Weekly Wrap: June 22-28

Training log:

• Monday – easy 6 on the treadmill at lunch
• Tuesday – 8 mi total, 3x 1 mi at 85% max. Coach Matt doesn’t normally give me time targets but he has for a couple of recent workouts because I haven’t raced in um forever and need some sort of reference. Last week I was faster than my target times so I adjusted a little this time and hit 6:54, 6:42, 6:31 (goals were 7, 6:50, 6:40). This wasn’t all-out, more HM/tempo effort, and with 2 minute recoveries. I’ll use an average from that for an upcoming 5k time trial. Taught Pilates in the evening.
• Wednesday – 4 easy in the evening, plus some Athletes For Yoga.
• Thursday – 8 mi with 15 x 30 seconds on / 60 seconds off. Went mid-morning and it was hotter than I hoped but okay.
• Friday – 4 easy in the morning, taught Pilates at lunch, 3 easy on the treadmill in the afternoon.
• Saturday – 5 easy on the treadmill, taught Pilates.
• Sunday – 12 progressive-ish on the treadmill (cutting down every 3 miles, but then in the last set of three I cut down for both miles 10 and 11 then slowed down for the last mile). Taught Pilates in the afternoon.

What we ate:

What I’m reading:

• Finished “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle a couple of weeks ago, highly recommend.
• “Nothing is Wrong and Here is Why” by Alexandra Petri — I love her WaPo columns and this was very similar. Funny and entertaining but also sort of depressing because it’s all very true.
• “Ultimate Veg” by Jamie Oliver — found some good recipes I’m excited to try in this one. Thought a lot of them were more complicated/time-intensive than what I can typically do on a weeknight, but still plenty of good ones.
• “The Modern Enneagram” by Kacie Berghoef — I’m on a big Enneagram kick right now. Anyone else? I’ve been reading a lot because I can’t decide on my number.
• “Pelosi” by Molly Ball — I’ve checked this out from the library twice and I still haven’t finished it. It’s good, just not a fast read.

Gardening log:

• Picked our first green beans and harvested some chard!
• Lots of peppers growing and some tomatoes.
• Strawberries are growing again. Trying to keep literally everything from eating them.
• Eggplants are blooming. Excited for that.
• Cut back a few unwieldy herbs and hung to dry — rosemary and oregano.

Pilates schedule: