And, let's just say, as I've gotten older, Boston Marathon still stings, but not as much. Maybe, just maybe, it's not all that matters for my running career.
April 22nd: I 100% need to move the workout to tomorrow. I had a nice exchange with Coach about the "failed" long run on Sunday. It makes everything seem that much better and not like it was a failure. I'm going to try and aim to keep the positive vibes this week which is not the easiest thing right now. I got in 6 miles after work at the house and that was good. Felt just normal about it but there was a lot on the brain so also felt heavy.
April 23rd: Big workout day: 7 miles at MP. Today was a first real glimpse of spring/summer weather that I'd be running in because I had no other time. I had a slightly shorter warmup (about 1.23) and then began to dance. I definitely felt like I should have brought water, but I just aimed to not focus on that and just try to move. I did the Lake Loop which isn't flat, but not like at my house. I managed to hold for all seven miles too: 7:46, 7:48, 7:50, 7:56, 7:56, 7:57, 7:55. There was a fad starting so that's always a tad worrisome when you think of how much farther there is to go at that pace, but it's all good. I really, truly am trying to enjoy this process as much as one can and not focus on what happens at the race.
April 24th: Rest day!
April 25th: And here's where I'm back to my anxiety and trying to make sure I don't face an issue. I am having some difficulty sleeping, not too bad, but enough, and it's mostly around work and running with life. It's really annoying and today I woke up at 4:30 and was like "okay go run sop you don't have to face an issue later" but I also didn't want to because I feel like I shouldn't have to run at 5am to avoid problems. But then I couldn't sleep... soooooo, I got up and ran. It was supposed to be 8 though and because of the time and tummy it was 4.2 so then I spiral about the distance and how frustrating it is to miss out on the plan because of others. Do I think a missed 3.8 miles means I have a failed marathon? No. But do I think a constance missing of a few miles here and there will? Yes. I am finding my frustrating levels growing and I just wish that I could have a training partner that just let it be and let it go.
April 26th: The nice thing about running is there is always another day to try and be better. After the angst of yesterday, which I still hold onto and will, today's plan was the Michigan which I've done before. It's 1mile @ 10K, 1mile @ HMP, 1200 @ 10K, 1 mile @ HMP, 800 @ 5K, 1 mile @ HMP, 400 @ just go (splits: 7:02, 7:28, 5:20 (7:09), 7:30, 3:27 (6:58), 7:30, 1:43 (6:58). The weather was humid but not bad. I warmed up in my Superblasts and then switched to the Metaspeed Sky Paris for the workout. Man, those are some slick shoes. The calf was a little tight on the headwind harder workout, but seems to be not too much worse for wear. I enjoy this workout because it makes the HMP paces feel so nice after the 10K runs. I compared to last year and I'm just a bit slower this go around, but marginally and I think, if I was trying to match paces and knew them, I could have kept with last year so that's nice. I had some head and tail winds so tried to make it somewhat even. All in all, not too bad of a workout and hoping to shake some of the sadness from Friday's less than ideal work off.
April 27th: This was a shorter long run and, while I wasn't sure how my legs would feel after the Michigan, I just tried not to think on that. This was actual just a nice and simple long run. Nothing remarkable, but nothing difficult. I listened to podcasts and just moved.
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