September Recap

Miles: 168.32

X-Training: 3 (1 swim, 2 elliptical)

Rest Days: 6

Race(s): None. My first month of the year without a race. 

New gear: I got some CAR tops, so I am ready to race this weekend!

Workout goals: 
I didn't do very well this month with goals that weren't directly running related.

Focus on balancing workout intensity - This was one of my only successes. I started attending CAR workouts regularly and really focused on those hard workouts.  All of the running I did on my own was easy and at a recovery pace.  I tried using my HR monitor on the solo runs and slowed down when my HR went too high.

Injury prevention - I managed to take an ice bath after every weekend long run and I really think they are helping my legs recover faster.  I wasn't so great with the foam roller but have been diligent about stretching after almost every run.

Keep swimming - FAIL. I went once - on Labor Day.

Planks - FAIL. 0 planks.  It was almost as if once I realized I missed the first few days of the month, it didn't even seem worth it to start.

Non-workout goal: Work on the design of this blog. FAIL.  I did no work on the blog and barely managed to post.


Ice cream flavor of the month: Peach Cobbler

September was a good month for running and that's about it.  I had a lot of great workouts and strong long runs and am excited about my upcoming 10 miler, as well as the rest of marathon training.  I'm hoping that I can continue to carry this feeling all the way to the Philadelphia Marathon on November 20.  I really focused on running in September and it showed when I failed to meet any of the other goals I set for myself.  I should have known that as marathon training picked up, everything else would fall to the side. 

October Preview

Workout goals: 
After last month's goal fails, I'm going to keep it simple this month

Continue to push the pace in workouts - I'm still figuring out how to run track and tempo workouts and how much I can push myself and still finish strong.  I know I need to keep testing my limits during each workout.

Strong long runs - So far this training cycle I've had some great long runs and I'd like to keep that up in October as I tackle my remaining 2 20 milers.

Try again with the planks - Really, I should be able to do this
Races: Army 10 miler (October 9)

Non-workout goal: Work on the design of this blog. I'm going to try again with this one. I should be able to make some progress if I actually focus.