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Week 6 Training Recap [Running for Dad #6]
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Wow. More amazingness this week. Distance records were broken once again.
The Results
Week 6 goal: 3 miles
Week 6 results:
- Monday, August 24: 3.77 miles, 44:09 minutes total, 10:57 minute first mile, 11:43 minute second mile, 11:58 minute third mile
- Wednesday, August 26: 3.17 miles, 35.59 minutes total, 10:49 minute first mile, 11:09 minute second mile, 11:57 minute third mile
- Friday, August 28: 4.07 miles, 44:55 minutes total, 10:23 minute first mile, 11:02 minute second mile, 11:14 minute third mile, 11:22 minute fourth mile
Daily Recap
Monday I did interval work: eight minutes straight of running with one minute walk breaks. I did a total of 40 minutes of running with four minutes of walking.
Since I ran for 35 minutes on Saturday, August 22, I figured I would try for 40 minutes just to make a bit of progress.
Wednesday, I didn’t set out to make progress, only to maintain what I have. I decided to simply run the 5K distance and succeeded.
On Tuesday, I saw my nutritionist. She is available to me as part of the corporate wellness program at work. I told her I started running, and she told me that I needed to add more carbs to my diet so that I had good fuel levels for running.
I started adding more carbs Wednesday and Thursday. During Friday’s run, my legs felt awesome. Usually my legs feel tired or sore or some other version of “not good” for a good portion of the run.
This time, my legs felt absolutely great. I only wanted to run 3.25 miles, but once I realized how good my legs felt after mile two, I decided to run another two miles.
So, for the first time, I did over four miles without stopping. It felt amazing.
Dad’s Corner
I just miss him. That’s all. I really miss him.
It’s coming up on three months that he’s been gone. Every now and then, I can still hear his voice in my head saying “hi son”. That’s what I hear most clearly.
I also hear things like “ya done good” whenever he was happy with something that I did. It’s what I told him after he died, right as they wheeled him out of the room in the body bag.
Life is unfair. I’m just glad that I can keep my connection with him alive by improving my health and fitness. It’s a great outlet for my grief.
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