Hello! I’m late with my weekly recap as we were on holiday so I’ve missed the usual link-up with Deb and Kim, but here it is anyways…I’ll hopefully post another one tomorrow for this week.
Monday: Rest from running, lower body strength & core after work
Tuesday: Run commute to the office- 5 miles- plus an office 5k for 8 miles total. Upper body strength after work.
Wednesday: Run with Susan, a friend from the Mornington Chasers run club. She had an extra club singlet that was too big for her, so she gave it to me to try. Feels official! 8 miles total.
Thursday: A wfh day so I ran a tad bit later with Ruth, and we did 4×8 minutes tempo. Great morning for a run and we crossed paths with Dustin, just like the olden days! His patient return to running is going well and I think he’ll be just fine to run the wine marathon with me in Bordeaux.
I did more lower body strength & core after work.
Friday: Another run with Susan. She wanted to do 6 miles at her goal half pace, which was 8:45 min/mile. I was happy to do that with her. We hit all her paces and I ended up with 10 miles total. I was happy with a longer weekday run before we headed to Heathrow to catch our flight to Corfu for a short beach holiday.
Saturday: Dustin and I ran 5.25 miles together in Corfu, with a steep climb in mile 3 to give us a nice view.
We relaxed on the beach for some time and then went into Old Town Corfu, which was very charming.
Sunday: Dustin and I ran 10.25 miles of trails in Corfu, taking us to the east side of the island (our hotel, Olivar Suites, was on the west side.) The trail was rocky and steep at parts; I’m not a confident trail runner so we took things slow. I was happy with 10 miles and counted this as my long run for a cutback week of training.
We had a relaxing rest of the day on the beach. I am grateful that my partner likes to start each beach holiday day with an exploratory run!
Highlights of Corfiot food: kumquats. Olives. Greek salads, Greek wine.
Summary: 49 miles of running, 3 days of strength, attempt at daily core. Even with the cutback long run, I was still close to 50 miles, which is a good place for me. I’ll build a bit more before Medoc in 3 weeks with that 26.2 miler as a fun training run for Dublin .
I’ll still share the linkup with Deb and Kim even though it’s over for the week, but def check it out for other similar blogs!
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We have to been to Corfu yet! Looks just dreamy! Hope the rest of your week was fab too!
It was nice for a short beach trip. I have been to the more mainstream islands (Santorini, Mykonos) with my sisters many years ago; this was my first time on one of the islands in the Ionian sea instead of Aegean!
I love that you went to Corfu! I love the Greek Islands, although my husband says he’s done with them. 🙁 It is hilly and rough there for a run!
Gosh, those are strong words to write all the islands off completely! Each one is so different, don’t you think? I went to the mainstream ones with my sisters, Corfu felt quite different.
Loved your Corfu pix
Olives. Yum.
Glad Dustin’s return to running is going well.
Looks like the singlet is pup approved too
Thanks Cari! Yep, Tilda was just fine with the new singlet 🙂
Looks like you had a lovely little vacation! 10 miles of trail is no joke, definitely equals a long run.
Glad to hear you’re both coming along nicely with your training!
Agree! 10 trail miles feels like a lot more 🙂
Nice week! You and my friend Sam were in Corfu at the same time so I kept looking for each of you in the background of each other’s photos!
How random! I wonder if we were on the same part of the island? Maybe we crossed paths!
Ooh, Corfu looks amazing! I would love to see the trail you ran on. I’m so glad Dustin is back to running! Overall sounds like a great week.
The trail felt Floridian with the hot sun, ha! You would have been just fine, I’m sure, you’re a great trail runner!
I’d be on the beach, exploring with you 😉 There’s nothing better!! I love your new “official” Mornington singlet…cute colors and style!
Thank you Kim!
I had to Google Corfu because I’ve never heard of it… but now I want to visit there! It looks beautiful. Glad to hear Dustin is back to running and doing well. I do enjoy going for an exploratory run on vacation too.
An exploratory run is a great way to start the day and to see a lot before crowds and heat 🙂
Getting closer! I love that singlet! Looks perfect on you! I Iove how much you get to travel and experience new things. I would be in absolute heaven!