Wednesday: Glorious rest day!
Thursday: I woke up and had some tummy trouble so ended up not having enough time to run my tempo miles. Instead, I ran to work to get miles in. It was raining and extremely humid but at least I got in some miles.
Friday: I had to do my tempo run and I was not excited about it. It was HARD. I did not take water (big mistake) and the humidity was extremely high. I stopped after every mile to compose myself, which isn’t great but I was really struggling. Not so much with the paces – I hit all my paces. But moreso just with the weather. I was very glad when that run was done.
Saturday: 10 miles with my Saturday group. This was hot but a solid run. It was a loop we run often, so it’s easy to put the legs on autopilot for this one.
Sunday: 6 easy miles in better weather. A nice run to end the week!
Did you run a race on the 4th? How was it?
Loading InLinkz ...
Great job on your training this week!! I agree with you about the 4th of July – it totally threw off my week! Like you, I worked from home on Monday which was nice! The humidity was super brutal this weekend so I totally feel your pain! I barely made it through my 12 miler on Saturday!
I didn’t run a race on the 4th, but I did a 4.5 mile training run around my town. The weather was awesome on Tuesday (really low humidity), so I enjoyed the run!
Ohhh I’m jealous that you had nice weather on Tuesday! I’m kind of excited for this week to be back to normal 🙂
Great job with your workouts this week! I have a 5k coming up where I need to try to nail an 8 minute average pace. We’ll see how that works out.
Way to stick it out with your tempo run through the heat. The runs that we have to fight through to finish are the ones that feel the best afterwards!
You can totally do it, lady! When is that 5k?
Great pace on that 5K! I think racing is the only way I could make myself do tempo runs — or running with a faster friend? It was so cool in northern Germany — coming home to our humidity was a shocker!
I love running my tempos with faster friends – I try to swing that when I can 🙂
This humidity is just brutal. Overall I love the summer but it really sucks for training. I just keep reminding myself that it’ll pay off in the fall when things start to cool off.
Kathryn @ Dancing to Running recently posted…Chicago Marathon Training Log – Weeks 4 and 5
Indeed. And even worse case scenario, the humidity will be MUCH better in Chicago!
Congrats on your 5k! This heat and humidity have been killing me, I feel like I’ve forgotten how to handle this weather! Great job this week!
Janelle @ Run With No Regrets recently posted…Weekly Wrap: July 4th Recap and Catching Up
It really is humbling! But on the flip side, even a tiny improvement in the humidity (say to 75%) feels magical!
There is nothing worse than running in hot weather and humidity and no water. I cannot do 8:00 pace runs but I know that one day I will.
I did run a 4th of July race. It is fun and I got to see so many Oiselle birds.
I saw that you did a race with a number of teammates! So fun!
Great work this week. This is the first summer in about 5 years that we didn’t have neighbors shooting off fireworks until late into the night (thanks to moving, ha!). It was such a relief to be able to go to sleep and not be kept awake. The humidity has been rough and I’ve been struggling with it, too. Just like you, I can hit my paces, but I have a problem hanging there without stopping. I feel like the summer is flying by, though, so it seems like the cooler weather will be here quicker than we realize!
Yes, that’s a great attitude and it’s true. I can’t believe we’re already well into July!! This week is my 8th week of training, which seems insane!
I ran a race on the 4th, and it was kind of a nightmare. I feel bad substituting it for a speed workout because I could have run a better speed workout! But, what’s done is done and I can only look forward now, I guess. The fireworks were crazy here the night before so I couldn’t sleep, but we had rain this weekend which meant people could not set them off on Saturday night, at least!
I’m glad your training is going well so far and you’re getting the runs in even with the heat and humidity!
Ha, I’ve been praying for rain for that very reason, lol!!
Ugh, this week was definitely hot! Great job hitting your paces with these conditions. And I’m impressed you did the run commute during the rain.
Chaitali recently posted…Heart Rate Training Week 7
I don’t mind running in rain as long as it’s not storming 🙂
I love to run races as part of training, but usually it’s part of a long run. Genius idea to use a 5k for speedwork! I want to say I wish I had been here on the 4th to run a race but I was in Belize sooo that wouldn’t be totally accurate 😉
Hahaha yeah I saw your pics – you def had the better arrangement 🙂
Oof! A long run the day after a tempo run would be tough! Great work getting it done in the tough humidity! Oh, summer training! Nice that you had better weather to end the week.
Yes, not my most genius plan, lol! I won’t do that combo again!
Can I just reiterate how excited I am for you that you’re running the Berlin marathon … I hope to run some races in my home country sometime! How did you pick this one?
San recently posted…Favorite Things Giveaway + Blog Hop
After I ran Chicago last year I decided that I wanted to run all the world majors. The Berlin lottery was coming up, so I entered and got lucky!! 🙂
Awww, bummer! I wish I’d known you were going to be running the Firecracker 5K. I would have looked for you!
Debbie @ Deb Runs recently posted…A Mid-Week Race, Splashing Through The Puddles, And More Biking
way to get in the miles this week and nail your paces despite the heat and humidity! I raced on the 4th and the weather was brutal and humbling to say the least. I just keep telling myself that the summer struggle will make for some faster times this fall….
good job on getting the long run in the day after a tempo as well!!!!
The weather has been insane this last week and now. What do they say? Training through a hot hot summer makes for a fast fall marathon! That’s what I’m counting on.
Nice week! Cool that you ran a 5k in place of your speed week! Always great to mix things up. I had to work on the 4th, so no race for me. Great pace for your 5k!
Sherry recently posted…Last Week’s Workouts and Weekly Wrap (7/3-7/9)
You did awesome results! Keep up the great work!
Agness of Fit Travelling recently posted…Plyometrics – Advanced Training for the Fitness Traveller