Welcome to the start of a new week! I’m one week closer to the New Jersey Marathon and I’m sharing my weekly training recap!
It was a busy week but I’m really proud of what I was able to do – keep reading to see how it went!
I’m joining HoHo and Wendy for the Weekly Wrap – it’s always great to see what my fellow running/fitness friends are up to! I’m also joining Courtney for her Weekly Training Recap linkup and Marcia, Patty, and Erika for Tuesdays on the Run!
Weekly Wrap: Super Bowl Champs!!
Did you happen to watch the Super Bowl last night? I had such a blast watching the Philadelphia Eagles take down the New England Patriots! It was an exciting game from beginning to end – I really didn’t know if the Eagles would be able to finish the job, especially when they lost the lead in the 4th quarter. But they got it done and as soon as the game ended, the fireworks began in the neighborhood! Bret, my sister and I watched the game at Bret’s mom’s place. It was a really fun time!
I also watched the Super Bowl Halftime Show, and I’m sorry, but Justin Timberlake did NOT do it for me. As I mentioned during the Coffee Date, I find JT problematic and I was PISSED to watch him perform Rock Your Body, the song that created “Nipplegate” lol…I just thought it was in really poor taste to perform that song in any capacity out of respect for Janet. And no *NSYNC at all? Come on, man! Then, there was the controversial Prince tribute. Sure, it wasn’t a hologram, but based on what I read from Prince himself, I don’t think he would have wanted a posthumous duet with a singer that he wasn’t exactly crazy about. But in general, Justin’s performance was scattered, lazy, and boring for me – I’ve seen him in concert and he can do so much better, but he doesn’t have to…smh!
But back to the Eagles – we are so proud of the team and the city is going to be celebrating for a long time! I’m glad I got to witness it. Hopefully, no one was hurt last night in all the shenanigans and celebrations!
Workouts for the Week
Monday 1/29: Yoga class at lunch. We focused on twisting poses, which was a nice change. My calves were feeling tight from Sunday morning’s barre class. I also tried a little “toe yoga” at my desk after reading Rachel’s very informative post!
Tuesday 1/30: I woke up with a familiar pain in my right foot that really freaked me out – that’s where I had a stress fracture back in 2013. It didn’t take me long to realize that it was probably from doing that toe yoga – oops! But this was the day for my fartlek run! 5 miles total – 15 minutes warmup, then 5 sets of 3 minutes hard, 2 minutes easy, followed by the cooldown. This was a really tough run because the wind was relentless! My paces weren’t great but believe me when I say the full effort was there! My left shoulder was hurting again, then my right foot started to hurt in the last mile. I was glad when this run was over.
Wednesday 1/31: Worked late so I didn’t make it to HIIT the Barre class…it was probably for the best since I was still nervous about my foot!
Thursday 2/1: 5 miles easy and the weather was fantastic! Thankfully, I had no more foot pain on this run, but I did try to focus on removing the random tension from my left shoulder. It seems that I may clench my hands more on my left side than my right side…the plot thickens.
Friday 2/2: Rest day!
Saturday 2/3: 15-mile long run! Oh man, this was one of the hardest runs I’ve ever had. It was really tricky for me to figure out what route to take, so I decided to run the Schuylkill River Loop one full time, then keep going another 3.5 miles before turning back. For once I got the math right and finished right where I wanted to, but to run solo in the cold and wind for nearly 3 hours was mentally so tough! Thankfully, I made it through!
Sunday 2/4: I went to barre class in the morning. I wasn’t feeling great that morning but I was glad I made it in…we did lots of challenging lunges, wide diamond squats, and upper body work. I actually tried using the 3# weights but it didn’t last long – Kim is ruthless! In the early afternoon, Bret and I went for a 3 mile run together in the rain. Once again, didn’t really want to do it but no regrets! We ran through a new route in the neighborhood so that was a lot of fun!
Week 5 Report Card
Total Miles for the Week: 28.0
Total Training Miles for NJ Marathon: 112.45
I am so proud of this past week of training! While I missed barre, I didn’t miss any of my runs and that’s what matters the most. The wind made things challenging, but I did my best. Now, I am concerned about this recent shoulder pain, so I reached out to Coach Laura to see if she could give me some guidance. I’m going to work on some things and hopefully get to the bottom of it ASAP. Week 5 gets an A grade!
