Sunday, January 17, 2010

Pushing Through Rough Times

Once again I've slacked on keeping up with my posts. These last couple weeks have been a whirlwind to say the least. Traveling to Orlando in early January for work was my first hurdle. Not that the trip was anything negative, but I needed to show more motivation then I did when it came to my running. We worked long days and long story short, the fitness center and I did not get acquainted. On the second day of my trip I received devastating news - my mom-mom passed away. The news was unexpected and heartbreaking. After contemplating getting an early flight home, I decided to stick it out in Orlando to keep myself busy. The weekend after I got home was the weekend Chris and I had to move into our new apartment. Since we needed to drive to Maryland for my grandmother's services we had to pack all the work into one day. Missed my long run. I still planned on squeezing it in at this point but a few very long, emotional and exhausting days had passed and still no running.

We returned to Raleigh late Tuesday night and so I picked up where I left off on training Wednesday. I ran a little over three miles and then Thursday I ran a tempo three miles. Friday called for a rest day - not like I needed any more rest - but I took it regardless since I had a long run on Saturday, which was seven miles. I felt pretty good but I did face a couple steep hills that took a lot of energy and strength to get up. As I've said before, it's going to be crucial to work in hill work outs with Boston's course having several throughout.

Today I rested. My program says to run a recovery run the day after my long run but after some experimenting last time around, I decided that I felt better when I take the day off the next day. With my long run going fairly well I'm confident that the week I missed won't rattle my training at all. The weather is getting nicer so I think hitting the pavement versus running on the treadmill might be a little more inviting.

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