Week of July 3rd-July 9th
Monday 7/3- Travel Day
Today I was traveling back to the United States from Ireland and it would take all day. I woke up really early to take an 8-hour flight from Dublin to New York, a 4-hour layover, and then a 2-hour flight from New York to Charlotte. It was 10pm by the time I got home and didn't run because of major jet lag.
Tuesday 7/4- Day Off
Took today off to recover from the jet lag of the big travel day yesterday.
Wednesday 7/5- Endurance Run
1 mile warm up/dynamic stretches
5 miles @ 8:37 pace
Strength work
Static stretches
*It was a dead week in NC where we're not allowed to work out with coaches, but I met with some members of my team at Dogwood Park to run together. It was the first time I ran on hilly trails in 2 weeks, and it was very hard to readjust. I started falling off pace towards the end. I originally tried to go 6 miles but I couldn't hold on and stopped at 5. I felt very bad at the end.
= 6 miles
Thursday 7/6- Recovery Run
800m warm up/dynamic stretches
Easy 5 miles @ 9:00 pace
Core work
Static stretches
*Felt a bit sore but was able to run strong.
= 5.5 miles
Friday 7/7- Endurance Run
1 mile warmup/dynamic stretches
6.1 miles @ 7:37 pace
Hill repeats (Adding up to 0.4 miles)
Strength work
800m cool down/static stretches
*Haven't done hill repeats in a while so the last part of the workout got very tough but still pushed through.
= 8 miles
Saturday 7/8- Long Run
1 mile warm up/dynamic stretches
7 miles @ 7:53 pace
3x100m strides
Core work
Static stretches
*A group of us met at Beatty Park with lots of hilly trails and it was hard to run on as well. I fell off pace towards the end and the last 2 miles were supposed to be fast but I didn't have anything left in the tank and I just focused on finishing the run. I intended to do 8x100m strides, but after 3, I felt like I was going to pass out so I stopped. I was still able to do the core circuit.
= 8.2 miles
Sunday 7/9- Day Off
Took today off. Tomorrow the team leaves to go to a 4-day camp in Blowing Rock, NC at a professional running training site called ZAP Fitness and I'm so excited.
Weekly mileage = 27.7 miles
