Tuesday's Training Update: A Week Gone Awry

The stars aligned against me last week, and threw a big old wrench into my perfectly laid training schedule. Don't worry, nothing serious, just minor schedule issues. My work schedule was altered slightly, and work itself was a bit busier than usual. Throw in a side of exhausted runner and some rain, and voila you have a training plan gone awry. This is why my training schedule is so long...I need to compensate for a few crazy weeks. Next week will be better. I promise!

The week wasn't a complete bust though. I did get in a great 5K row completed in 19:40, which might be my fastest 5K row (not run). I also managed to get in an 8.6 mile run on Saturday that I've decided to call a tempo run. The pace was only 8:01, but I ran with the running stroller. Definitely the fastest I've ever run with the stroller. Because I usually only run easy with the stroller, I've never bothered to figure out if there's some sort of conversion to estimate what pace one might have run without a stroller. A cursory Internet search yielded pretty much nothing on the topic. I did stumble upon a Runner's World article discussing a fellow by the name of Michael Wardian, who holds world record marathon time for running with a stroller. His PR without a stroller is approximately 48 seconds per mile faster than his record stroller time. That's probably the best estimate I'll find (if someone out there has a better method I'd love to hear about it)! Using that approximation, I would have run 7:13 pace for the 8.6 miler. I still prefer to run my tempo runs without a stroller, but I was desperate. And I didn't really plan to run hard, it just happened.

Oh, side note, this is NKK's 100th post!

Here's where I share last week's training:
Monday: Off
Tuesday: 5K row in 19:40
Wednesday: 7.25 mile run (forgot my watch at work so no pace)
Thursday: Off
Friday: 92 minute bike
Saturday: 8.6 mile run 8:01 pace
Sunday: Off