Not-so-fast-running-blog

Workout: Long run (11:10)

• What an embarrassingly slow pace this morning! I should have been at the top of my game since I was well-rested from hardly working out last week. Apparently, that was not the case! My mind was clearly somewhere else because I was not paying attention to my Garmin.

Workout: Tempo (treadmill)

• Overall Average Pace / 10:00 (This was slightly slower than planned becuase I was talking to someone for the first 6 miles)
• Weights / 30 minutes

Workout: Recovery run

• Treadmill / 5 mi / 9:49
• Spin Class / Canceled
• Weights / 30 minutes

Yesterday, Governor Holcomb announced that all restuarants, bars, and nightclubs were to close immediately. In many counties health clubs were added to that list. My health club was still open. I worked out at the gym, but I had the upstairs all to myself. I brought my hand sanitizer and clorox wipes with me for added precaution and safety. I am anticipating that my county will follow this directive as it was announced that we have our first COVID-19 patient at our hospital.

My son is a part of the hosipital's emergency response team. He informed me that from now until it is safe he and his family will not be in physical contact with me. We'll be able to Facetime, but that'll be it. I guess my quarantine has now officially begun. I can't think of the last time that I have not been around them!

All Indiana univerisites and colleges will finish the semester online. We are closed for Spring Break and then two additional weeks of e-learning. Most likely K-12 schools will follow that educational lead. I don't even know how to wrap my brain around instructing first graders online. Most everything we do instructionly is 1:1.

I am grateful that during these unhartered times I can still run outdoors!

Workout: Recovery run

• I ran outside in an attempt to beat the torrential rains that are forecasted for later this morning.
• I purposely ran past the grocery store to see if the craziness of hoarders had decreased. It has not. The parking lot was jam packed with cars. I can not express my frustration with the lack of calm coming from our government to squelch the irrational fear that citizens are feeling over this virus. We have food and products. We will have food and products. We do not need to hoard it!

Recovery run: 9:43

• Now that the state has closed all health clubs, I can tell that speed work, tempo runs, and strength workouts are going to be a real challenge without a treadmill. I just don't run consistent fast paces without it.

Workout: Long run that turned into a short run (10:20)