Hey, it’s Hump Day! Hopefully you’re having a good week so far. Work is still crazy busy and I’m already chasing the weekend!
I’m linking up with Workout Wednesday with Diatta from Femme Fitale Fit Club and Sheila from The Frugal Exerciser. Check out how my training for the Cherry Blossom Run is going!
[bctt tweet=”Week 4 of Cherry Blossom Training – cold as heck but so much fun! #wowlinkup #sweatpink #CUCB2015 “]
Week 4 Training Recap:
Tuesday 2/17: Boot Camp Class. I ended up a little bit late but I still got in a quality workout with lots of upper body focus and core work.
Wednesday 2/18: 3 mile run with strides. I have a nice trail near work that I run during lunch, so I decided to use it after work. I didn’t realize that the trail was NOT cleared so it was a few inches deep of snow! Regardless, I got it done and it was a SLOW GO. I really had a lot of fun!
Thursday 2/19: Thursdays are for hill runs…and I was “lucky” to have this run in 17 degree weather! I did 6 x 30 second hill repeats in the blistering cold, which was pretty interesting. After that I was able to finish up my 4 miles at a really good pace. I felt great!
Friday 2/20: Rest day! I had a special lunch with my female engineering coworkers so I missed out on Cardio Kickboxing.
Saturday 2/21: As I mentioned on Monday, we got a lot of snow! So I took it as another rest day!
Sunday 2/22: The snowy weather from Saturday forced me to move my 5-mile long run to Sunday. While I thought the weather would be more favorable, it was a complete mess with all of the puddles and slush! I actually slipped early in my run and hurt my foot, but it thankfully did no damage. I was able to finish over 5 miles with around an 11 minute average pace! I tried to consciously slow down the last few miles because I felt I was going too fast.
Monday 2/23: Rest day. I had a dental appointment after work so I shuffled my runs around for this week.
Tuesday 2/24: Boot Camp Class, which had a lot more cardio than usual. I really love how much my form for squats and planks has improved! After that I ran 3.25 miles on the treadmill. Unfortunately, my shins were NOT feeling it at all, so I had to take 3 walk breaks. But after my run, I made the time to stretch my hips, do clamshells, one legged deadlifts, and donkey kicks.
Week 4 Report Card:
Cherry Blossom Training is going pretty well and I’m so excited with my progress after each week passes. I will say though that I did not work as diligently on my strengthening exercises this past week. My days at work have been really long, so when I add a run on top of that, I’m completely spent when I finally have time to be still! I have been foam rolling after my runs, but I’ve been neglecting my hip stretches and glutes. I need to make the time for prehab!
Another thing…I was supposed to get some fuel to start using on my long runs as advised by Coach Kristy. When I trained for the Rock and Roll Philly Half, I used Clif Shot Bloks and they were great! Unfortunately, I haven’t bought any yet since they are WAY too expensive on Amazon right now…so I need to stock up ASAP!
So I will give week 4 a B+! I’m just so thankful that everything has been going so well.
How has your training been lately? What are you looking forward to in the next few weeks?
Oooooh the Cherry Blossom Half sounds amazing! I really want to be in DC sometime for the cherry blossom festival. Hope your training continues to go well and that the cost of those clif shot bloks goes down! #wowlinkup
Thanks Catherine! I went a few years ago for the festival and it was so nice! I can’t wait to run it! Oh and I refuse to pay $40 for 18 packs of shot bloks…they were closer to $20 when I bought them over the summer!
Your training has been going really well in spite of the winter weather! Good job on those hill repeats…I’m not a fan of hills. Luckily, it’s really flat here and I don’t “need” to do a lot of hill training!
Philly is pretty flat too – I’m just glad I could find a couple of hills to practice on! This is my first time training in the winter – it’s intense but I’m enjoying it!
I may be accompanying a friend to watch the Cherry Blossom! Hopefully it goes well for you! 🙂
Thanks, I’m so excited – hopefully they will be in bloom that weekend!
Awesome! I can’t wait to run in DC!
Looks like another good week of training for you! Glad your foot is ok.
Thanks! I always get nervous when I hurt my foot…I don’t ever want to have a stress fracture again!
I ahve heard some amazing things about the Cherry Blossom 10-miler. It is so on my bucket list. Cna’t wait to read about it in your recap! 🙂 #WOWLinkUp
I’m really pumped…maybe this race will become a new tradition!
Great job in your training. Even with all the snow. I am happy to have some time off from training and just relax a bit after completing the glass slipper challenge.
I’ve enjoyed training but can’t lie…I look forward to some downtime once I’m done with Cherry Blossom!
That is some serious training and you kicked some major butt completing all of that! Keep it up and I’m sure your Cherry Blossom race will be a fantastic one for you!
Thanks Beth! Fingers crossed the race goes well!
Do you run on the treadmill if the weather is too bad? We got snow in February and that one day totaled 2 months of snow and it is still around. #wowlinkup
I have a gym at work so if the weather is really bad then I will use the treadmill…but thankfully for the most part it’s still been safe enough to run outside!
What a great mix of cross-training and running this week! Nice work!
Thanks Ali! Hope I can keep it up!
My half training is coming along well! I wish it was April already!
And I’m looking forward to WARM WEATHER!! I’m so tired of all this snow! yuck!
Yes, this weather has been pure torture! I can’t wait for the warmth to come back!
Looks like a great week! Keep it up! I’m looking forward to the NYC Half coming up on the 15th! So excited cuz my sister is coming to town for it too!
That’s awesome Sharon – good luck! NYC is still on my racing bucket list!
After my 3-day cleanse I missed a few training days. I wanted to get back up my strength. The treadmill has been my main source of training and while that is good I need to get back with the weights ASAP! I can feel that I am losing it and I definitely don’t want to that. Next week I am going to do less on the treadmill and more with the hand weights that I have to build up my legs, arms, chest and shoulders. Great workout week.
Weights are great, I need to get more on that as I only do boot camp once a week. It’s so hard to balance when you love all these different workouts!
Wow good for you – hills in the cold! doing awesome!
Thanks Lindsay! But don’t be fooled, I can’t wait for spring!