As I was titling this post, I almost could not believe that this was the eighth training recap I’ve written during this training cycle. This was kind of an interesting week. I took a spill, had a nice easy run and ran a new distance. Here’s my training recap for this past week:
Monday: I was anxious to get a run in but did’t want this week to be too crazy since I knew I had the Leesburg 20k on Sunday, so Julie and I decided to sleep in in the morning and do an easy run after work. She got stuck in traffic, so I ended up running a fast 5k with K. And taking an awkward jump picture in front of the Capitol.
Wednesday: We decided to switch up our usual speed work and run hill repeats up our least favorite hill (Capitol Hill) instead. We did four repeat up the hill – which is nearly a quarter of a mile long plus a 1.5 mile run to the Hill and then the run home. Right after Julie and I said bye, I was running home when my toe caught on uneven bricks on the sidewalk and boom. I was airborne for about five full seconds before slamming into the ground. Luckily, my handheld took a lot of the fall. That and my right hip. Ouch. I sat there for a second, willing myself not to cry (I didn’t!) and then gingerly got back up. I thought about walking home but really wanted to get back home so I jogged back home slowly (I was about .75 of the way from home). While I didn’t have any bleeding, I had a couple scrapes and my hip hurt. I limped around for a couple days, but from what I can tell, no lasting damage, luckily.
Thursday: outdoor barre class. I really wanted to stretch out my hip and so went to a free outdoor barre class that Lava Barre was sponsoring. It was awesome and challenging and the weather was amazing. I loved it!
Saturday: I ran an easy 5k to shake out my legs and test my hip. After this run I was convinced that my hip would hold up in the race Sunday.
Sunday: Leesburg 20k. I will have a full race recap up this week but in short, this was an awesome race. The weather was back to warm and very humid, which caused me to reevalaute my goals early on, but I was proud of my effort. I ran it in 2:05:xx which, I’m pleased with. In a funny story, Julie and I (and others) were waiting for the bathroom line and then had to run to back check and were a couple of the last runners to cross the finish line. The fun part was that we passed a bunch of people early on. 🙂
Julie and I – notice we’re all alone — because we started a bit late!
So that was my week and my training recap.
Did you race last weekend? Share if you did!
Great pic of you and Julie! Fun catching up and look forward to reading your recap 🙂
Jennifer recently posted…NYC Marathon Training 8/4-8/17 – Weeks 7 & 8
i love that PR does free pictures — so awesome!
ouch hope your hip is ok. Great pic of the race. Looking forward to reading about it! Hope to do it next year
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner recently posted…Grilled Eggplant Parmesean
the race was super well organized and really fun — you’ll love it next year
Yuck, sorry about the fall 🙁 I always worry about that with the uneven sidewalks around here. An outdoor barre class sounds amazing. I love it when fitness centers can take advantage of nice weather like that.
Chaitali recently posted…Weekly review
it’s a weekly thing until this place’s new studio is finished. it was super fun!
Oh I’m sorry about your fall – glad you weren’t seriously injured! I got taken out by some uneven sidewalk last fall so I feel your pain. Looking forward to your race recap 🙂
Michelle @ Running with Attitude recently posted…Training Update & Nuun Winner
yeah, falling sucks! but i’m just glad it wasn’t worse!
OW!!! UGH FALLING STINKS! I’m glad you’re okay. <3
I loved seeing all the Insta shots from your 20K! You ladies look like you had so much fun! I'm looking forward to your recap.
Lauren recently posted…Race Recap: {Not} Too Hot to Trot 10K
thanks lady! it was so fun to have so many buddies racing and i loved the out and backs so i could high five friends 🙂
oh bummer about the fall!!! 🙁 I need to catch up on all things blog world – I missed that. Glad you’re doing ok though! We neeeeeeed to catch up!
Mar @ Mar on the Run recently posted…Week 6: BlogFest, Workouts and Swag
welcome back friend! and yeah falling sucks, but i’m glad i’m pretty much okay 🙂
I am SO sorry about your fall! I’m glad you’re okay!
thank you — me too 🙂
I’ve started a race late before. Long story, but I had to start the race AFTER they had removed the start banner, which was super embarrasing. Glad you had a buddy along with you for your “late” start.
Marnie @ SuperSmartMama recently posted…Random Monday
yeah, it was kind of funny bc they were just like “20kers – just get on across that start line.” 🙂
UGH Capitol Hill is the worst for random bricks/uneven sidewalks! Outdoor barre sounds amazing!
Lindsay @brokeandbougie recently posted…Clean Crispy Chicken Parm w/Squoodles + Weekend Recap
yeah i know that sidewalk very well, but i guess i just tripped 🙁 outdoor barre was super awesome!
outdoor barre sounds incredible!
kristin recently posted…MONDAY: ANTI BAD VIBE SHIELD
it was pretty awesome!!
Courtney, I love the pic of you and Julie running together – that’s great! Great job on your hill repeats, minus the fall, of course; so glad you weren’t hurt (much) in all of that. Congrats on the race and I hope you have another great training week! 😉
Tara @ Running ‘N’ Reading recently posted…Weekend Update + Milk Run 5K!
thanks tara! i’m sorry i didn’t get it together enough to link up this week 🙂
I love your jumping picture! I am guilty of taking a lot of those. Sorry about the fall, I am so clumsy and am always injuring myself with falls or scrapes!
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Thanks Elizabeth! 🙂
Hey Courtney!
This is the other Oiselle Cortney from the Leesburg yesterday. It was so great to meet you! The weather plus the first half being pretty much all hill made me really pull back. It was a fun day. Send me an email, I’d love to meet up for a run sometime!
Happy Monday!
Cortney
Hey Cortney! It was great to meet you at the race! i think we might be planning a DC area run / meetup soon 🙂 But either way, I’d love to meet up!
It was so great to see you and catch up on Sunday! Thanks again for hanging around after the race with us. I had such a blast seeing so many of my friends! Can’t wait to read your full recap!
I didn’t realize that you had fallen earlier in the week, and I’m glad that you weren’t hurt more seriously!
Debbie @ Deb Runs recently posted…2014 Leesburg 20K Race Recap
SO great to hang out! yeah i’m really lucky my fall just left me sore for a couple days and that’s it. 🙂
Great training week, good job on the Leesburg race!!
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thank you!
Oh no!! So glad you are ok from your fall. And I love the jumping pic (your boobs look like they are hitting your chin, lol)…hope that was ok to say 😉 Bummed I didn’t really get to see you at Leesburg, but loved that I got to say hey a few times on the course! It was definitely a tough course!! And I’m bummed I keep missing these outdoor barre classes!!
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LOL just saw this comment. Yeah it totally does look like they are hitting my chin! LOL hilarious 🙂
I just stumbled upon your blog and I love it!! I’ve been stalking through it reading old posts because you are just awesome! I’m running the Army 10 miler in a month in DC and you definitely give me the motivation to push through these hard hilly runs that I have in front of me! Good job on the Leesburg race!!
thanks for the kind words! you will rock the Army 10 miler – what fun 🙂