Today I ran 3 miles...a distance I have run before with no problem. Yet I really struggled to complete the last mile. This was the first time I've changed the tempo of my run, and the first time I increased the tempo of my run to compensate, and the first time I really had to force myself to finish the prescribed training distance.
Why? Could be a thousand reasons. I woke up with a migraine...but I took my meds and ran in the afternoon. It's that time of month...but not a bad day. I had a big lunch...but I waited just over 2 hours before I ran. This week I increased the incline on my treadmill from 2% to 3%...but surely it's not that much harder.
If I'm being brutally honest with myself, I think it's because my first Burke Lake run didn't go as well as I hoped. I think I psyched myself out a little, because I have my first race in two days.
My reading/research over this past year tells me that sometimes you just have a bad day. I can accept that. I wish it wasn't my last run before my race, but I can shake that off. I did complete my 3 miles today. I am still excited about the 4 mile race on Saturday...I just have to remind myself...
Image Source: Elena Aitken's blog, Don't Forget to Breathe
Bottom Line: I ran. I'm still on track for the Half marathon in May...and am now signed up for a 10K "Recovery" race a couple weeks after that. Hugely optimistic that I won't be crippled after the Half!!!
Half Marathon Training Progress Report (Monday) -
Why? Could be a thousand reasons. I woke up with a migraine...but I took my meds and ran in the afternoon. It's that time of month...but not a bad day. I had a big lunch...but I waited just over 2 hours before I ran. This week I increased the incline on my treadmill from 2% to 3%...but surely it's not that much harder.
If I'm being brutally honest with myself, I think it's because my first Burke Lake run didn't go as well as I hoped. I think I psyched myself out a little, because I have my first race in two days.
My reading/research over this past year tells me that sometimes you just have a bad day. I can accept that. I wish it wasn't my last run before my race, but I can shake that off. I did complete my 3 miles today. I am still excited about the 4 mile race on Saturday...I just have to remind myself...
Bottom Line: I ran. I'm still on track for the Half marathon in May...and am now signed up for a 10K "Recovery" race a couple weeks after that. Hugely optimistic that I won't be crippled after the Half!!!
Half Marathon Training Progress Report (Monday) -
- .25 mile walk
- 2 mile run (10'00" pace)
- .25 mile walk
Total Distance - 2.5 miles
Total Time - 29'18"
Half Marathon Training Progress Report (Today) -
- .25 mile walk
- 3 mile run (varied pace)
- 1 mile barefoot (10'00" pace)
- .25 mile walk
Total Distance - 3.5 miles
Total Time - 39'38" (blah)
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