Monday: Plan: easy 6 Reality: 5 miles late night.
Tuesday: Plan: 6 Reality: 0 miles. I got home from work at 10 pm. It was pouring rain and I hadn’t ironed any clothes for Venice. I managed to pack my suitcase without crying and wake up at 5 am with a fairly decent attitude so a goose egg as far as mileage, but a gold star for mental health.
Wednesday: Plan: Venice, probably 0. Reality: 0 miles and A LOT of delicious food.
Thursday: Plan: Venice, probably 0. Reality: 3 miles
through Venice.
Friday: Plan: Return from Venice and try for a 10 miler in the afternoon. Reality: 6.2 miles in the evening. I had a work event at 9 pm so I escaped the office at 7:30, ran quickly, showered, gave Charles a hello kiss and got back to work. No one was the wiser.
Saturday: Plan: 15 mile hike with friends. Reality: Amazing 16-mile rainy uphill adventure. I conquered my vertigo fears and wasn’t even sore the next day. Thank you, quads, you’re getting so strong.
Sunday: Plan: easy 10 Reality: I got off to a very late start, but thankfully it was cloudy so leaving the house at 1:30 pm wasn’t a complete suicide mission. A. ran the first 3 miles with me, which was nice. I was five miles in before I even realized I was doing a long run. Ten was my goal since I’d had a very long week, but I was feeling good—not fast but steady—and made this a twelve miler. No gels, just water and some gatorade once I finished.
Conclusions:
+ My mileage wasn’t high this week and I didn’t get in any speed work, but somehow just getting four days of running in gave me a confidence boost and calmed my nerves. Also, it was nice to have a decent long run after last week’s disaster.
- I really need to be stricter about my diet. I eat cookies because I think, “Well, I run so I deserve it” and we all know that ain’t right. I need to plan more meals and have snacks on hand.
Week 5 Plan:
Monday: 5 easy
Tuesday: Rest from running. Arms and abs.
Wednesday: 7 miles, 5 miles at Tempo Pace
Thursday: 5 miles. Arms and abs.
Friday: run 3 / swim
Saturday: 14 miles
Sunday: swimming
Well, I have to say I feel a little stress reading you. Poor week for a marathon (not for endorphines search). For a marathoner, reality equals plan, we are obsesive so there is nothing that can stop us from making our plan reality.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you really took the challenges of this week in stride and did some excellent training in spite of having to travel and work events. The fact that you ran before your work event really impresses me!
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