Chicago Marathon Training Week 10 – 8/3-8/9

I am on vacation – yay! The week leading up to vacation is always hectic (tying up loose ends at work/home). I ended up packing the morning of my flight. Ok.. on to my training recap!

Monday 8/3– 2 mile walk + 60 minutes personal training

Tuesday 8/4 – 2 mile walk + 3.1 mile run @12:07 min/mile

Wednesday 8/5 – 2 mile walk

Thursday 8/6 – En Route to Vancouver (loads of airport walking)

Friday 8/7 – 1 mile wm + 3 mile run @11:14 min/mile + 1 mile cd

Saturday 8/8– 9 mile elliptical @11:30-12:00 min/mile

Sunday 8/9 – Kayaking

Total: 23.1 miles (6 walk | 8.1 run | 9 elliptical)

Swim

We were suppose to arrive in Vancouver Thursday afternoon. I thought…score… maybe I could find a local pool to get some laps in…after all I was on a good streak. Mechanical delays foiled my plans….we arrived late Thursday evening.

Bike

My sister and I wanted to bike Stanley Park…but that also didn’t happen (darn delays). I had so much fun riding around Stanley Park the last time I was here in 2013 for the SeaWheeze Half Marathon (recap here).

Run

Run #1: 3.1 mile run @12:07 min/mile (12:26, 12:25, 11:40).

Tuesday morning I met Rachel near the entrance of Rock Creek Park (we jogged down the infamous RnR DC hill) and ran 3.1 miles (technically negative splits with mile 2 one second faster than mile 1 haha). It was my last run with Rachel -insert huge sad face – since Rachel and her husband are moving out of town while I am on vacation.

I will miss running with Rachel – in addition to being a great friend (and former roommate) she was the best running/yoga/spin/I’ll try a class with you partner. Luckily she will only be a 2-3 hour drive from DC!

Run #2: 1 mile wm + 3 mile run @11:14 min/mile (12:05, 11:17, 10:21) + 1 mile cd

After some much needed sleep I woke up around 6:30 AM PST and headed outside for a run. I was so glad we were staying in downtown Vancouver – so close to the water!

I made my way towards Stanley Park – the views were spectacular!

Overall I was happy with this run – the cooler temperatures made for faster splits…hello 10s!

Run #3: 9 mile elliptical @11:30-12:00 min/mile

There was a fitness center on the cruise ship, but the machines were a bit older than the ones I use at my gym (I’m sure they maintain it). When I hopped onto the mill for 14 miles, it was hurting my shins so I decided to err on the safe side and moved on to the elliptical for 9 miles before I had to meet my family.

Fun

Before I left for Vancouver/Alaska, Cliff and I met his friends for a baseball game at Nats Stadium. The Nats ended up losing (we didn’t stay for the entire game since I had to pack), but we had some nice seats 🙂

On Sunday morning my family and I went on a kayaking excursion in Ketchikan, Alaska. My sister was my partner! I’ll be writing a vacation recap when I return.