I just did a short run today because I want to keep my mileage this week below 40. Two weeks ago, I cracked 30 miles for the first time in quite a while, and I don't want to escalate the mileage too quickly. And I have to do 13 tomorrow, which will put me barely below 40 for the week.
I didn't even run the whole time. I saw my neighbors walking on my way home. I ran by and said hi, but they asked me about the burglary, so I stopped and walked with them for about a quarter mile. Apparently another house on our block was burglarized through the doggie door a few months ago.
After listening to my body and the words of several wiser-than-me bloggers, and evaluating my performance, I have decided to change my training plan. I am going to drop the short interval speed workouts and focus on base mileage with one good tempo run/mile repeat workout per week, and a long run, of course. I knew in my head that I needed to train this way, but it's fun going fast! I will also do some hill training (mostly downhill) during one run per week, probably during my easy Tuesday run. I am a little bit sore all the time, and I know it can escalate into injury or burnout if I don't watch it.
Happy Friday!
Lunchtime: I was checking out my past blogs to see how much mileage I have put on my shoes (it's almost 900: time for new ones!), and I was surprised to see that I wasn't as consistent as I thought I was during marathon training. There were a couple of minor injuries that laid me off for a few days here and there, and I got really sick one week. Then I was VERY sore after the two half marathons I did. But there were also many unexplained goose eggs. This month will put me at my second highest mileage month ever, since I started blogging, and I'm still 3 months out from St. George. I'm hoping I stay healthy and motivated, because it will be very interesting to see how I do with consistent consistency (is there such a thing?). Also, if I have a goose egg day, I'm going to record it, so I can look back and know why I skipped a run. I think I'm going to join Lybi's consistency challenge too! |