#Sub5orBust: Week 5 Training Update (November 18 - November 24, 2019)

Monday, 11/18 → Rest

Tuesday, 11/19 → 5 mile run (treadmill) w/ .20 cool down walk + phase 1 lift + stretch

Wednesday, 11/20 → 1 mile walk (treadmill) + phase 1 lift + volleyball match

Thursday, 11/21 → Rest

Friday, 11/22 → 5 mile run (treadmill) w/ .25 mi cool down walk + phase 1 lift + stretch

Saturday, 11/23 → 3 mile run w/ .32 cool down walk
Sunday, 11/24 → 12 mile run w/ .26 cool down walk

100 miles in November Update: 84.15/100 miles completed

Y'all I am TIRED! My body is definitely feeling this training right now. My legs are achey and I'm just thoroughly EXHAUSTED and I think my body is revolting a bit because I feel like I've been fighting off a cold/flu/fever thing for a couple of days now. I truly hope my immune system toughs it out because I'm on such a roll with my training and I don't want to get off track! Luckily it's nearly Thanksgiving break, so I plan to take it *very* easy and get lots of rest outside of my workouts this upcoming week.

Positive news is that I'm still seeing some steady progress in my training! I was able to get a speedy 3 miles in on Saturday (these miles BURNED but I was able to push through the pain). I had a realization that I really struggle with getting myself motivated for my shorter runs. For whatever reason I feel like if I skip short runs it won't matter as much? Which of course is not true! So I told myself that I wasn't allowed to get a coffee until I did my run. It only took me til 11:30am to get out the door and run, but I got it done and rewarded myself with a nice big Milky Way iced coffee to celebrate a 9:40 pace!

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A happy girl with the iced coffee that she bribed herself with 😅

I woke up to 35-degree pouring rain for my scheduled long run yesterday, so pulling myself out of bed in the morning was ROUGH. I decided to focus on the positives and remembered with weather like this I'll probably have the bike path all to myself (I pretty much did - I saw maybe 5 other people on the path!) AND running in terrible weather will just make me stronger. So I laced up and out the door I went. By the time I was done I was DRENCHED but I actually maintained a pace that was faster than my sub-5 target and felt (dare I say?) pretty comfortable the entire time - so comfortable that I totally spaced out in the last mile and got myself a little lost. 😂 I ran a 10:34 average and I am so thrilled with that pace! I think I'm really getting into the realm of possibility of a sub-5 here and I am super pumped. We'll see when we get into my longer runs but for now I'm feeling really motivated!

My splits were pretty consistent which I was really happy about!

Slightly resembling a drowned rat, but 12 MILES DONE!

I also finished up phase 1 of my strength training program this week! I'm excited to dive into phase 2 for the next 5 weeks and try out some new exercises. It will also be great to see how changing up my strength training will impact my running as I up my mileage. This next phase of the strength training program is called "Hypertrophy & Volume" and its purpose is "to increase the demand of the body and begin the adjustment toward endurance exercise"... which reads to me I REALLY need to be taking my rest days seriously and be really diligent about stretching and foam rolling. Wish me luck!

This week I'm aiming to finish up the 100 miles in November challenge and will have not one but TWO races to run - my local Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning, and the Yukan Happy Holidays Half Merrython on Sunday (my third time running this race)! It should be a fun week of running - with lots and lots of rest in between! 😋