Long time, no see. Weeks 8 and 9 of marathon training were terrible :-( I felt so incredibly strong coming off of week 7, but I got sick with some tummy issues.
Week 8 recap:
Day 50 (August 17): After rocking my long run, I slept basically the entire day on Monday. I took only 4292 steps and was just pretty much a bum =( I should aim for at least 10k steps, even on a rest day.
Day 51 (August 18): I took an unscheduled rest day on the 18th. I had intended to run my planned mileage on the treadmill, but by the time I got around to it there was no availability. I'd also felt a bit rundown and sort of sick all day but was probably well enough to run.
Day 52 (August 19): I finally did some running, I felt relatively okay and did 6.6 miles on the treadmill.
Day 53 (August 20): This is when the tummy domination began. I was running a planned 9 mile run on the treadmill but only got to 4.5 miles. After that distance I began having tummy problems (burping, feeling bad) and had to get off and call it a quits.
Day 54 (August 21): I finally got to run outside - it was less hot. Unfortunately, my tummy problems were not going away =( I ran 5.2 miles at a very slow pace.
Day 55 (August 22): I ran a 5k with friends and then ran from the 5k to brunch, which was another 5k worth of distance. I felt fine during the race -- I even PRed (my 5k PR is still soft of course). I paced Caitlin during her first official 5k - she ran something like a 32:04 while I ran a 32:20. I sent her ahead at the end of the race because I knew that I was running another 5k afterwards. During brunch I began feeling really bad tummy wise. I made it home and rested for a bit, but then had social things to do in the evening. Because of the tummy issues I took a pregnancy test (just in case) but all is fine on that front -- still fetus free =P
Day 56 (August 23): Unscheduled rest day. I finally gave in and googled my symptoms -- feeling significantly worse after eating, the constant nausea and burping was a sign of gastritis. The cure: taking up the mormon lifestyle. By mormon lifestyle I mean: giving up coffee, alcohol, and spicy food =( Begin caffeine detox mode.
Week 8 summary:
Miles: 22.5
Pace: 11:37 min/mile
Stayed on Plan: Hell no! =( The attack of the tummy issues begins!
Week 9 recap:
Day 57 (August 24): Nothing to see here other than a massive caffeine withdrawal headache.
Day 58 (August 25): See previous entry.
Day 59 (August 26): Ditto
Day 60 (August 27): My massive headache finally subsided. I went for a very easy 3.3 mile run outside. I didn't have tummy issues.
Day 61 (August 28): Another rest day. I just wasn't feeling 100%
Day 62 (August 29): I planned to do my long run on Saturday because it was the cooler of the two weekend days. I planned to do 12 miles to hop back on my plan. I ran in loops because of said tummy issues - this was probably both a bad and good idea. By the end of the first loop I was feeling pretty bad. Burping a bit and just generally not able to keep it up. Plus I was having some weird pain in my left knee (which has never been any problem before). I called it a quits after 5.7 miles and planned to move my LR to Sunday.
Day 63 (August 30): Well, the laziness beast struck. Or more likely the low grade caffeine withdrawal headache + lack of energy caused by lack of caffeine prompted me to turn off my running alarms and sleep. I actually slept in until like 9:30am which is unheard of for me. Usually sleeping in for me is waking up at like 7:30 instead of 6. The fact that I slept so late was probably a sign of my body just being so screwed up by the lack of coffee to regulate it.
Week 9 summary:
Miles: 9 :-(
Pace: 12:34 min/mile
Stayed on Plan: nope =(
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