I have been feeling sick for about a week now...I won't get into the details, just not myself, exhausted and food has not been my friend. I skipped yesterday's optional barefoot run, but I did manage to get both my "required" training runs in, Saturday and today.
Despite feeling not up to par, both my runs had acceptable times. Sadly, I can only conclude that I am sandbagging when I feel healthy, i.e., not really running to my capability. Not sure what I should do about that...I could intensify my training - pick up the pace in general, start adding speed work (intervals), and resist the walk breaks that I am generally fond of during anything over 3 miles.
I weighed the Pros and Cons and decided I'm not going to work any harder. I have a training plan that will accomplish my goal for this Half...to keep a (slightly slower) friend company and finish the race. If I start training harder, I run the risk of injury. I also run the risk of frustration...thinking I could have run the race faster. So, the game plan is to just focus on the distance and a training pace between 10:00 and 10:45.
In June I can plan for the next Half - assuming that sounds like a good idea when I've actually done one! If that's the case, I can train a little harder and see what I have to offer the Half Marathon gods.
As far as this past week went, this is how I felt...
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But this is what I did...
Half Marathon Training Progress Report (Saturday) -
Total Run Time - 47:57
Half Marathon Training Progress Report (Today) -
Despite feeling not up to par, both my runs had acceptable times. Sadly, I can only conclude that I am sandbagging when I feel healthy, i.e., not really running to my capability. Not sure what I should do about that...I could intensify my training - pick up the pace in general, start adding speed work (intervals), and resist the walk breaks that I am generally fond of during anything over 3 miles.
I weighed the Pros and Cons and decided I'm not going to work any harder. I have a training plan that will accomplish my goal for this Half...to keep a (slightly slower) friend company and finish the race. If I start training harder, I run the risk of injury. I also run the risk of frustration...thinking I could have run the race faster. So, the game plan is to just focus on the distance and a training pace between 10:00 and 10:45.
In June I can plan for the next Half - assuming that sounds like a good idea when I've actually done one! If that's the case, I can train a little harder and see what I have to offer the Half Marathon gods.
As far as this past week went, this is how I felt...
But this is what I did...
Half Marathon Training Progress Report (Saturday) -
- 4.5 mile run (10:43 pace)
Total Run Time - 47:57
Half Marathon Training Progress Report (Today) -
Total Distance - 3 miles
Total Run Time - 30:46
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