Hope all the mommies out there had a great Mothers day!!!!!
Even though i was able to get in a mothers day workout and run, I was still able to sleep late, relax and enjoy the day with family! Even the puppy joined me as we slept past 7am!
Last week was a semi light week
I thought I had 2 5ks so I intentionally kept things on the easy side. Turns out I only had 1 5k because on Thursday(day of 5k #1) my son "forgot" about a concert he had at school, my daughter had soccer try outs, and my husband had a late meeting pop up on his schedule....so Thursday was a bust for workouts, but it was still a pretty busy day with the kiddos!
The week at a glance:
Monday- legs with plyos
3x12
mule kicks
hip abd
hip add
leg extensions
jump lunges
leg curls
blurpees with explosive jump tucks
single leg leg press
speed skaters
dead leg lifts
squats
Tuesday-chest/triceps/core
3x12
cable crossovers
pushups
pushups
reveres pressdowns wide grip
pressdowns neutral grip
reverse pressdown reverse close grip
kick backs
dips
3x20 crunches
Russian twists
pelvic tilts
bridges
prone leg/arm extensions with 10 second hold
3x10 roll outs on exercise ball
pikes off exercise ball
3x 1 minute plank
Wednesday-4.5 miles including speed work
1 mile warm up
4x400 faster than goal pace
2.3 miles cooldown
Thursday-rest
Friday-45 minutes elliptical, core work same as Tuesday
Saturday- 5.5 miles including 5k
Sunday- Mothers day workout!Back/biceps/core work same as Thursday, 6.7 miles
3x12
pull ups (close and wide grip)
seated row close grip
lat pull down
straight arm lat pull down
reverse flys
rope curl
hi cable curls
lateral curls
reverse curls
standard curls
The 5k:
This was not the race I wanted or expected it to be (but I did positive split like a BOSS!).
I did have some pretty crazy dreams the days leading up to it- one dream was not being prepared for race day, not having the right clothes, showing up late, etc- another dream was me winning the race in a time of 18:18 and thinking the course was short but then checking my fitbit and seeing it right at 3.1
and then I dreamed about a saved by the bell murder mystery--who killed slater? was is Zach, kelly, screech or the crazy wild kids from the rival high school?
having said that, I think I was just overthinking things.
On the way to race(which I dragged all 4 of my kids plus a family friend to help keep an eye on them while I was racing) I made my 3 goals
A) see 19xx
B) win overall female
C) make top 3 overall
based on my fitness levels and the times from the previous 2 years from the race, I knew I could make at least one if not all 3 goals.
As we are pulling into the parking lot, I spot a super speedy older lady, who is a total rockstar! I want to be like her when I grow up!!!! I see her and immediately know I couldn't win it. She usually runs in the mid to low 19s and sometimes high 18's. Dang, Oh well, you cant control who shows up. I was either going to break 20 and get top 3, break 20 and not see top 3 or not break 20 and see or not see top 3.
I give my kids a hug, and get in a little over a mile warm up.I make my way to the starting line right next to ms rockstar. my plan going in was to keep ms rockstar in my sights and try to see mile 2 by 12:45. I needed a 6:22 for both mile 1 and 2 for that to happen. even if I slowed way down the last mile I could still see 19xx.
gun goes off and my legs felt pretty good, my stride felt good given how heavy and sluggish my legs felt on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I couldn't find my running song on my ipod shuffle (ozzy's silver) so I turn it to some Metallica. (I couldn't find my song until after the half way point). I am staying right with ms rockstar. i felt great this first mile and knew that if i kept her close i could see my A goal. mile 1:
6:22
I thought i had a shot at getting to mile 2 at my goal time, i just had to hold pace, which my legs still felt OK. i get frustrated by not finding my song just yet. i usually keep ozzy on replay because i know how long the song is and can gage where i am at and what my pace is as opposed to looking at my watch. i should have just not listened to music at all.
after i pass the mile marker an older guy keeps surging ahead of me, i would catch him, then he would catch back up. I have raced with him before and knew he was slightly faster than me. i knew i was on the right track by staying ahead of him.
I kept telling myself that if i expect to get faster i had to get out of my comfort zone and take some risks. I know I'm not as fast as ms rockstar, but if i stay as close to her as i can, she could help reel me in to the all illusive 19xx!?
at the 1.5 mile mark, i finally find my song and that's when ms rockstar turns her jets on and picks up her pace. she makes a surge, i surge as well. there are a few turns and i try desperately to hold on to my pace. i see her make a turn, she looks behind her and sees me and then she decides to go faster. I keep her in my sights and try to hang on but my legs had different plans. mile 2:
6:38.
Dang.I thought i was holding pace. But my hope wasn't lost. if i picked up my pace i could still see 19:59. what kept me going during the last mile was the older guy behind me, i would see his shadow, make hand motions signaling him to come on and run with me. he would catch me and we would run together. I had hopes that i was going faster, but my legs felt like led. every time older guy would get ahead of me, i would surge ahead and we would pace off eachother. i could still see ms rockstar. i could also smell a certain flower blooming which reminded me my childhood summers. my mind gets distracted and i have to refocus. Mile 3 just hurt. my mind was wondering, which is never a good thing during a race. older guy is closing in on me now. he passes me right at the 3 mile marker.
i yell at him to sprint it in and he did. I see mile 3 at 6:45 and the last .12 @ 6:06 pace.
i cross the line at 20:32 and get 2nd overall female.
I give older guy a hug and we thank each other for pushing eachother to the line. when i told him i tried to keep up with ms rockstar, he broke out in a huge grin and said, "you do know she gets faster each mile, right?" I couldn't help but laugh!The biggest mistake I made was trying to hang with her. I I went out too fast and took a nose dive 1.5 miles in. Lesson learned. I see ms rockstar and congratulate her on a good race.
Whatever negative emotions I felt at the finish line gets immediately erased when all my kids give me a bear hug and proudly let me know that I got 2nd female and 4th overall.
we have a good time while waiting for awards. The race had a lot of things for children to do such as face painting, a bounce house, lots of food, a lego land play area, painting classes, little games for prizes set up by vendors.... oh and a firetruck! which my youngest son LOVES all things truck right now
my youngest daughter actually enjoyed getting a full face paint!
In general I really cant complain much. I am sure if my children weren't there, I would have been in a foul mood after such an ill executed race. I still have almost 7 months to reach my A goal. Once fall rolls around I am positive I can meet and exceed what I am aiming for! The race I ran on Saturday was for a great cause (supporting women and post partum depression), and I was able to spend my race day with my kiddos, which doesnt happen very often. I did walk away with flowers, a gift card to the local running store, a nice shirt and I reached my C goal- so it was still a pretty good day!
And now since the humidity and heat has started in full swing, training will be about surviving and building a base for some fall races. I have a couple half marathons on my radar this fall as well as 3 5ks at the end of the year to hit my goals at. Its time to regroup, refocus and get ready for some summer races (which will be used as workouts)
Hope all had a good mothers day week end and were able to spend time with the mother figures in your life and the ones you love!!!
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