Las Vegas HALF Marathon Recap Week #7: 8/27-9/2

Good Morning! I feel like the past week has been a complete BLUR to me and I was *shocked* to see that I tallied over 40 miles last week! It feels so good to be following a different training plan and a new goal. It's amazing what shifting your mentality does for the body AND mind. Anyone else ever feel this way when they're in a bit of rut? I had a pretty great week of running last week until Friday when I got pretty sick (boo food poisoning) which then turned into a headcold for the long weekend (double boo), so I just pushed through my miles on Saturday and Sunday (done on the treadmill at home). Still happy to have collected all those miles and hoping to be feeling better soon. 

Monday, 8/27: 5 mi EZ @ 9:43 102' UP/ ~1/2 mile of swimming / Barre @ lunch

Tuesday, 8/28: 7.5 miles @ 8:40 overall pace: 1 mile warm-up; 6 x 3/4 mile @ Half Marathon Goal Pace ~7:47- 7:35 with 400 R (splits: 7:47; 7:47; 7:41; 7:41; 7:35; 7:30) ; 0.5 mile cool-down. I wanted to do this on the treadmill, but our gym has been so funky lately with all of the construction (AKA no-one signs up for treadmills at the moment) and had to wait ~20 minutes before a free one opened up. I wanted to do a bigger warm-up/ cool down, but this is all I had time for. Oh well! Still super pumped with my splits (negative splits too)!

Wednesday, 8/29: 5 mi EZ @ 9:40 83' UP

Thursday, 8/30: 7.12 miles; 6 miles easy with 8 x 30 seconds hard (60 second recovery) - hard surges were between 6:30-6:12. I did this one on the treadmill too because I slept in this morning and didn't feel like battling the cars to do it on the roads (our track is still under construction)

Friday, 8/31: REST DAY. Boo. Stupid Chicken Lo Mein! 

Saturday, 9/1: 6 miles easy @ 9:22 333' UP. Finally felt up to running later Saturday afternoon. Was a bit speedier than usual easy days, but my legs felt pretty fresh after the rest day yesterday.

Sunday, 9/2: 10 miles. 5 miles easy @ 9:59 (alternating incline every 5 minutes from 0.5% up to 3% / 5 miles cut-back increasing every 5 minutes (started at 9:03 and ended with 10 minutes at 7:47 pace). Did this one on the treadmill later in the day Sunday (after sleeping 12 HOURS Saturday night!!)

Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups from Run Fast, Cook Fast, Eat Slow FTW

Total Mileage: 40.62 miles

Total Elevation: 1,001' UP