Training Count-Down - April Weeks 12-14 and a 5K!

Soooooooo.....I know its been a stretch; with Easter, a random 5K for charity and trying to get long runs underway (still trying) its been tough to face the music....or the blog. So here goes....

Week 12:
April 15, Tuesday called for 6 miles! I was gun-ho to do it yet ended only doing 4 miles on treadmill due to slow start and having to head back to work. 

April 16, Wednesday called for 8x400 drill which I did on the treadmill.  Was happy to get some speed work in...

April 17, Thursday called for 3 miles yet I did not train this day...I was fatigued  and most likely busy trying to get ready to head to New York for the Easter holiday!

April 18, Friday - though a rest day, knowing I would not run during the weekend of this week as I was heading to New York I went out at lunch to get a couples of miles in. I did get in about 5 miles outdoors yet my watch is showing that I only did 4.70 miles as I it took it a while to find my location so I had run a couple of meters before it started timing me. I just found out though that I don't have to activate the gps in order for the watch to track my time and distance

So with no running after the 18th - Week 12 ended here....

Week 13
This week  was uneventful as I barely trained due to different reason. I did a sprinkle of runs here and there yet nothing so remarkable.  So Monday the 21st  I crossed trained by lifting weights. Tuesday the 22nd called for 3 miles yet I did not train this day...not good, I know! 

Wednesday the 23rd called for 5 miles yet I ended up only doing 3 miles....crazy week ......

 So Thursday 24th through Sunday 27th is a complete blur.  I barely ran here and there -again nothing substantial; time is moving fast I know!

Week 14
I can literally just rewrite what I wrote for Week 13 here. Monday (28th)and Tuesday (29th) did not train.... crazy two day with life issues and running taking a back seat! Wednesday the 30th I did 3 miles on treadmill yet have no pic to show and Friday I did 4.2  miles  outdoors - will upload my stats pic when I find out why my phone is not emailing my pics :(

With no training so far on the weekend my goal right now is to get my weekend schedule set and hone in on my long runs on Sundays and speedwork on Tuesdays.

Doing hill training was extremely helpful for me in bringing down my pace so I really want to incorporate that in my training.  My next planned race will be July 26 in New York which is long run (20 miles) but on my the New York Road Runners- this is the first training run for those doing the New York Marathon yet will be a great race for me to see where I am a month before SRM! Though schedule calls for me to do the 20 miler on July 20th I really think doing it in NYC under race conditions is better than doing it on my own and will really give me a good sense of where I am at physically and mentally! I do plan on finding a 10K and 15K race in the area though hopefully before then.

Yesterday called for 9 miles yet had signed up to do a 5k charity run...I did better than the 5K in March and finished in 25min:10seconds with a 8:07 min/mile so that was a plus and enjoyed the day with hubby and baby.