Training Log Archive: ultra_amy

Did the Nipmuck Marathon - everything is fine, just legs felt a bit heavy and tired. (Hammies are super tight.) Enjoyed the course, which is harder than I remember - but regardless, it was my 2nd ever Nipmuck Marathon, and clearly showed me how far I've come...it was my 2nd ever trail race years ago, and I finished in 5:20...now, 5 years later I've shaved an hour off that time. :)

Hatfield Harvest 5k - did the race to support my friend who is the RD. Warmed up w/ Abby and Jeff along the course (3 mi/24 min) - it was wet and sloppy out there! Then, did the race - wasn't really having to work that hard, and surprised myself with a 19:50 (only 2 seconds behind last year, which is amazing since it was wet and slow on the course, and I didn't feel like I was really going for it). Cooled down doing the walker's 2 mile course (15 min).

Easy run w/ girls team around Holyoke Reservoir, but doing all the trail sections. It was fun!

Team did a time trial, and I paced Kerry and Emily. We warmed up about 1.5 miles (15 minutes), then did Holyoke Elks 5k race (26 minutes), and cooled down 1 mile (10 minutes). Felt good, but super easy pace.

Tempo run w/ Laura, Kim and Mac. They are all gearing up for their goal races on Sunday (half marathon for Kim and Mac, marathon for Laura), so they did a tempo run of 2 miles @ race pace. I paced Laura (because she was running at a slower pace than the 1/2 marathon folks...so she would be doing the workout alone without me...the slower pace was a bonus!). We did 2 miles at goal of 7:00 pace (and had a great conversation the whole way) - ended in 13:52 I think...perfect! My hammie is still tight, but the pace felt completely comfortable and great. Warmup was 2 miles easy to the Holyoke HS track (from Abby's house), cool down was 1 mile on the track (while the fast folks did surges) and then 2 miles easy to get back to Abby's. Other than the hammies, the legs are feeling good. I was glad for a shorter workout this morning.

Easy run w/ Annie around Holyoke. We were both tired, so it was nice to take it slow. I think we had a slower start through the hills of Holyoke, but picked up the pace just a bit around the Reservoir as the legs warmed up.

Easy run around the Res w/ Abby to watch the team. My hammie feels tight - glad to call it a short run.

Easy run with my girls team (disjointed miles) - they were doing 1/4 mile repeats (1/4 mile on, 1/4 mile recovery), and I paced the first group for their 3-miles worth of the workout. 'Hard' pace for this group was 1:35-1:45. Then, Becka showed up alone to do the workout, so I did the 3-miles worth of the workout with her also. Again, her 'hard' pace was 1:40-1:50, so I was able to hang and didn't feel like I had to work hard at all.