Half Marathon Training – Week 4 – Recovery
I took last week pretty easy: just a couple of mid week five milers. I went up to Toronto for Easter so I did Friday’s 9 miler with my friend Laura. We did the run in the late morning and got caught by surprise with how warm and sunny it was outside. We ended up walking the last 5km because although we were doing OK neither of us wanted to get heat stroke. We both got a bit of a sunburn on our arms but we had enough water with us to avoid any major heat troubles. It will take a few weeks to get acclimatized to running in temperatures above 20C. On Sunday we did a double workout because we’re awesome. I did 3 miles on the treadmill followed (a couple hours later) by a 30km bike ride. This was my first trip out on my new bike and it was great. I’m definitely looking forward to incorporating more cycling as cross training into my schedule this spring and summer!
| 29/03 | - | Rest day |
| 30/03 | 5.0 mi | Easy run: avg 9:29 min/mile |
| 31/03 | - | Rest day |
| 01/04 | 5.0 mi | Easy run: avg 9:57 min/mile |
| 02/04 | 9.4 mi | Long run: avg 14:39 min/mile (walked last 5km) |
| 03/04 | - | Rest day |
| 04/04 | 3.0 mi XT |
Easy run: avg 9:40 min/mile Cycling: 30km avg ~20 km/h |
| Total | 22.4 mi | YTD: 298.7 miles |