Tunnel Light Marathon Training Week 2: 5/7-5/13

Week 2 of marathon training is in the books and it went well! Got in all my workouts as planned and hit all the prescribed paces. I did post my race recap last week of the Zion Half Marathon I did a couple weeks ago and you can check it out here. 

Here's a recap of what I did last week following Coach Dawn's plan:

Monday 5/7 -

Scheduled: Easy 30-35 minutes and strength workout
Actual: Easy 35 minutes and strength workout.
Tuesday 5/8 -
Scheduled: Rest
Actual: Rest
Wednesday 5/9 -

Scheduled: Run - Uptempo, 1.5 miles easy, 3 x 1 mile uptempo w/2:30 min easy in between. Pace for 1 mile intervals- 8:40-45, 1 mile easy
Actual: Got the whole workout in as stated. I hit my paces with the miles being at (8:39, 8:38, 8:39). Got in a total of 6.3 miles and felt great afterwards!
Thursday 5/10 -
Scheduled: Easy 4
Actual: Easy 4 with friends.
Friday 5/11 -

Scheduled: 2 miles easy. Then stop and do a quick stretch and then do 4 x drills and 4 x strides- think like 80-90% effort, and do around 15-20 seconds w/recovery around 2 min. 
Then 1.5-2 miles easy. Strength workout afterwards.
Actual: Got in the whole workout as stated above and ended up with 5 miles total for the day.
Saturday 5/12 -
Scheduled: Rest
Actual: Rest
Sunday 5/13 -

Scheduled: 5 easy, 4 at 8:55-9.
Actual: 5 easy, and my 4 miles came in at (8:56, 8:58, 8:52, 8:52). Felt great!

As to the weekend, on Friday the kids had the Asian Pacific Festival at their school. It was a lot of fun. Lots of games, crafts, and performances. It was a fun family activity on a Friday night.

Saturday morning was all soccer for the boys. 7 year old had tryouts for the club team and 8 year old had a game. 

The rest of the day was pretty lazy and it was nice to relax. After dinner we did go out to the park to play some soccer with the boys.

Sunday morning started with my 9 mile long run. It was a good run and it was really nice to come home to hugs and cards from the boys for Mother's Day. 

Hubby took 7 year old to his soccer tryouts so I had some time to relax at home with my 8 year old. When they got back, we headed out to Auburn Alehouse for lunch before our short hike on the Confluence Trail.

It was a nice hike with good views and the boys really enjoyed playing by the river. For dinner, we went to my favorite sushi place. 

Overall, it was a great Mother's Day. That pretty much sums up my week! I'm looking forward to the upcoming weekend because I'll be running Bay to Breakers! One of the funnest races of the year! :) Linking this post up with HoHo Runs and Taking the Long Way Home for their Weekly Wrap. 

Have a great week!