Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured

Weather was an exact duplicate of yesterday - double nice!

Four easy miles around the big block to shake out the legs from yesterday.   They were fatigued and sore from yesterday, a testament to how out of shape I am.  I debated taking the day off but decided I would keep it very slow and felt better once it was done.  

Ave Pace 9:44

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Another perfect morning and it looks like the whole next week is the same - yahoo!

 Thought lots about SG and everyone running today and extremely sad I was missing it this year even though training was not an option.  Also decided I am going to sign up for Boston and commit to training - this means I need to find a training group.  Very Excited!

I had to run extra early today because we had soccer, volleyball and baseball.   Headed out at 5 and the plan was to warm up, big block and figure out a way to get in 4 more miles around my home.   Pace plans were 3 warm up @ 9:30, 3 @ 9:00, 3 @ 8:30 and then 2 @ 8:00 and 1 moderately easy cool down.  Reality - pace problems again but I was ahead most the time and probably to fast at the end considering I am just building base.

First 3 (9:30):  9:42, 9:16, 9:01

Second 3 (9:00): 9:08, 8:58, 8:38

Third 3 (8:30): 8:38, 8:19, water stop, 8:18

Last 3 (2 8:00, 1 cool down): 7:51, 7:38 (I knew I pushing to hard), 8:23

Ave Pace: 8:39

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Last week was a good week.  I got in all my workouts along with yoga and weights.   I ended up with probably too much "speed work" for where I am in building my base, so I am going to back off this week and only do one speed work out and my hills in my long run on Saturday.   This is also a challenging week with everything going on at work so I am going to rest if I need it.

Monday:  7 easy

Tuesday:  4-6 ( we will see, I have a late meeting and will not get home until midnight on Monday)

Wednsday:  Yoga ( have to be at the office at 6 am, so again - we will see)

Thursday:  7 moderate speed work out

Friday:  4-6

Saturday:  10 - 12 w/ hills

Total milage:  32 - 38

I have been feeling sick for the past week but kept telling myself it was allergies - it is not.  Most likely a sinus infection, but I am still in denial because then it will go away, right?

I had planned on taking the entire run easy and I did but I added lots of hills in as well, just took them nice and slow.   My hip really bothered me through out and I started having some pulling in my right achilles.  They could be related, not sure yet.  

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Yoga and stretching.  I focused on my hips and then stretched my hip flexors and the pulling on the piriformus and insertion of the IT has seemed to die down - Yeah!  Will test it on the road on Thursday.    

Had to be at the office by 6 am and felt horrible all day yesterday so took the day off and I am feeling better.

Rough night and still not feeling well, so one more day.   I am in no mood to push and still be sick in a week.  Too much to do.

Felt great and got out and took it easy.  Unfortunately it did not last.

Woke up feeling sick again - I am getting frustrated but given the current state of my life, it is to be expected.   I started on vitamins despite the side effects and I am going to try to eat 3 meals a day and  work on the content.   I never thought I could miss meals and not notice, but I have found out I can  and the quality of what I have been eating is horrible.   

Took the day off and hopefully by Monday I can be back at it, at least even for easy miles.

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Starting to feel better and happy to be back out and running.

Ave Pace 9:08

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Today was speed work.  Last week I had found a neighborhood with a 1 mile loop that has some good up hill and some downhill.  Plan was to warm up for 2 miles and then 4 loops with a 1 -2 min recovery between each loop and then back home.

1 - 7:56 - not too bad, but legs felt tired from the beginning

2 - 7:36 - better than I expected

3 - 7:33 - About 1/3 the way into the loop I got extremely hot and dizzy, slowed down for a second but then felt fine and finished.  I almost debated doing another rep but new I would be disapointed in not following the plan.

4 - 7:24 - Yeah last loop.  At about the half way point the same thing that happened in loop 3 happened again, this time with a headache, but once I finished the hill, I was fine.

I had one mile recovery back home and I was exhausted.  Sometimes when I do a speedwork out, I know that I have not pushed hard enough because after 2-3 mins of cool down, I can pick it back up again.  Not so today.

Ave Pace:  8:40

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Very nice miles on a brisk morning.  Hill sprints at the end.

Ave Pace 8:54

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So sick.   Started feeling yucky last night and today has been horrible.   The last three weeks have been up and down.  I keep thinking it is allergies but they normally do not make me this ill, so then I think it is a sinus infection.  Fever, congestion, itchy/sore throat -  who knows.   Not sure I am running tomorrow either.

Still sick.  The weekend was horrible and my parents were in town and all I did was cough, take tylenol and go through kleenex like a mad man.   If I have a good night I am going to try to get some easy miles in tomorrow - but only if there is no coughing in the night.     I have to speak at a management retreat in Vegas on Thursday so I have to be healthy by then.

 Bad news:  Boston is full.  I didn't get registered.  Spent my day with work problems, hopefully I will have new problems by the time Boston rolls around.  I do now need to find a local marathon that I can qualify for 2012 on.  Bummer!!

Six in Vegas.  Nice easy miles up and down the strip at 5:00 am.  Saw lots of runners and a crew filming cops.  Finally starting to feel a little better.

Yesterday was the first time in a couple of weeks that I actually felt decent.    Back on track with the normal schedule this week, but I can tell I have eaten way to much.  

Four easy miles to be back before my son goes to early morning seminary.   Nice and windy this morning, which I keep trying to embrace.

Ave Pace 9:08

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Ave Pace 9:03