Last week I chit-chatted all about creating the perfect running playlist. Sorry for not including an actual playlist, honestly it’s all musical theater, Green Day and a few cheesy songs only I love. This is why no one ever wants to let me play DJ at work. I will work on putting something together that’s not just bad musical theater and pop punk, but no guarantees.
I’m switching things up this week. During my 13 mile run on Saturday (yep, marathon training means running a HALF MARATHON distance casually on a Saturday) I could feel all this running taking a toll on my body. For someone like me who at this rate only trains for a half marathon for roughly 5 weeks leading up to race day, running 3 days a week and doing double digit mileage 4 weeks in a row is really new to me. Pounding the pavement hurts. My run on Saturday felt a million times harder than it should have and I think it’s from all the impact and not recovering fully. My poor feeties.
I secretly knew I was going to give myself “off” weeks sprinkled in throughout training to keep my head in the game and because I knew my body would start to hurt eventually. Marathon training hurts, y’all. I’m going extreme this week with NO RUNNING. Maybe this is a dumb choice, maybe this will be the best choice eva, but it just feels right and like what my body needs right now. To supplement I’m still going cardio heavy on what usually would be my running days. As I always say, a spin class is the cardio equivalent to a 4+ miles run. Also if you’ve ever taken a 305 class you know what a beast it is.
I will say though, despite how miserable I was during the actual run, my legs felt surprisingly good on Sunday. Typically the day after running a half my quads are SO sore and walking stairs is a total joke. My hip are really tight and sore but besides that my legs feel fine. Hey, can’t complain.
This Week’s Plan:
MONDAY: Exceed (1 hour HIIT)
TUESDAY: 45 minute spin class
WEDNESDAY: Yoga + Trapeze
THURSDAY: 305 (dance cardio/ zumba on crack)
FRIDAY: Uplift Strength
SATURDAY: Rest
SUNDAY: 1 hour spin class.
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