I feel like this block is just the same old song and dance with me. I fall short of my weekly running goals, my speed isn't there and my leg/hip is sore. Nothing is so bad that I can't keep going on, but I kind or sort of want someone to tell me to stop. Not because it makes sense but because I have to. Such an immature approach but here we are. I am, in fact, not 100% sure what I'm fighting for for this half, but here we are.
I wasn't able to do what my Coach told me for a workout this week as I was stuck, mostly by choice but some by the situation, on the treadmill. So on Saturday I just had this need to run faster. I sort of aimed for the Michigan she had planned, but then pivoted into something resembling a tempo. In which I was barely able to hold under 8 minutes a mile...
There was another female running who passed me, probably clocking about 7:40s and I said okay latched on to her. I didn't make any distance on her, but I kept her the same until I just... couldn't. And, again, this was at like a 7:45 (yes, slightly uphill but not that much uphill). I try not to judge this block by another block or get to stuck on the numbers but ugh.
I did a long run today which wasn't great. I got it done, but it was flat and a slog. I am starting to wonder if there's some nutrition component to all of this finally catching up so I am going to try and focus on that as I figure out the physical through PT. Ideally, I'll be on the other side of this in time to want to hit a marathon block out of the park.
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