Adventures with an Average Ironmom

What a productive week! In Hawaii, kids go back to school in August. Not only did we make it through the orientation week, but we also had the opportunity to walk through our new school campus, which has been 4 years in the making. My boys attend Hawaii Technology Academy, a blended learning public charter school that involves at home work with teachers online and in person days, as well as out of classroom learning in the community. We love the school and were so happy to be able to attend the school blessing this past Saturday. But a new schedule had me executing a crazy running week. I got all of my workouts in, including a Tempo day on Tuesday, a Hills and Drills Day on Friday and my 2 hour long and slow Saturday. I had done an hour walk Thursday as well, which put me in a coast to coast challenge scenario with three days in a row on my feet. My Saturday 2 hours was just a walk, partially because of this and because it felt right. I'll get back on the running Tuesday. My watch ...

7.54 miles in 2 hours at Pine Trees. Self rated run: 8/10! Why such a high score if I only covered 7.54 miles instead of 13.1 in 2 hrs which is my November goal? Because I’m exactly where I need to be and this run was exactly as I wanted it to be. I was VERY happy by the end. I wasn’t rushed, and despite the rain for the first 18 minutes and subsequent humidity, the day was perfect for this long run. I know I can consistently hit an 11 minute mile, so my long runs for now until I get faster should average about 13 min miles. Much slower than race pace as I build up my distance again. Having done a great Tempo workout Tuesday and a Recovery 60 min Walk Thursday, this third run of the week was perfect. Since I my body battery score was pretty low, I stayed in Zone 1 for most of the run, using the Galloway (run/walk) method for the first hour and walking the second hour. I listened to the rest of The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg on Audible and the end of the book did not disappoint! H...