Grandma’s Marathon week!! It was quite the stressful week with trying to get stuff for Peru in order, working, and doing some other project things, not to mention mentally and physically preparing for (and running!) the marathon, but I survived it all just fine. The above picture was taken during the Friday night’s 5K. I’ll recap the marathon weekend in full later this week, but below is my general weekly recap.
FOOD:
No major highlights here this week apart from pizza at the pizza farm (see below!). Breakfast was fruit, oats, and yogurt, lunch was grilled chicken, steak, and veggie kabobs, and dinner was a mash up of whatever was in my fridge. There were also lots of snacks in between, like these almond butter cannellini blondies.
FITNESS:
A fairly easy week leading up to Saturday, but a couple of light speed workouts thrown in to keep the legs loose!
- Monday: Easy run. A morning run with Monica! Total = 7.0 miles; 9:35 min/mile pace.
- Tuesday: Yasso 800’s. I did a 1.5 miles warm up + 4x 800 m @ 8:00 min/mile pace + 1.5 cool down. Total = 5.0 miles; 8:40 min/mile pace.
- Wednesday: Easy run. Just did an easy 3-miler. Total = 3 miles; 9:04 min/mile pace.
- Thursday: Strides. An easy 4-mile run with 4x 30-second strides thrown in. Total = 4.0 miles; 9:10 min/mile pace.
- Friday: Rested my legs for the marathon!
- Saturday: The moment I’ve been waiting for… Grandma’s Marathon! Total = 26.2 miles; 9:39 min/mile pace.
- Sunday: Much deserved rest day!
FUN:
- My friends, Katie and Justine, and I went to the Red Barn in Northfield on Wednesday for their pizza night. This is something that I have wanted to do over the last couple of summers, but never made it. I’m glad it finally happened, because it was so much fun. We ordered a big pizza, brought along some wine and a cucumber-watermelon salad, and enjoyed the evening. People were sitting outside having picnics and inside the barn listening to the live band (which was fantastic). Getting to Northfield on a Wednesday evening in traffic is a bit of a commitment, but it was totally worth it! Definitely recommend!
- On Thursday the entire Logistics team at General Mills had an end of the year BBQ (our fiscal year ended May 31). We left the office at 11:00 and went to a nearby park. We had a BBQ, played volleyball and lawn bowling, and just hung out. It was perfect weather and a great afternoon. It’s nice to spend time with co-workers outside of the office. I think it’s great when they host events like this.
- I spent the weekend in Duluth and had such a great time! I’ll write a larger recap later this week.
This will probably be my last “weekly recap” post in quite some time. Mainly because I’ll be taking some time off of running and because I’ll be in Peru for (a much needed) vacation. Maybe these will come back in a similar capacity, but we shall see.
Happy first day of summer!