16 weeks to go. That’s 4 months. It’s exciting because it means I’ll be in Disney in 4 months! But it’s also a little scary because I’ll have to be ready to run a 10 mile race by then! As I mentioned last week, I have a pretty good idea of the basics of my costume. I’m going to be Alice from Alice in Wonderland, and I at least have a tutu and a tank top to wear! So this week I wanted to share the tutu I’ll be wearing. It’s from Race Junkie, who makes some of the cutest Disney running tutus!
So this is Week 3 of the Jeff Galloway training program for beginners. Here’s what Week 3 looks like:
This week I decided starting out that I wanted to take things a little easier. There were a few reasons for this. 1. I’d been keeping a pace under 12:00 min/mile, and I know that’s not going to be sustainable for me on longer runs. 2. My legs were sore from maintaining a regular running schedule so I didn’t want to push them too hard. 3. It was supposed to be very hot this week and I knew the heat would get to me.
Monday was definitely hot, but it felt okay. It was about 85 degrees out. I kept myself under a 12 min/mile pace which I’m happy about.
Wednesday was the toughest day of the week. It was over 90 degrees this day so I was feeling slow and sluggish. I timed my run so that when I was done, I was right outside of our complex’s pool. I went for a swim right after running and it felt great! Knowing I could jump into that pool when I was done was the only thing that kept me going!
Friday was a fantastic run day. I decided to do my weekend run this day because I had off from work since I’d be working Saturday. I was a little nervous I’d be sore but I felt okay when I woke up so I decided to go for it. And it was just a fantastic feeling run! It had finally cooled down a bit so the weather was good. This is my best pace time yet for any run so I’m very happy.
Ending with such a good run is really encouraging for the upcoming week! Especially with a 4 mile run coming up next week. Sometimes I feel okay doing longer than a 5k, but to be honest when it’s just training and not an actual race I start to get bored! So we’ll see how that goes.
How about you? How is your running going this week?
Great job on your training! Do you listen to anything while you run??? I listen to Disney podcasts and they make a WORLD of difference on my long runs. I love music but the time passes so much quicker with podcasts for me 🙂
Thanks! I mostly listen to music. I love podcasts and listen when I go for a walk, but I find that I keep my pace up better with music because it pushes me on more. But I do also love podcasts when I’m running on the treadmill because I can control my speed!
Nice job on knocking it out! My running this week for my first full week of marathon training was great, although today’s run was awful.
I love the tower of terror run! It is so fun!
Thanks! Glad to hear that your training is going well too! I can’t wait for the Tower of Terror run, it looks like so much fun 🙂
It was one of my favorite runDisney runs!