Saturday, August 24, 2013

Crossfit endurance short distance week 3

I mixed things up a bit this week and went back to some of my old run workouts that yielded good results in the past.  Trying out all the new CFE prescribed workouts was not really holding me accountable, as I had no "prescribed pace"...so I was really doing whatever the heck I felt like.  I went back to some of the workouts I used to do for short intervals, long intervals and tempo, and had a really great week of training! I held myself accountable with my garmin watch, which is a handy little device that won't let me lie to myself about my pace :-)

Sunday: 10 mile run with fast finish (6:08 mile) plus 10 by 30 sec hard/30 sec easy
Monday: crossfit and spinning
Tuesday: crossfit and hard 5 mile trail run with 10 by 100meter striders (I learned I am a very slow trail runner)
Wednesday: crossfit and spinning
Thursday: run workout: 6 by 1000 meters on rolling course with 3 min rest (6:05 pace average)
Friday: crossfit and 2 by 15 minute tempo run (6:50 average pace)
Saturday: rest!

Definitely making a turn for the better this week! I'm thinking this is a good schedule and good volume for non race weeks! It only allows for 1 day off per week, but I think taking out the Tuesday workout sometimes and resting on weeks where I feel tired or overworked will help!

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