Not a pleasant thing to end up with 2 months away from one of the biggest days of my life. And school hasn’t even started yet!! I wasn’t feeling too good during the run last week (but boy am I relieved that the sucky run was mainly because I was on the verge of getting sick and not anything else!) and started a very very mild cold the next day. I say mild, because I wasn’t sneezing or anything gross….
I woke up the day of the long run with a sore throat.I struggled a bit during the run, physically and a little mentally.Sunday, full blown head cold and body ache. Had to drag myself to a birthday party and I ended up with a headache with still half the day to go. My body is creaking and protesting the upped mileage. It was ok until 12 miles. I’d done a lot of 10-12 miles before, but this time was…
A rare week since the start of training that I didn’t feel all that awesome going into the long run. Was up every hour the night before, and woke up with a sore throat. But that didn’t stop me from being slightly nervous excited for 15 miles when I left home at 5:15am! (Please don’t mind the shopping bags in the background. We just did our starting-school shopping the day before, and I reckon the bags will stay there until school…
First time with 100+ miles a month. More importantly – a month when I did not miss a single running workout on my schedule. 2 more months to Chicago!
This was how I felt yesterday after 14 miles, except it was at home and about 5 hours after the run. I haven’t felt this exhausted in forever, not since my first 7-8 mile run 18 months ago. So it took me by complete surprise. And I want to obsess to death record and analyze what happened so I can take care to prevent it. Timeline: Woke up at 4:20am after 10-10:30pm bedtime. Breakfast of 1/2 slice Almond Butter and 1/4 banana at 5:15am…
I suppose the day I made history was actually the day I first laced up and stepped out for a run/jog/walk/waddle. But this hot humid day of July 30th was history of some sorts too. The air was so thick that you could slice it. I woke up late and scrambled to make the run in time. My pre-run food was rebelling against me. I was pretty sure I didn’t hydrate as well I should’ve the day before. I wasn’t…
Well .. not me. The husband. Cool, eh? Am almost jealous.