Believe to Achieve

The SW that should have never been.  Was UNbelievably wiped out.  Chronic fatigue attack hit Monday am.  Could barely move around.  Headache throbbing from lack of sleep. My shoulders felt heavy and  I was not interested in eating.  Just plain exhausted.  Watched the Boston Marathon and even that failed to liven me. At 1pm I made my way out into the searing heat and "tried" my 3 by 2000 meters (1.25 miles).  First warmed up for just over three and ran my goal of 6:15 to 6:20 at 6:19 for the first one.  Feeling ever so headachy I "attempted" the second one that started uphill.  That hurt me and then I had a stop light to stop at or get hit by a school bus and a car turning right but looking left I had to avoid.  Frustrating hurtful 2000m.  Managed a 6:32 for the 1.25.  Gave up on the last one.  The combination of 70 miles last week, working nights with no good sleep, new shoes and the heat was the first clue of NOT doing today's workout.  But I am not one to give up when I really should even if it would benefit me.  Not good.   I currently have a huge atypical migraine of numbness, burning and tingling on the left side of my head, face down my arm to my left foot.  Lovely.  Nothing I haven't been thru many a time but very nerve wracking to say the least and no pun intended.  I think I will have a lazy few days off and attempt a VERY LONG run Thursday before my next two nights in a row.

I am going to try to pull thru this week the best I can.  The headache lasted all night and I awoke with it after my short nap this morning.  I worked last night of course.  My husband has been mudding and taping and just textured yesterday and due to my allergies and the carpet measuring guy coming to my house completely lathered up in cologne I had no chance to rebuke.  I was in for it, since I was already intensely fatigued.  I just got out and ran about .29 miles when I happened across one of our scooters in a church parking lot (not our church).  It had been missing for a month now.  "Mr. Nobody" is the culprit.  That's the term I use when none of my kids fess up to what happened.  So I turned around back to my house for a .29 mile scooter ride.  It worked my thighs good.  Then I had to regroup because even those .29 miles wore me out.  I was going at a 11 pace, how's that for silliness?  I just was going to go as slow as my body would allow me and not stress my heart/body/head at all.  The new shoes have been comfortable to walk in but I notice different joint aches from the non-adaption as of yet.  My legs feel sluggish in them but I really feel they will adapt well soon.  Ran in the heat of the day, but luckily there was a significant wind in parts to cool me down.  8.25 miles at 9:14 pace.  At least I didn't average 11.  My second mile was still a 10.  I was literally trotting with out a care in  the world for the moment. 

Plan was to do 5 miles at PMP (planned marathon pace), hard to do when you don't know really what your PMP is.  I tried for 7 to 7:08.  Was going to do them outside and then the wind picked up and the clouds came in and it began to rain.  So I had to TM it.  Still have quite the headache.  Husband is painting our basement and now my head hurts more and my joints are in pain.  The new shoes have caused a change in muscle use that I am certain I will adapt to soon.  Nothing like the zeroes however.  Ran 3 mile warm up at 8:49, 8:27, 8:00  (2.5 to 3 % incline) pace then ran 7:08, 7:08, 7:05, 7:03  (0.5% incline) and a 6:50  (0 percent).  Done. Two mile cool down at 8:06 and 7:53.  7:08 feels more like my pace, felt real easy but I am feeling quite lousy so maybe I am better than that but not sure about a whole 26.2 miles yet.  Time will tell.  Not sure what my goal is for Ogden--- 3:05 to 3:08?  Dare to dream.  : D     BTW pushups 10 12  7  7  9  = 39.  A long way from only 2 two weeks ago!!!  Sit ups I still need to look at the right way to do them.  Allie?  Pull ups, probably on 1/2 of one.  Haven't tried yet.  Am I missing something? 

Get away recovery run.  Great stress reliever.  The basement painting job is stressfull to watch and learn from.  I am the observer, criticical eye.  I just had  to get out before it consumed me.  First mile so was not wanting to run when two hours earlier I was so excited to go easy.  But as my planned 8 miler got easier and easier as the endorphins hit my bloodstream I just kept going, of course.  I ran on the new trail thu Art Dye park and up by Cedar Hills golf course and down the Cedar Hills path and by the silos.  So very relaxing now.  11.5 miles at 8:25.  Not bad for first mile a 9:38 I think.  Amazing power of a good run.  Things don't look as bad now.   : D

This was right up there with the Top Ten of Time Dead Runs.  I wanted to reach 40 miles by today in hopes of running 23 miles tomorrow but not sure how that's possible since I work again tonight.  Oh and I switched back, hopefully briefly, to my old shoes once again.  My new ones are throwing out my hip/hamstring.  I guess that gives the reasoning behind orthotics working.  The new shoes shift my left foot outward.   My old shoes hold them pretty neutral.  Hmmmm?  They are the same make and model of shoe, just a different year.  But you know how they always try to make a better shoe even if  the old shoe still "fits" so to speak.  3.5 miles at 9:29 pace.   Wind speed 20 mph or more for sure.  It is wicked zooming. 

This was my first NO sleep start of a race.  Meaning I toed the line of the Thanksgiving Point Half  at 7am with Melanie after clocking out from work at 6:30am sleeping only 3 1/2 hours Friday  morning after working Thursday night.  I made a stupid trade for someone and work three Friday nights in a row  : (((.  I never got a moment's rest at work.  Lots of sick babies, crying babies all through the night.   So I didn't register and went to support MelanieB.  I couldn't even make sense out of my legs beneath me.  NO neural drive and no neuron connections to my muscles.  It was as if I was running in slow motion.  My garmin was full and it was the first time it didn't pick up my pace.  I swore I was running 10 minute miles.  The universe was in stand still.  But I thought I'd try my lap button and was glad to see that thru all the MAJOR rolling hills with steep inclines I ran a 7:28 avg (5 miles).  My breathing was never labored I just couldn't get my dead asleep legs to move.  My head was in a cloud and I began to think that I am an ULTRA personality.   I think I could tough out 100 mile runs because of the runs I do on no sleep no matter the pain as the nerves in my legs feel totally fried, burning and I am still pushing through it.  So when I got to the road that crosses past the JRP I started to cross the street and stay in the "race" that I wasn't racing and thought I should just turn off left and get in to the finish line to be there for Melanie's finish.  I got to be right there as the lead guy passed mile 11 and was over 3 minutes ahead of the next guy.  I felt like I was "way in the lead" : DDDD as spectators looked at me.  I tried to stay off the course and ran on the side walks and on the opposite sides of the true course.  I got back with over 10 minutes to spare before Mary Ann S.  came in first followed by a runner I did not recognize.  And another fast BYU track girl and then another and then MELANIE.  Since my garmin was messed up I had no idea where they were at for finish time and when I heard Mel's time I was sooooo proud of her.  1:30!!!!! She is tooo awesome.  I am thinking that work is overated and running is not.  I am taking some time off so I can be a real runner.  I hope that goes over well.  I just got to be brave and stick up for myself.  I am working too much and I am at the end of my rope in survival techniques.  No worries I am sure I will get a grip on myself come Monday's 23 miler.  BTW  I do love my job its just that I love running/racing more.  10.41 miles at 7:15 pace average.  The last five miles I was booking it pretty good at 6:55 to 7:07 pace.