Monday – 1 mile morning walk, 30 minute afternoon EDM ride, 5 minute cool down ride. Also the usual hamstring rehab protocol.
Tuesday – easy 5.7 mile morning run with the usual hamstring discomfort. Afternoon strength and stretching session.
Wednesday – 1.4 mile morning walk, 4 mile afternoon run, 20 minute afternoon ride and a 30 minute full body strength session. Disappointing run – hamstring immediately flared up so I aborted the planned interval workout and just ran “easy” instead.
Thursday – 1.3 mile morning walk with a 30 minute afternoon power zone ride on the Peloton – a rare PR on the bike!
Friday – 1.4 mile morning walk. Afternoon run called for 2.5 miles @ 6:30/mile. Could only manage 6:53/mile pace, which bizarrely won’t even get me a 3 hour marathon. So much work to do!!
Saturday – easy 3.25 mile morning run with a nice little windy dog walk in the afternoon.
Sunday – plan called for a “long run” of 6.5 miles, but as I’ll be unable to run long next weekend, I decided to bring forward the planned 16 miles. It was cold, wet and breezy and the hamstring wasn’t happy, but I did slog through 16 miles at just over 8:00/mile pace. Oddly enough, the hamstring pain seemed to go away towards the end of the run, but it was much more of an effort than it should have been. Finished off Week 3 of the Peloton Stronger You 2 program in the afternoon. At least it feels like I’m making progress in that department.
Just over 33 miles of running for the week. Kinda nice to have logged a 16 miler (longest since the Seashore 50K in December), but still a long way to go in terms of being ready for a marathon at the beginning of March. Registration increases for the One City Marathon after January 27, so not sure whether I should commit to the race and sign up, or hang on a few weeks and bite the bullet on the extra dollars. Probably wise to wait and see….