cool down, which was the same distance and route as the warm up and I even threw a 50m strides to loosen up the legs.
Splits per km were 4:45, 4:46 (9:31), halfway in 11:49.90, 3rd km in 4:37 (14:08), 4rd km 4:47 (18:55), I was very tired at that point, but stayed tough, finished in 23:35 with the last km being in 4:40. Felt satisfied with the workout, but that pace felt way easier during the race than today. Happy to get back to workouts and very happy to have gotten my run in the morning, which is not easy.
Total for the day was around 6 miles -10 kms. Tomorrow I Will have to run even earlier, since I Will go to an excursión the whole day to meet some Valencia towns, it should be fun. I Will miss watching the NYC maratón, but I Would rather live myself than watch other lives.
Have a great Saturday!
Felt really Good in the warm up and in the strides. Then I started my tempo and felt great for the first 500m, first 200s were in 54-55 seconds, so I said that I had not lost any fitness in this break, but after the 500m things were not that easy and my legs got progressevely heavier. Luckily, my pace did not slow down much and I even did a negative Split, but I felt very tired, was huffing and puffing and no way that I could have kept that pace for another 5k ( I did the same pace in a 10k 3 weeks ago). Anyway, I hang tough and could complete the intended workout and surpassed my goal for today. Then caught my breath before starting my cool down, which was the same distance and route as the warm up and I even threw a 50m strides to loosen up the legs.
Splits per km were 4:45, 4:46 (9:31), halfway in 11:49.90, 3rd km in 4:37 (14:08), 4rd km 4:47 (18:55), I was very tired at that point, but stayed tough, finished in 23:35 with the last km being in 4:40. Felt satisfied with the workout, but that pace felt way easier during the race than today. Happy to get back to workouts and very happy to have gotten my run in the morning, which is not easy.
Total for the day was around 6 miles -10 kms. Tomorrow I Will have to run even earlier, since I Will go to an excursión the whole day to meet some Valencia towns, it should be fun. I Will miss watching the NYC maratón, but I Would rather live myself than watch other lives.
Have a great Saturday!
viernes, 1 de noviembre de 2019
Catching up
I have not been running much, since I decided to do my break and to start training full force next week. Its also lazyness, its true that when you rest a couple of days, the streak just go on. The opposite is also true.
Last week, I only ran Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so rested Monday until Thursday. I have not lost any fitness though.
Friday October 25th did 8 laps in the Blasco park after work, did 44:33.
Saturday October 26th did the same, so 8 laps in the Blasco park in the evening at 7:00 pm. or so did 44:23 or something like that.
Sunday 27th - That morning was the Valencia half maratón, the one that I wanted to race, but when I signed up on July it was already full, my brother right away, put himself in the waiting list, but I did not do right away, in the end He could run the half maratón and I just put myself too late in the waiting list and I could not make it. My brother did not run so well, and He has run 3 half marathons in October, I told him that that would affect him negatively. Anyway, the race was won by Kejelcha and it was a 4 sprint to the finish. Good race. In the evening at 7 p.m. I went out to do 8 laps once again, but in the 7th lap had to call it a day because I was having stomach problems. The pace was Good though, did 6.3k in 38:18, including 3 strides in that last lap, wanted to do 1 more lap and 3 more strides, but the stomach got the best of me.
Ran 3 times that week, I dont remember last time that I only ran 3 times.
This week is the same, I rested from Monday until Thursday and today (Friday) is holidays here in Spain so I opted for morning running, I think that I Will have to start running in the morning, since at the end of the day after work, my motivation to run is low, and now more that I leave work already dark, for the hour change past Sunday and also because my brother cannot do workouts on Wednesday, I Will have to do it alone. This break has given me a lot of lazyness. Next week I have to start training seriously again, since I dont want to lose the fitness that I have gotten this past year.
Today I ran at 08:00 a.m. which is early for me these days, I loved those morning runs in the Dominican Republic, but I can count the few times that I have run in the morning here in Spain, given how I felt today I should give these runs a go.
I ran in the Blasco park today for a change ha, I did 8 laps today, but the first lap was 5:32, I was kind of surprised, because its very rare that my first lap there is so fast, but I went with it while keeping the effort easy. 4 laps came in 21:43 feeling pretty Good and fresh. In the end finished 8 laps in 42:55, last lap in 5:10 and second half in 21:12 or so. Felt like a million of bucks and the weather was very nice. It seems that I have not lost any fitness and these break has helped me.
Tomorrow I ll again run in the morning, I Will try to do a light tempo, something like 5k at 5 mins per km (with warm up and cool down of course), to see how the legs respond . This hopefully Will be in the Turia park. Looking forward to it already.
Last week, I only ran Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so rested Monday until Thursday. I have not lost any fitness though.
Friday October 25th did 8 laps in the Blasco park after work, did 44:33.
Saturday October 26th did the same, so 8 laps in the Blasco park in the evening at 7:00 pm. or so did 44:23 or something like that.
Sunday 27th - That morning was the Valencia half maratón, the one that I wanted to race, but when I signed up on July it was already full, my brother right away, put himself in the waiting list, but I did not do right away, in the end He could run the half maratón and I just put myself too late in the waiting list and I could not make it. My brother did not run so well, and He has run 3 half marathons in October, I told him that that would affect him negatively. Anyway, the race was won by Kejelcha and it was a 4 sprint to the finish. Good race. In the evening at 7 p.m. I went out to do 8 laps once again, but in the 7th lap had to call it a day because I was having stomach problems. The pace was Good though, did 6.3k in 38:18, including 3 strides in that last lap, wanted to do 1 more lap and 3 more strides, but the stomach got the best of me.
Ran 3 times that week, I dont remember last time that I only ran 3 times.
This week is the same, I rested from Monday until Thursday and today (Friday) is holidays here in Spain so I opted for morning running, I think that I Will have to start running in the morning, since at the end of the day after work, my motivation to run is low, and now more that I leave work already dark, for the hour change past Sunday and also because my brother cannot do workouts on Wednesday, I Will have to do it alone. This break has given me a lot of lazyness. Next week I have to start training seriously again, since I dont want to lose the fitness that I have gotten this past year.
Today I ran at 08:00 a.m. which is early for me these days, I loved those morning runs in the Dominican Republic, but I can count the few times that I have run in the morning here in Spain, given how I felt today I should give these runs a go.
I ran in the Blasco park today for a change ha, I did 8 laps today, but the first lap was 5:32, I was kind of surprised, because its very rare that my first lap there is so fast, but I went with it while keeping the effort easy. 4 laps came in 21:43 feeling pretty Good and fresh. In the end finished 8 laps in 42:55, last lap in 5:10 and second half in 21:12 or so. Felt like a million of bucks and the weather was very nice. It seems that I have not lost any fitness and these break has helped me.
Tomorrow I ll again run in the morning, I Will try to do a light tempo, something like 5k at 5 mins per km (with warm up and cool down of course), to see how the legs respond . This hopefully Will be in the Turia park. Looking forward to it already.
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