Monday: planned 5 miles; actual 4.02 miles on a beautiful evening with Miss Ava. I would have gone 5, but pushing the stroller really does bring the workout to a different level. I don't take her often, but from time to time - it is worth it to take her with. It does mess with my form and my endurance though. And obviously my pace. Still, overall, a great workout. And finally, a week that got off to a good start. Sadly - it wouldn't last.
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| we were waving to our shadows the whole run! |
Tuesday: planned 5 & Interval Conditioning/kettle bells; actual 7.13 miles. My intention was to run to the Y, do class, and run home. All fine and dandy - until I got to where I was going to cut over and cross to the Y and realized the new construction went all the way down to that street! I thought it stopped on the other side of the Y! :( I didn't have time to get around in either directions, so I shed a few tears (not really, but I was disappointed) and continued on my run. Final stats were 7.13 miles in 1:20:56 - an 11:20 average. Not bad.
| Mile | Time | Change | Avg Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
1
| 11:37 | -- | 11'37"/mi |
2
| 22:32 | - 0:43 (6%) | 10'54"/mi |
3
| 33:43 | + 0:17 (-3%) | 11'11"/mi |
4
| 44:52 | - 0:02 (0%) | 11'08"/mi |
5
| 56:28 | + 0:27 (-5%) | 11'35"/mi |
6
| 1:07:51 | - 0:13 (1%) | 11'22"/mi |
7
| 1:19:26 | + 0:13 (-2%) | 11'35"/mi |
Wednesday: planned 8 miles; actual rest. After a strong start to the week, I put a rest day in here. My left knee was bugging me all day. I figured better to rest it than risk injury. I don't know if it was running with the stroller, or just finally getting in some consecutive runs. Sad that I have to consider that.
Thursday: planned 5 miles & IC/kettle bells; actual IC/kettle bells. I didn't get the run in because we were in a bunch of thunderstorm warnings and tornado watches. After two months of running outside, I just didn't have it in me to go to the Y. Plus, we spent part of our evening buying paint and going out for supper - that time led right into when I would have had to head out.
Friday: Rest day - plus we closed on our house!
Saturday: planned 13 miles; actual rest (from working out), painting, and running around. There were a couple of issues that contributed to this missed long run. First, we had help with the painting; I had to accept it, but I also had to work around when they were available. Early in the week, I thought they were going to come over for the first coat on Friday. I then didn't expect help on the second coat, and I had planned to do it later in the day. My hope was to squeeze my run in when Ava was at circus camp - a dance camp that was rescheduled after crappy weather when it was originally planned for. Dropping her off, running to Target and the bank, back to the house to help paint, realizing it was already time to go get her, planning out the afternoon - the day just got away from me. But at least both coats, in both rooms we wanted painted before moving in - DONE!
Sunday: planned rest (moving, paining, etc.); actual rest. :( This is my failure for the week. The painting was done, so I wanted terribly to get my run in. There is no good reason when I didn't head out - but just some personal issues and mental challenges that left me feeling defeated, unwilling to go, and like I had to do other things instead. While I can say it was something Chad did or said, it was really me making myself feel guilty and putting pressure on.
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After such a strong start to the week and month, it was a really, really, reeealllly frustrating end. I need to get over the frustration of not getting in all of my runs and not hitting my mileage goals. The frustration it causes me has a total reverse effect in making me feel like giving up - because if you can't meet goals, why try? (not true - just how it makes me feel) - making me feel like a failure - making me feel like it doesn't pay to keep trying.
I hate the feeling of having so many things on my plate, and only being able to give so much to each one. (wife, mom, house(s), running, etc.) It is an on going battle of always just being mediocre and never feeling like I do anything as well as I want to.
Once again - trying to move forward.
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Totals for the week:
2 runs for 11.15 miles in 2:08:28
1 Interval Conditioning class for 80 minutes
Total Training Time: 3:28:28
Nowhere close to where I should be for marathon training mileage ... but pressing onward.
1 comment:
I can totally relate with you Katie. I had a similar week this week. Great start, crappy middle ... and that crappy middle part really affects our mindset and the rest of the week. Let's just keep starting fresh when we have those tough weeks. That is all we can do. Try not to focus on what didn't go right and what you are going to do moving forward instead. You will have a great week ahead. xoxo
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