March 17th: Post-Eastern States which was mostly sitting due to travel and then house stuff before the week starts.
March 18th: Despite spring coming here, the time in which I start running isn't always going to result in daylight at the end. Plus, it's still layer weather and after work sometimes I just don't want to do that. Today, I stayed inside and went for an easy five on the treadmill. Not much to report and feeling overall pretty good post-Eastern States.
March 19th: Rest.
March 20th: Again this was just miles really. It was planned for longer, 7 miles, but I was a bit later than expected and didn't want to be for as long as I would need to be to reach that distance so I moved the 7 to to the weekend.
March 21st: I planned to do this speed workout outside as I would have a free evening, but a poor sleep and an intense, albeit okay, day at work, had be home late and tired. I was going to jump on the tread but realized I didn't want to be inside and so I mustered up my willpower and went outside for a little over 5 miles. I felt overall okay, nice to be outside, even if the legs were a bit dead. I reached out to my coach to see a good game plan for the rest of the week, but it may just be a speedless week which, with Eastern States, I'm not too concerned with.
March 22nd: This 7 miler was just one of those runs that clicked. It wasn't particularly easy as the route was hilly, but it never felt like a slog. It just sort of rolled and there was a nice breeze that made me keep my gloves, but sun so I knew I was outside. I needed the break as well and really enjoyed the time and the music I had.
March 23rd: Not going to lie, when I saw what the weather was, and I was so disappointed in myself for not considering this the run on Saturday that I was already coming up with more reasons why the run was not going to go well. I essentially was in a mental spot of already labeling the run and failure and that if I did 13 (plan was 16) that would be a “success”. I really tried to kick myself out of that thinking which was somewhat successful at by basically just pushing forward. The miles in the beginning were definitely not the easiest. It took me a while to get my focus and to not only think about how much more there was to do. I tried to listen closely to my podcast as well as play the game about fueling. In the end the almost 16 miles we’re done with relative ease in terms of how the body felt even if the head was dragging. It actually felt like I was running much slower than what my splits ended up being which was a pleasant surprise. This was one of those runs where I was proud that I got it done because it was a just grit-and-bear it run.
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