Half-Marathon Training Week 5
So I am in the thick of things and running 4 times a week to help the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. It is hard and I am not going to lie I am struggling a bit, as I have a bad knee and it keeps acting up, but I will keep at it. I NEED to keep at it for my sanity! Lots of people ask me what my training schedule it like, so I thought I would share a snapshot of what's up this week: Monday - off Tuesday - Tempo 6k (Meaning I run it a little faster than my race pace, so for me it is like turtle pace instead of snail pace ha ha ha) Wednesday - X-train (YOGA!) Thursday - Hills (run 800m up hill 7 times, plus a 2k warm up and 1k cool down. I am not going to lie I hate Thursdays!) Friday - off (This is my only real off day as I ride and/or play softball all the other days) Saturday - Steady 6k Sunday - Long Slow 14k (I also hate Sundays) So that's what my running week looks like. I have started to listen to audiobooks as I run instead of music in hopes that I will get w