Weekly Recap 7/3-7/9

This week was much better than last and ended with a great run. I am not officially registered for the marathon so I need to do that for a little extra motivation. I have also been reading a great running book (which I will review later) and that helped towards the end of the week. Week looked like this:

Sunday: the 12 miler than was a redo from the Saturday flop

Monday: the 5K in 24:00 with the family

Tuesday: 5 mile run and Shred with Weights 1

Wednesday: 5 mile run (slow outside) and Shred with Weights 1

Thursday: 5 mile run (39:39!) and Shred with Weights 2

Friday: REST

Saturday: 12 mile run @ 8:37 pace!

Saturday's run was great! First off I rested on Friday and that left me with much fresher legs going into the run. Also a younger member of our Bourbon Chase team was there and our 8:33 for the first 6 miles was like a walk for him : ) I let him continue on at the halfway mark and touched based with 2 more Bourbon Chase runners that were running that morning as well. I decided to keep going fast and see how long I could hold it. I definitely slipped a little but caught myself and picked it up for an 8:37 finish. My usual running partner was there and had a great run as well!

Next week we bump it up to 14 miles : ) Going to try to keep my week miles up until school start since it will be harder once I am working again. I am also loving the Shred video and think the strength training is paying off. Guess all those famous runners and Runner's World people know what they are talking about after all.