After PRing the half on Sunday I really thought that week 15 of training would be epic. It was epic in some sense - maybe that of EPIC FAIL. Week 15 was supposed to be my peak week of training, and well, that just didn't happen.
Day 99 (October 5): I've got 99 problems and being pain free ain't one. PRing the half left me sore. Nothing felt injured but everything felt sore. I was so tired, but I was determined to continue my streak. So I churned out an easy peasy 1.4 miles on the treadmill to bring some fresh blood to my tired legs.
Day 100 (October 6): My legs are really still feeling dead at this point. There's no pop to them and I decide to just do what I can. There are 7 miles on the plan and I manage 5.6 miles and call it a day. Maybe I could have pushed more, but so many people I know are injured and it just doesn't seem worth it.
Day 101 (October 7): My legs are still not happy with me, but they are happy enough to run. I go out and do 6.4 miles, in the last mile or so my left knee started feeling strange. It wasn't acute pain, but it just didn't feel right. After my run I showered and headed to work. I walked about 45 minutes in my course of working/going between clients. My legs felt pretty good after my last student, so I decided to bike home using citibike from my last client.
Day 102 (October 8): The niggles. I wake up and literally everything in my body feels bad/tight/sore. Okay maybe not everything, but I have left foot pain, my right hip and lower back feel bad and everything is just not right. I decide that it is time to break my streak and at least take a couple of rest days. I feel like my body is crying out "don't mess with me or I'll give you an overuse injury" and "enough is enough".
Day 103 (October 9): Friday morning things feel a bit better but still off. I'm definitely not feeling 100% so I decide another rest day is required.
Day 104 (October 10): I get fed up with myself for taking too many rest days. I decide to at least churn out a mile on the treadmill if only for my mental sanity. Hubby runs beside me on another treadmill and after a mile I'm done. I felt mostly okay but my right knee felt a bit stiff/sore. At least I did something.
Day 105 (October 11): This was supposed to be my peak long run day of training... I was supposed to get to 20 miles. Instead I did 5.8 miles. I knew going into the run that I wasn't going to do my long run because I want to go into that long run confident and mostly pain free. This was not that day.
Moving forward, where does that leave me? In week 16 I'll try to get my 20 miler done on Tuesday. It is only two fewer days of taper, and hopefully I'll be able to crush the 20 miler and everything will be wonderful.
Week 15 Summary:
Miles: 20.2
Pace: 11:36
Stuck to Plan: Nope, not even in my wildest fantasy dreams could I call that sticking to plan.
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