April 14 - 21
Total Miles – 20.1
Weight – 213
So there is a reason that it is called a training plan. Someone who is way smarter at this than I am developed a plan that if followed should help me achieve the best results. So what do I do? I don’t follow it for a week. Couldn’t hurt right…
Wrong. We had a bunch of stuff going on this past weekend so I figured that I could juggle some things around. My run was going really well on Tuesday, so I figured that I would keep going and make it my long run and then just condense the rest of the week. Since we would be away all weekend I figured that I would run Friday too rather than take Saturday off. I tapered from 7 mi on Tuesday to 5 mi Wednesday and Thursday. Friday was only 3.1 miles (5k). How hard could that be?
I was pretty sure that short run was going to be the death of me. My legs felt like lead, my heart rate was through the roof, and it felt like I was carrying 50 pounds across my shoulders. It was the slowest that I had run in a very long time. Good for me though. I had shied away from the plan once or twice in the beginning and had faced a similar fate. As of late I had gotten to comfortable in the routine, to confident. This reminded me the running gods will strike with vengeance should they feel the need to. I am headed to Ohio next week. I hope that I’ll get a few runs in while I’m away and stay on track.
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