At this point, I feel that my training is going to become physically difficult. My weekely mileage is increasing to 20+ miles and I will be training 4 days a week. I think I am really going to have to focus on my diet so I won't feel "run" down...haha, I'm a dork!
Here is the plan for this week:
Tuesday - Easy Run
2 miles @12:03 (ran this tonight in the 'hood)
Thursday - Tempo Run
Yesterday was a perfect morning to run the entire island of Wrightsville Beach...it was 74 degrees at 7:45am with cloudy skies that would send a few random drops of rain down just when I needed it. My total distance was 8.1 miles and my time was 1:30:27. There was a strong headwind as I ran the first half towards the north end of the beach, and for just a second I let it mess with my head. I felt great throughout the run - my breathing was controlled and my legs felt strong. My knees did feel tired on the homestretch and my lower back feels a little tight today, but not bad.
I have really been off with my training and I have been a little down on myself. Brian was out of town for 2 weeks and I ran myself to exhaustion between taking care of the dogs and working 15 of the last 17 days, including 3 community events. I have 2 more days of work and then 2 days off and back to my regular schedule...whew!
So, last week I did nothing for training...nothing! I worked, came home, ate, slept. I did attempt to get up at 5:45am to run, but it was dark outside and I rolled back over.
This week started with a crazy work week, but it has leveled out now and I am back on track (for the most part). I am really looking forward to my long run on Sunday and then I am hitting the beach for two days!
This week was supposed to consist of three 4-mile Easy Runs, but since I was slack last week I am going to modify this week to make up some training. I missed my Tuesday run, but I had a good 5 mile run at The Loop today.
So here is the plan for the rest of the week:
Friday - cross training
Saturday - OFF - working at the gym
Sunday - 8 miler! Check it out: WB8
