September workout update!

September 1st - 14th - France and Spain! I did track our walking mileage as we toured around. We averaged 5miles a day and our first day in Barcelona we walked 7miles! Unfortunately, when I went to upload all the data, my watch crashed and I lost everything. Very sad:(

Thursday the 15th - Marathon training - this workout was on the watch before it crashed, so I don't have the splits. I do remember the mileage was 7 miles.
20min easy
8x {2min @7:30 pace, 2min easy}
10min easy
0.67 mile cool down walk with Molly.

This was my first run since before our trip. I felt pretty good and was happy with the run.
We walked Molly for another 0.75miles that evening.

Friday the 16th - Pilates Core Challenge and two walks with Molly for a distance of 3.75miles.

Saturday the 17th - 14mile group run! When the run started I started with a group that was going to do 9 - 9:20pace. Seemed reasonable since it was my first long run is awhile. The first half mile, they were going 10min pace - way too slow. So I started picking up the pace and tried to catch the group a head of me. So the first two mile splits are a little weird.
Mile 1 - 8:34.1
Mile 2 - 8:07.9
Mile 3 - 8:46.1 - caught up to the group
Mile 4 - 9:37.1 - we stopped at a hotel to us the bathroom and my watch went crazy!
Mile 5 - 8:14.8
Mile 6 - 8:26.0
Mile 7 - 8:47.8
Mile 8 - 9:07.5
Mile 9 - 8:47.2
Mile 10 - 9:06.7
Mile 11 - 8:56.2
Mile 12 - 8:51.6
Mile 13 - 8:56.4
Mile 14 - 8:50.9
0.05 mile at 7:39pace

Total - 14.05 in 2:03.35
It was tiring, but I felt good. Pretty happy with this run and had fun with the group. They have another group run in October. I will definitely be there!

Sunday the 18th - Off rest day with an easy walk with Molly - 0.66miles.

Monday the 19th - Marathon training - 60min - negative split
1st half -
Mile 1 - 9:12
Mile 2 - 8:33
Mile 3 - 8:32.6
0.43miles at 8:35.8pace

2nd half -
Mile 1 - 8:22.1
Mile 2 - 8:29.1
Mile 3 - 8:29.1
0.57miles at 8:21.1pace

Easy 0.29mile walk home.
Total - 7.30 in 1:06.12

Tuesday the 20th - Cross training day, which turned in to 8+ hours of painting the living room! and a 1.58mile walk with Molly.

Wednesday the 21st - Repeat of the workout on the 15th. This time the watch didn't crap out!
20min easy - 1mile @9:22.1, 1mile @8:29.2, and 0.25miles @8:29.2
8x {2min @7:30 pace, 2min easy}
1st - 0.26miles @7:39.2
2nd - 0.26miles @7:41.9
3rd - 0.26miles @7:37.7
4th - 0.28miles @7:18.1
5th - 0.27miles @7:37.2
6th - 0.29miles @7:33.3
7th - 0.27miles @7:34.8
8th - 0.26miles @7:35.9
10min easy - 1mile @8:14.1 and 0.21miles @8:18.4

Total - 6.44miles in 1:02.01

Thursday the 22nd - Cross training/my own bootcamp.
2min of pushups - 35
5min of planks
10min of a speed routine with 10pound weights. 30secs on, 30sec active rest.
1.5mile run with Molly - 1mile @9:46.0 and 0.5mile @8:54.1
0.53mile cool down walk with Molly

Friday the 23rd - Cardio Pilates and 0.66mile walk with Molly

Saturday the 24th - off/rest day and college game day!

Sunday the 25th - This was supposed to be a 20mile long run, but I was having a lot of lower back pain. It started Saturday night and I had a hard time sleeping. I did try to run and made it ~a quarter of a mile. It was too painful. I did get GAH up and we took Molly for a 2.33mile walk - with the icey hot! After I took a 3hour nap with the heating pad. I must have needed that. The rest of the day, I took it easy, took an Epson salt bath, and put lots of icey hot on. Hopefully, it will be better later in the week.

Monday the 26th - Off/rest day. The heating pad is my friend!

Tuesday the 27th - Back to marathon training!
60min easy run
8 x 30sec pick-ups.
1mile @ 9:09
2mile @ 8:39.1
3mile @ 8:38.3
4mile @ 8:37.1
5mile @ 8:27.0
6mile @ 8:40.1
7mile @ 8:29.1

Pick-ups -
0.07miles @7:17.9
0.07 @7:16
0.06 @7:49.6 - tired legs
0.08 @6:36.6
0.07 @6:39.5
0.07 @6:53.9
0.08 @6:50.4
0.07 @6:56.0

Total - 8miles in 1:13.42

Wednesday the 28th - Cross training day!
2mile walk with Molly
2min push-ups - 35
5min of plank
5min of 5push-ups - 10 sits-ups - 15 fast squats
20min of 30sec on/35sec active rest - used 10lb weights for the arms, lunges, squats, and lots of abs.

Fun times!

Thursday the 29th - Tired day. Decided to sleep in and take the day off.

Friday the 30th - Marathon training
15min easy - 1mile @8:28.1 and 0.77miles @8:29.4
5 x {5min @8min pace, 2min easy}
1st - 0.63miles @7:58.8
2nd - 0.64miles @7:52.7
3rd - 0.63miles @7:54.7
4th - 0.64miles @7:51.2
5th - 0.63miles @7:56.5
10min easy - 1mile @8:21.0 and 0.2miles @8:22.1

Total - 6.68miles in 1:00.02
Easy cool down walk with Molly - 0.55miles.

Thanks for reading! I promise not to sum up a months worth of workouts in one post!
Enjoy!
ELH