apparently, now that i’m just over a week from race day, i’ve given up on training. i did do my eleven miler for last weekend’s long run and every second of it was torture. my legs were just dead from the 24+ miles that i put on them last week. the first lap of it, my legs were seriously tight. the second lap, they had loosened up and i was feeling pretty good. the third lap, i had absolutely nothing left. it was seriously all i could do to pick my legs up each step. i was so happy to finish that one. there were other factors too: it was hot, my audiobook had reset itself so that i had to listen to four chapters over again, not a single dolphin in sight, and we got a later start so i was famished half way through (though i did eat two strawberry newtons every 45 minutes).
the rest of my week got off to a good start. i surprised myself by getting my three miler over with the day after the eleven. vast improvement from my first niner when i couldn’t walk for several days. but then i was supposed to run four on wednesday. and i just didn’t want to. so i ran my five on thursday at the bridge and figured i’d go back and do four friday. but hubby wasn’t feeling it either. and i was supposed to do seven over the weekend but after staying up until the wee hours two nights in a row, i just don’t see it happening. and i just don’t care anymore. i know i can do 13.1. and i know it’s going to be slow no matter how well trained i am. judging by that eleven, i’m probably better off going on cold legs anyhow because it was so hard dragging my dead-tired legs eleven miles.
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morning |
lunch |
evening |
sunday |
ran 11 mi on bridge |
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monday |
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ran 3 mi |
tuesday |
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wednesday |
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thursday |
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ran 5 mi on bridge |
friday |
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saturday |
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this was my big week, aka let’s-make-my-legs-despise-me week. and it worked big time. the nine miles actually wasn’t terrible. i woke up and set out with a positive attitude. i made a conscious decision to not worry about my time or my pace or anything else. i was not going to push myself into another leg injury like my last niner. i stayed slow and steady. i walked when i needed to and didn’t feel guilty about it. nine miles was three laps of the bridge. each lap, there was a pod of dolphins playing in the bay to help entertain me. i love living here. hubby walked along side me while i ran. yep, that’s how slow i am. and i’m fine with it. unfortunately, because i postponed last week’s long run until sunday, that meant that in order to rest my legs after, i had to run three consecutive days. my body is not meant for such things and i tweaked something funky in my left leg. it was like a knotted muscle right on top of my shin. so this week’s long run will end up being pushed to sunday and messing up next week all over again. i want my legs to have as much time and icing as they need to get over it.
also of interest, hubby carried the gps to the park one night and we found that the loop i’ve been doing there is actually 1.12 miles. this means that last week’s 7 miler was actually 7.84 which makes me feel much better about the time it took. likewise, the nine miles i put in there this week was actually over ten.
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morning |
lunch |
evening |
sunday |
ran 9 mi on bridge |
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monday |
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tuesday |
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ran 4 mi |
wednesday |
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ran 5 mi |
thursday |
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ran 6 mi on bridge |
friday |
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saturday |
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thankfully, this has been a slightly better week for running. it still sucks and is hard but my attitude isn’t quite as negative as last week, when i was totally ready to give up on this 13.1. the bridge run was actually a great run for me. i ran 6ish miles in 1:18:30 which is really a great pace for me, especially all things considered. i tried to force myself to stay semi-positive by smiling (or at least contorting my face into a smile-like-mask while bracing against the cold wind). hubby stayed with me for most of it and, on the way back, scooter and train slowed down to trot with me too… it was the first time i’ve ever run in a pack on the bridge!!! let me tell you, it so helps to have people around you and talking with you. i even managed to finish the last .01 mile with a nice little sprint.
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morning |
lunch |
evening |
sunday |
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monday |
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ran 7 mi |
tuesday |
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wednesday |
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ran 4 mi |
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thursday |
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ran 6 mi on bridge |
friday |
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saturday |
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as has become the norm, no long run this weekend due to <insert excuse here>. This one happens to be my inability to breeve thanks to a nasty head cold. thanks, health, for conspiring against my efforts to be more healthy.
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morning |
lunch |
evening |
sunday |
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monday |
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ran 3 miles |
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tuesday |
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ran 4 miles |
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wednesday |
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thursday |
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ran 5 mi over bridge |
friday |
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saturday |
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