Hi y'all!
I hope everyone had a good weekend!
Friday night, Sourabh met me at my office and we headed to the East Village to our favorite Mexican place, Hecho en Dumbo. (Yes, in Spanish, that's "Made in Dumbo" -- the restaurant started in Brooklyn then moved to the East Village and kept its name.) There are definitely better Mexican restaurants in NYC, but we both love Hecho en Dumbo's moderately-priced small plates, and fun atmosphere. Not to mention their oh-so-good queso.
We walked through Washington Square Park so that we could conclude dinner at one of my favorite New York frozen yogurt shops, Big Gay Ice Cream, before taking the subway home. We split the Bea Arthur, which is vanilla froyo in a dulce de leche-lined cone, with dulce de leche swirled into the froyo and dipped in crushed nilla wafers.
Saturday, after joining Laura for some miles on her way to completing the NYRR 60K (that's 37.28 miles, for the non-metric folks like me), I picked up my bib with Sourabh and Mason then proceeded to have an incredibly lazy day. I felt kind of sick all weekend, which got worse Sunday -- although I still PR'd in the 5 mile race I ran Sunday morning! -- and the number of hours I spent on the couch definitely reflected that.
Workout Recap
I realized I forgot to include goals in my weekly workout recap and goals post last week. That's kind of emblematic of where I am right now, actually. Not that I'm not working out -- it's just that I'm more focused on doing the workouts my body wants when I wake up that morning, rather than fitting in a specific workout.
For this week, I'm not going to post goals again, since it's not my workout goals that motivate me; rather, I just don't want to report on the internet that I did nothing all week!
Monday: 5.5 miles in Central Park with Fiona.
Early mornings are absolutely glorious right now in Central Park. It was also great to catch up with Fiona, who I hadn't seen in a long time.
Tuesday: (1) AM 20 minutes stretching and core work. (2) PM 60 minute Vinyasa class at Equinox.
Wednesday: 45 minute spin class at Equinox.
Thursday: (1) 3.5 miles in Central Park with Nicole. (2) 60 minute strength training with personal trainer, Amanda.
It was SO cold out! Nicole texted me after our run that while our weather apps said the temperature was 35, it felt like 28 degrees with windchill. BRR! Not ready for those temps yet! Actually I'm never ready. I hate the cold!
Friday: Rest day.
Saturday: 8 miles in Central Park with Laura.
Oh, NBD, just running 37 miles. Laura just ran her 100th marathon at the NYC Marathon two weeks ago, and she set a PR on the NYRR 60K on Saturday. I enjoyed doing two of her nine loops in Central Park with her! The course was a nice set-up, looping clockwise along the middle loop (crossing at the 72nd Street and 102nd Street Transverses).
Sunday: 5.75 miles in Central Park (Join the Voices 5 mile race + .75 mile w/u).
I really didn't feel good at all, but trust my competitive spirit to kick in the minute I passed the start line. I'll have a proper recap up this week. For now, I'll just say that I was extremely psyched about my new PR on the 5 mile race distance! I overran the course (oops) so my average pace was 8:24 -- also a NYRR race pace PR. Woot!
After a major goal race, do you treat working out and exercise differently? How was your weekend?
"it's just that I'm more focused on doing the workouts my body wants when I wake up that morning, rather than fitting in a specific workout." <-- I couldn't agree more! After training for a specific race for so long, it's nice and much-needed to throw the playbook out the window and do whatever your body feels like. Once I finished my last race of the season, I took some time off before I started to do whatever workouts I wanted. Honestly, though, I'm itching for some structure. ;)
ReplyDeleteI know, me too! But once I get structure, I know I end up feeling like I want more looseness, so I'm trying to just enjoy the lack of structure for now :)
DeleteSo proud of you for Sunday way to kill it when feeling less than stellar, hope you are feeling better! If it makes you feel better I overran the course as well.
ReplyDeleteIs it bad that am more or less doing what my body feels at the moment...with a marathon coming up. I'm really in marathon denial this time around!
Hope we can meet for an early morning run soon :)
Aw thanks, Gianna! Hope you're feeling better, too! And no, not at all. After such a long training cycle, it makes sense! I think you'll still rock the marathon!!
DeleteI envy the amazing places you have to run!!! Lucky for me my boyfriend and I will be making the move up to NYC in March or April and I am more than excited to enjoy runs in Central Park :) Looks like a great week of workouts!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Erin! That's so exciting that you'll be moving up here! March/April is when it starts to warm up and running becomes enjoyable again (at least for me -- I don't like the bitter cold!). The park and riverside paths are great places to run, but I definitely need to explore the outer borough running areas better. Will you guys have a car? I've heard there is fantastic running north of the city!
DeleteGreat job on the PR!! I found after I hit my last goal I did lay off running a bit for less of the structure but now feel the desire especially with the holidays here to get a routine back :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lisa! I am really glad I've gotten back into the exercise routine post-marathon since the holidays are so close. I definitely took it very easy in the 2-3 weeks post-marathon though!!
DeleteGreat job on the PR!! I found after I hit my last goal I did lay off running a bit for less of the structure but now feel the desire especially with the holidays here to get a routine back :-)
ReplyDeleteHey speedy! Amazing job on the PR!! Also...BIG GAY ICE CREAM. YUMMM!!! Best ever. Reminds me of when we all went out for Mexican a few months ago. Can we please do that again!?
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