Training Week May 10th - May 16th

Sunday, May 10th: I wasn’t sure how far I wanted to go today. I planned to dial it back because I just wasn’t feeling it, but I said maybe 7-9 miles. Starting out I was in the range of the 7 and made it so at least 7.5 miles. I had to cut off going to 8 miles because of a runner who decided to pass me when he was not going to be able to keep up that pace so I didn’t want to deal with that. By the time I was close to home, it was easy to get to 8 miles and then… why not go to the 9 miles so I did. It was not as effortless as last week’s run, but it wasn’t as draining as I feared. As stated, I’m in a place right now that isn’t great and when I get there I can feel the anxiety eat away at me and make me think what can/should I do to protect myself. Turns out I am not sure but probably not running isn’t the answer and the answer is to embrace it, think about it, try to reflect on it and try to let it goes. Monday, May 11th: A rest day as I am trying to bring these back because… well you should rest. Tuesday, May 12: And keeping up the Tuesday runs. I am pretending that I will run four days a week now so this is shorter than ones in the past since I hope to add some miles on Friday. Wednesday, May 13th: A ride from home with Alex. Nothing too crazy, but I found the last 26 second all outs very hard as they should have been. I did run on 3/8 but this was a better way to show up I think. Thursday, May 14th: I did a Peloton run with Matty Maggiacomo. It was kind of a tempo, but there wasn't a lot of guidance as to how long or effort level so I kind of made it up. It worked out okay but wasn't as hard as Becs which is actually okay. I'm trying to figure out my workout level per week and hoping to settle into something that works with the biking and a hard-ish run but that doesn't leave me feeling beat up since there is no reason to be beat up these days. Friday, May 15th: I had high hopes that I'd be able to continue my Friday 5K runs and that is not a thing that is going to happen. I didn't eat enough and certainly didn't drink enough, plus the stress level was super-duper high so I'm going to transition Fridays to being my rest day. I think if I keep my long runs down on the weekend which I don't mind doing because I realize I don't really care to train for anything that long so I am coming to terms with a long run being 7-9 miles and that is okay. I did do some yoga and core because I need to keep that streak up. Saturday, May 16th: At home with Alex Toussaint. I had a little higher hope for the class being motivational, but it was good. Hard without killing me. I suppose some of that is the effort I also put in, but I try to keep up the effort, promise.