Now don’t forget, tomorrow is the first Tuesday of February, aka Tunes Tuesday with Steff, Kim, and me! We hope you join us ALL MONTH LONG to share your favorite love songs – feel free to get creative with the theme!
Is your February off to a good start? How was your week of working out? Did you watch the Super Bowl or Halftime Show?
Those hard training runs really help your mental toughness and man, this weekend was brutal. I wasn’t really *too* sorry not to be running. Even if I hate missing runs. Even when I’m not training for anything!
Not at football person. At all. I know like almost nothing about the game other than it involves quarters, a football, and touchdowns. 🙂 Congrats on your hometown (sorta) win!
Sounds like some really hard runs this week! The wind and cold is definitely killer. I wasn’t a fan of the JT half time show either. I always thought he sailed through and Janet was treated unfairly in comparison.
I didn’t watch anything of the game, and I’ll admit, I’m not much of a JT fan. I don’t think the commercials are good anymore, and neither are the halftime shows. I feel like everything was better when I was a kid. Maybe I just didn’t know any better.
I agree with you on JT’s lukewarm performance. The poor sound quality didn’t help either. And that Prince hologram was just cheesy. Ok, then! Congrats on the Eagles winning. I think most of us feel happy about that too!
I didnt watch the Super Bowl but I was glad to see the Eagles won! The weather definitely made for a tough running week. Awesome job getting in all your runs!
The cold and wind makes these long runs so mentally tough- way to power through! You’ll be glad you did on race day. And I’m thinking I will need to come to the NJ full to spectate- there are so many people I know training for it!!
Yes for the Eagles victory! Any team that can make Tom Brady sad is A-OK in my book, LOL. JT’s halftime show was an absolute disaster. From the outfit (WTF), to the cotney dance moves, to “performing” with Prince – it was just bad bad bad!
Moving right along… awesome week of training Janelle, especially that long run in the cold!
I was so happy to see the Eagles win! I also got a bit nervous in the fourth quarter, but all ended well. Gosh, I cannot imagine that 15-miler in the cold…all alone. It’s been several years since I’ve done a long run of that magnitude on my own (like, in 2013, when I trained for my first 26.2). Ever since, I’ve done the bulk of my really long runs with a friend. Good for you for sticking with it and getting it done.
My sentiments exactly about JT’s SB show. My first thought was if they’re inviting him back, why not Janet? Not that she wants to do it but still. He was lame.
It was an exciting game!
Great week of training!
Great week and congrats to the Eagles – be careful with that shoulder! 🙂
Congratulations on your Eagles win! I was pulling for them to bring down the Patriots as well. Never been much of a JT fan so I didn’t even watch the halftime performance.
Way to push through that 15 miler! My 15 miler was the absolute worst of all the long runs in my training cycle. And since it was my first marathon training cycle, it was so disheartening …I thought if 15 was that bad, there’d be no way I could do the longer ones. But I did. And know I really know the meaning of ‘some runs are good and some just plain suck’ Lol
Sorry to hear about your foot and shoulder pain! Great week though! Way to go on your long run! I have a hard time figuring which route I want to take, especially long runs, so sometimes I plan it out using mapmyrun.
The Superbowl was awesome! GO EAGLES!!! I didn’t mind the halftime show, but I wish he would have done an NSYNC song as well. I bet Philly was insane! Great job on your 15 miles.
I’m glad your foot pain didn’t turn out to be a big issue! Wind can be so challenging, great job getting it done
You had a nice week of training! I hope that foot pain was random (I know that metatarsal pain very well!) I’ve found I hold my right arm out a little further than my left and I get a pain on the top of my right shoulder. So, I’m working hard to tuck my elbow closer to my body on that side. Thanks for linking!
Awesome job on your runs this week! Great job especially on your long run. I get so satisfied when I map out a long run route so that it ends exactly where I started. I didn’t watch the Superbowl this year but I heard JT’s performance was lackluster.
Great week of training! It is tough pushing through the long ones in less than ideal conditions but you did it 🙂
I have caught my self clenching my hands too, it will make you feel fatigued, hopefully this shoulder thing won’t linger!