Half Marathon Training – Week 6 – Run with Alice

I had a rough start to the week. It was a busier than average work week which left me pretty drained. By Thursday’s run I was really dragging. In fact, I decided to cut the run short by a mile because my legs just were not feeling up to it. I don’t think it’s an injury; my legs were just super tight and sore. I’ll admit I haven’t been great about stretching over the past few months so I may be paying the price now.

On Saturday I did an easy run with my friend Alice. Alice has taken up running this year after giving birth to her beautiful daughter Lillian last October. She’s been kicking some serious butt and will also be doing the Waterloo half marathon next weekend. You can read all about her running (and mothering) journey on her blog. So on Saturday I biked out to Alice’s house and then we did a 10.6km run from there. We had a great time chatting about family, nutrition, work and everything in between. Oh and it snowed/hailed during our run! We ran on country roads which is a real treat. One of the things I like about living in Waterloo is how quickly you can be out of town and in the countryside.

The Waterloo Half Marathon is now 7 days away. Currently the forecast is for rain, a low of 9 overnight and a high of 16 for Sunday. I’m not too bothered by this. Of course I would prefer 10C and sunny but I’ll run in any weather. I think the biggest problem would be wind not rain anyway. I’m going to spend the next few days reflecting on my current fitness and coming up with a plan for the race. Of course, I’ve been known to race the best when I have no plan so maybe I shouldn’t bother!

05/04	-	Rest day
06/04	5.0 mi	Easy run: avg 9:55 min/mile
07/04	6.5 mi	Speedwork: 3x1mi in 7:59/8:03/8:01 min
08/04	4.0 mi	Easy run: avg 10:18 min/mile
09/04	-	Rest day
10/04	6.6 mi XT	Easy run: avg 13:33 min/mile Cycling: 17.9km to and from Alice’s house
11/04	8.0 mi	Long run: avg 10:13 min/mile
Total	30.1 mi	YTD: 358.8 miles

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