Disclaimer

This blog is about my running experience. I am not a physician, nutritionist or personal trainer. I am a runner. I do not know it all. I am only writing from my own experiences. I finished my first marathon on June 3, 2012. Who knows where my feet will take me next!

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Fifty

I turned 50 earlier this year and I haven't minded a bit!  I wanted to hit 50 miles this week and that was much harder to accomplish, but I did it.

Sunday - Bike ride 8.73 miles in 43:53, 11.9 mph
Les has been coaching me on riding in an easier gear with a higher cadence.  It is suppose to take pressure off your muscles.  It seems unnatural to me, but I'm working on it.

Monday - Rest day

Tuesday - Ran 7 miles in 1:22:36, 11:49 pace.
I was going to do another 10k, but had absolutely no speed so I opted for a little longer.

Wednesday - Ran 8.1 miles in 1:44:59, 12:58 pace
Another trail run with some additional climbing.

Thursday - Bike ride 10.45 miles in 52:01, 12.0 mph
This was another easy road ride, continuing to work on cadence.

Friday - Walked 2 miles
I didn't want to do anything hard, but needed a couple of miles so I could hit my 50 mile goal.

Saturday - 13.13 miles in 2:23:58, 10:58 pace
This is my second half marathon this year.  I beat my pace from two weeks ago by 26 seconds a mile!  I tried not to start out too fast and I was able to maintain a very stead pace.
Also did a warm up walk of .62 miles.

Total
Running - 28.23
Walking - 2.62
Cycling - 19.18
Total  50.03

2 comments:

  1. Oh, how I miss running...and generally just being active! Hope to be back in the game soon! Until then, I'll just keep enjoying your journey. :)

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