After a schedule rest day on Sunday (Day 35), Monday began Week 6 of my “Return to Running” program, which includes:
- 3 to 5-minute walking warmup
- 25-minute run /1-minute walk
- 15-minute run / 1-minute walk
- 10-minute run / 1-minute walk
- 3 to 5+ minute walking cooldown
Monday’s Run (Day 36)
Since I had the day off work (Memorial Day), I started my solo run a little later in the morning than normal (around 8:00am). Unfortunately this also meant that the temperatures were a bit warm, which made this a more challenging effort. I started off from the main gates at Percy Warner Park, and ran through the streets of Belle Meade. I think I’ve figured out that my ankle soreness is a touch of achilles tendonitis, which had flared up again on Monday after being better on Saturday. Thankfully this quickly faded during the first running segment. I picked up the pace a bit during each of the 3 intervals (8:45, 8:15, 8:08), but was toast by the end of the third with the heat and the hills. In total I finished 50 minutes of running and just under 9 minutes of walking for a total of 6.43 miles completed.
- Miles: 5.75
- Time: 58:41
- Pace: 9:08
- Shoes: adidas Energy Boost (#1)
- Route: Belle Meade
Tuesday’s Run (Day 37)
The Bellevue Trio (Paxton, Nathan) was reunited for this AM run after Paxton had taken a week off for a leg injury. We started from the Edwin Warner nature center, and kept the pace very chill throughout, though my legs were pretty toasty from the very beginning. Thankfully my ankles felt better than on Monday. In total we finished 50-minutes of running and just over 7 minutes of walking for a total of 5.89 miles completed.
- Miles: 5.89
- Time: 57:32
- Pace: 9:47
- Shoes: Saucony Kinvara 3 (#7)
- Route: Nature Center / Harpeth River Greenway
No running today (Day 38) – Scheduled rest day.
Cross-Training (Day 36)
- 2.5-mile hike / run with Kate and Sara on the White trail at Percy Warner Park. I expected this to be a leisurely hike, but the girls ended up running a significant portion of the route.
- 100 Push-Up Routine >> Week 4 / Level 2 / Day 1 – 102 total reps completed.
-After two attempts at Week 4 / Level 3, I decided to start week 4 over on level 2.
Cross-Training (Day 37)
- Balance Squats x 25 reps (each leg)
- Calf Raise Squats x 25 reps (2 x 20lb dumbbells)
- Wall Squats – 90 Seconds
- Step-Back Lunges x 15 reps (each leg with 2 x 20lb dumbbells)
- 3-way lunge x 15 reps (each leg)
- Chair Salutation x 2 (30 sec each)
- Toe Roll Iso Lunges x 20 reps (each leg)
- Hip Hike 2 x 30 reps (each leg)
- Monster Walk with Band 3 x 12 reps (each leg)
- Clamshells with Band 2 x 15 reps (each leg)
- Toe Flexor x 60 reps (each leg)
- Dorsiflex Raises x 75 reps
Cross-Training (Day 38)
- 100 Push-Up Routine >> Week 4 / Level 2 / Day 1 – 120 total reps completed.
- Pull-Ups >> 23 total reps
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