Run-Hike-Play: Shamrock'n Half Marathon Training Week 1: 1/1-1/7

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Shamrock'n Half Marathon Training Week 1: 1/1-1/7

It's week one of Shamrock'n Half marathon training! I took a break from my weekly wrap posts after CIM. I continued running but since I wasn't training for anything, I just didn't blog about it. Also with the holidays and all, it was nice to take a little break. For this training cycle, I signed up for Fleet Feet Davis's half marathon training group. It's a perk for work and I figure it's a great way to meet more runners in the area. The training has coaches and they provide a training schedule, but since I am not starting from scratch and have already built a base (many who join these groups are beginners), I am modifying the schedule a bit.

Here's a recap of what I did last week:

Monday 1/1 - 20 minute run.

Tuesday 1/2 - 3.1 miles with 8 year old while 6 year old biked.

Wednesday 1/3 - 4 miles.

Thursday 1/4 - 5 miles.

Friday 1/5 - 2 miles with the fam.

Saturday 1/6 - First run with the Fleet Feet training group. 5 miles were scheduled. It was a good run and it was a beautiful morning.

Sunday 1/7 - I didn't really have a goal distance for this run (I wanted to get a longer run in than the 5 miles I did yesterday.). I also wanted to run more miles since I'm doing the 40/80k Lululemon Strava Challenge. I ran with a friend for 4 miles and it was great chatting and catching up with her but as she left I felt great to continue. I ended up with 8.5 miles!

I'd say training was really good running-wise but I do need to add some core and cross-training. It's scheduled in the plan, I just need to get it done. I'm hoping to do it this week.

As to the weekend, the highlight was visiting the Black Chasm Cavern on Saturday with the fam. I had heard about this place from a friend and it did not disappoint. I especially loved that it wasn't crowded and the kids had fun. It was neat seeing the formations and afterwards the boys panned for emeralds and gems.