Still Streaking on One Goal (Barely)

Although I only ran two times last week, since I am posting on a Tuesday, I can tell you that I did not break my first goal of taking more than four days off from running. Phew!

Last week, the plan was to run an 8K time trial on Saturday. I completed a 15-minute tempo run on Monday. Due to my schedule, I had to skip 11x 1/4-mile intervals on Tuesday. Considering the remaining daylight hours, running a 5K base on Wednesday was better than trying the intervals. Thursday and Friday were set aside for rest days. However, life threw me a curveball, and I couldn't run on Saturday or Sunday. Thankfully, I managed to get out there on Monday.

I did S & C on both run days last week (and yesterday), but since I did not try to squeeze in an extra session last week, I missed that goal for the second week in a row.

It looks like this week’s plan will mirror last week’s. I can’t run today (Tuesday), but I can run the intervals I missed last week on Wednesday and attempt the 8K time trial this weekend.

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