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I haven’t talked about running in a bit, have I? With everything being focused on preparing for Mexico, being in Mexico, and adjusting back/catching up from Mexico, it took up a solid amount of my life. In the two weeks before Mexico, I posted a bit about a 6.25 mile run, a 7 miler, and a bit about the Rock ‘n’ Roll 5k Virtual Race. Training was going well, and I knew that I was going to end up taking about 16 days off from running completely, which was unfortunate timing since those weeks were supposed to be my peak weeks.
The week I got back from Mexico was so chaotic that I didn’t end up running until the weekend, when I busted out an 8.25 mile run (which unfortunately will serve as my longest run this training cycle). Those 8.25 miles felt a little bit rough, but not as tough as 8 milers normally feel to me (remember how I called 8 milers my kryptonite in the fall?). Obviously it took my body a few miles to get back into the groove of running, but the miles flew by really quickly, which was nice!
What can I say? I love bright colors 🙂
I also took my new handheld out for a try (I didn’t need it in the winter), and while it will still take a bit of time to get used to holding a differently shaped bottle, I really loved it. My last one leaked a lot, so this one was fantastic! I ended up eating 5 shot bloks through the run and maybe 8-10 ounces of nuun.
Two weekends ago took me into taper, so I ended up doing 4.25 miles instead. The weather was beautiful when I started, but by mile 2 I was sweating pretty bad (it definitely takes awhile for me to adjust to heat!). I ended up listening to a podcast and just zoned out a bit, looking at the budding trees and listening to all the birds chirping. It was more like a “nature run” than a “training run”. I tried to push my turn over just a bit, and ended up running my miles 30-40 seconds per mile faster than I did during my 8 miler the week before.
I also saw this while out on my run:
So strange, right? If you can’t tell, those are two guys out walking while carrying large weights in each hand. Can anyone enlighten me on this?
This past Saturday I went out for a quick 2.25 miler in the pouring 49 degree rain. It was nasty, and by mile 2 my IT bands were hurting a good bit. That didn’t help the pre-race nerves at all.
The run was fueled by rain and the color pink.
I have one more quick little shake out run to do before the half, but my body just isn’t feeling great. I’m not exactly sure why, but my legs aren’t feeling fresh, and I’m not feeling jittery from all the pent up energy from not exercising like I usually do during taper. That might not mean anything, but might mean something.
So, that’s where things are at. I’m going into this race with absolutely 0 goals beyond “finish”. That’s all I want.
I say just go into it to have fun and finish. You got this.