M-Day Weekend Wrap Up

I had an awesome Mama's Day weekend! Thanks to everyone who sent their well wishes

Mother's Day Squeeze

The main themes of the weekend included gardening adventures, a waterfront long run/ playtime and umm, Star Trek. Wow – pretty wild weekend, eh?

Z's company treated us to an afternoon at the theatre and afterwards, we ended up tearing apart our front yard attempting some serious landscaping. Surprisingly, it's been so much fun and quite the workout. I'm new to the world of home-owner and apparently, you have to do stuff like this to a certain extent whether you like it or not. Yikes.

On the running front, I'm pleased to report a great Sunday long-run along the river trail. Z & A followed came along with Anna on her new bike and Z encouraging her along. They're so funny together!

Since I haven't already started, I'm posting a wrap up of last week's training plan against my actual workouts. I need to better incorporate a strength regimen into this plan. Oops. Power yoga with Rodney Yee has been amazing – definitely check it out to mitigate soreness, increase flexibility and add a little extra strength training to your program.

Week 3 / 8.5 miles / 2:50:00 hrs

Day	Planned Workout	Actual	Avg Pace	Avg HR	TE	Time
Monday	Stretch & Strength	MISSED
Tuesday	2.5 miles	2.0 miles	10'45	169	4.2	21'28
Wednesday	35 min XT	35 min Walk - 1.9 miles	17'38			35'00
Thursday	2 miles & Strength	2.0 miles MISSED Strength	9'38	165	4.0	19'16
Friday	REST	REST
Saturday	50 min XT	50 min YOGA				50'00
Sunday	4 miles	4.5 miles	9'40	177	5.0	43'34
	Totals	10.4 miles				2'49'18

 

Training Effect (TE) numbers are unique to my Suunto t3c, which so far, I've found to be really helpful. Clearly, from the numbers above, I've had one too many intense training sessions for my abilities. It doesn't necessarily FEEL that I'm working this hard but its probably because I'm in denial about what my system can take at this point. The below table is from Suunto's training guide.