Recovery and Preparation (or Back To A 3 Workout Week)

After surviving 4 days of Hell Week last week, I was happy to have a bit of a calmer workout week this past week. While this was considered a recovery week from Hell Week, this was also going to be my last workouts before the Hard Rock Cafe 5K. So I wanted to make sure that I got myself in the best position as I could to have a great race.

I knew going into the week that it was going to be a 3 workout week. And because there was a potential conflict on Thursday (plus having 2 rest days before the race sounded good to me), I did my workouts 3 days in a row. Doing 3 days in a row is tough and doing them the week after Hell Week is even tougher. But it was the best option for me so I was going to do it.

The workouts were a bit easier this past week when compared to Hell Week, but they weren’t easy. Each day was challenging for me and I had a couple of days where I was feeling a bit sore. But I’m glad I pushed myself.

One day this past week had 10 all-outs on the treadmill! That’s insane! Each all-out was a minute or less, but we would only have a minute or less between all-outs to walk and recover. I did my all-outs at 8% incline and either 3.5 or 3.6 miles an hour. That was really pushing myself and I was exhausted after it was done. But I got it done and continued to prove to myself that I’m getting closer and closer to increasing my speed on the treadmill again. It’s still difficult for me, but doing these little sprints are helping to get me ready to upping my speed again.

I had a pretty bad day on the treadmill on Wednesday (my third day in a row), but I’m thinking that it was more due to being tired from so many workouts in a row and not my actual ability. I had to keep taking breaks on the treadmill and the incline got very difficult for me to do. When I was supposed to be at 10% or higher, I was only able to be at 6% without pain. I’m trying to not let that get me down and focusing on my success on the treadmill, but it’s tough not to view that as a setback.

As far as my floor work this past week, I’ll admit that I took things a bit easy. I tried to be tough with the weights that I used, but for some of the arm work I went down a weight because I was feeling some odd soreness. But again, a recovery week is not the worst thing in the world.

I’m back to crazy work schedules for the 2 weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, but I’m hoping that at least one of those weeks will calm down enough to do 4 workouts in a week. And I’m doing another Thanksgiving workout down in San Diego this year! My dad and Aunt Cindy will be joining me again and my Aunt Nancy will be trying Orangetheory for the first time! That week will be a 3 workout week because of being out-of-town for so many days, but I’m ok with that since spending time with my family is more important than getting in a bunch of workouts.

Tomorrow, I’ll do my recap post of my 5K and let you know how my Orangetheory training paid off!

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