Monday, February 24, 2020

Pike's Peek 10k Training Week 5

I hope you're all doing well!  I had a bit of a mixed bag last week. The knee pain was definitely better and I was able to run a bit, but I'm just impatient and want it to get better faster.  But here are the details.

Monday - Planned rest day

Tuesday - Unplanned rest day to give my knee more of a break

Wednesday - Went for a run and it went ok.  Did more walking than normal because of my knee but it was nice to get out there.


Thursday - treadmill at the gym.  I mentioned that the branch of Gold's Gym I usually went to closed a couple months ago.  I've been trying out other branches in the area and the one I tried out last week was the worst.  The equipment was all pretty old.  My initial plan was the elliptical but none of them seemed to work well.  So I just went slow on the treadmill with lots of walking.


Friday - Videos from fitness blender, one for core and one for legs.  These are the same ones I did last week.


We also went out for tacos and margaritas in the evening.


Saturday - Unplanned rest day.  I had initially thought of doing a run this day but changed my mind so my legs were rested for my Sunday run.  We met up with people for a friend's birthday brunch in the afternoon.

Sunday - 5 miles.  I did 3.5 miles with Mike and I felt really good!  It was a beautiful day and I wasn't having any knee pain.  So I decided to keep going a bit longer on my own since I was enjoying the mild weather.  This was perhaps not the best decision as I started experiencing knee pain around mile 4.  But anyway, I finished 5 miles.  I also worked a lot on recovery with icing, foam rolling, my foot/calf massager, and some recovery yoga in the evening.


I'm still sore today but it's not really knee pain.  It's just generalized soreness in my thighs.  So I'm hopeful that I didn't set my recovery back and I'll be able to get back on schedule this week.  Here's the plan for this week.

Monday - Rest day
Tuesday - Speed work (1 mile warm up, 6 x 2 minutes, .5 mile cool down)
Wednesday - Strength training
Thursday - 3 easy miles
Friday - Strength training
Saturday - 3 miles
Sunday - 6 miles

I'm linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Rundown!
 weekly Run Down

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