North London Half // Training Diary // Week 3 Recap
2/01/2016
This weeks training wasn't too bad, but I desperately need to get in some decent mileage this week!
Lets see how I got on this week..
Week 3 Training Schedule
| Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday | Scheduled Swim
Cross Train
TempoCross Train 2-3 miles Easy Rest Race Day | What I Did Swim 30 min Rumble Workout and 15 min Kettlebells 3 Miles 33 min Kettlebell Workout Rest 1.5 Miles Race |
Sliiight adjustment to the week but I'm OK with how it went given the circumstances.
Monday - was my usual swim day, it was mega hard! As soon as we got in the pool, our coach was saying we had to do 100m front crawl, 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke. WHAT! I am getting a lot better at being able to swim further without stopping but it's still hard work!
Tuesday - was kettlebell day - I did 45 min workout consisting of the Sweaty Betty X 1Rebel Rumble Workout which was hard work and build up a sweat! I also did a 15 min kettlebell workout afterwards for fun. ;)
Wednesday - I did a 3 mile run. I'm currently testing the Epson Runsense watch and I didn't have auto lap enabled, so I can't see my splits to see whether or not I managaed to get each mile quicker than the last. Hurrah for being a new watch newbie! I've got the hang of it now thankfully!
Thursday - I was supposed to run today as I was supposed to be resting on Saturday but it totally slipped my mind and had some extra sleep instead - ended up doing a kettlebell workout when I got home from work.
Friday - I had a rest day, I wasn't feeling up to a run as I'd done some form of a workout 4 days in a row.
Saturday - Ended up going for a short 1.5 mile run round the block just to stretch my legs out and hoping that it wouldn't affect my legs for race day!
Sunday - RACE DAY! I'll have a race recap coming up on my blog either tomorrow or Weds morning depending on when I can find the time to finish up my post! So keep an eye out for that!
Week 4 Training Schedule
Monday - was my usual swim day, it was mega hard! As soon as we got in the pool, our coach was saying we had to do 100m front crawl, 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke. WHAT! I am getting a lot better at being able to swim further without stopping but it's still hard work!
Tuesday - was kettlebell day - I did 45 min workout consisting of the Sweaty Betty X 1Rebel Rumble Workout which was hard work and build up a sweat! I also did a 15 min kettlebell workout afterwards for fun. ;)
Thursday - I was supposed to run today as I was supposed to be resting on Saturday but it totally slipped my mind and had some extra sleep instead - ended up doing a kettlebell workout when I got home from work.
Friday - I had a rest day, I wasn't feeling up to a run as I'd done some form of a workout 4 days in a row.
Saturday - Ended up going for a short 1.5 mile run round the block just to stretch my legs out and hoping that it wouldn't affect my legs for race day!
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| My Epson Runsense Watch that I'm testing out. |
Week 4 Training Schedule
| Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday | Scheduled Swim Cross Train Tempo(4 miles) Cross Train 20-30 min speed run Rest 9-10 miles |
So, I've got a Tempo Run, Speed run and Long run planned for this week. For my Tempo Run, I'll aim to do 4 miles - 1 mile warm-up, 2 miles fast and then a 1 mile cool down. Hopefully it goes to plan.
I'll do a speed run on Friday - I haven't decided if I'm going to do interval or fartlek, I'll probably decide on the day!
Theeeennn my Long run on Sunday - I really need to get the mileage up.. so I'm going to aim for 9 miles and depending on how I feel, I'll attempt to do 10 but we'll see how it goes on the day. I'm slightly nervous about it but I'm gonna try my best.
Question: What runs do you typically have during your training?
I'll do a speed run on Friday - I haven't decided if I'm going to do interval or fartlek, I'll probably decide on the day!
Theeeennn my Long run on Sunday - I really need to get the mileage up.. so I'm going to aim for 9 miles and depending on how I feel, I'll attempt to do 10 but we'll see how it goes on the day. I'm slightly nervous about it but I'm gonna try my best.
Question: What runs do you typically have during your training?
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