Half marathon training – Week 5 – Easy week

10/03	-	Rest day
11/03	6.0 miles	Easy run: avg 154 bpm, 11:46 min/mile
12/03	5.0 miles	Easy run: avg 153 bpm, 11:40 min/mile (post General Exam!)
13/03	-	Rest day (fly to Ottawa)
14/03	5.0 miles	Easy run: avg 11:45 min/mile (treadmill)
15/03	-	Rest day
16/03	6.0 miles	Easy run: avg 11:45 min/mile (treadmill)
Total	22.0 miles	YTD: 262.4 miles

Last week was an easy week and I couldn’t have been happier about it. We went on daylight savings time on the previous Sunday so when I woke up to run on Tuesday it was completely dark out, pouring rain and very windy. After looking out my window I made a 180 degree turn right back into bed. I did the run in the late afternoon sunshine instead. That was a good decision. Wednesday was my General Exam (which I passed!) so once again ran in the late afternoon. That was probably one of my most relaxed runs ever because I was just so thrilled to have my exam over and done with!

I was in Ottawa over the weekend so I did my runs there on the treadmill. I didn’t wear my heart rate monitor but they felt pretty comfortable. So all in all it was a nice and easy recovery week.