The last few weeks I have been all over the place with my schedule. I was doing good until last Sunday when I went for a 12 mile run. I ran this at a 9min 30sec pace. At the time this felt great but by Monday morning I realized that I had made a mistake. I woke up early Monday with plans to go to the pool for my normal swim but after waking up I realized I just didn't have the energy. The run the day before really kicked my butt. That was the longest I had ran since the half marathon in early January. This 12 mile run followed a 10 mile run from the week before. I decided to take Monday and Tuesday off and get back on the horse Wednesday. Wednesday morning I did 45 minutes of a planned hour on the bike trainer and I was done. I knew I still had a 6 mile run at lunch that I needed to run. I met a running buddy at noon for our run and it became obvious very quickly that I was going to struggle. I was struggling so much in fact that I had to call it a day at 4 miles and I actually had to walk some of that. It was bad.
Now this is where it just gets silly. After Wednesday I decided to take it very easy through the weekend, get completely rested and start hitting it hard again on monday morning (yesterday). Well you know what they say (whoever they are) about best laid plans and all. Friday night I get a text from Mary and she is busting at the seams excited about the Carl Touchtone MS50 the next day. Apparently they had some cancelations and there were spots available for anyone who wanted to run. Most of you know me. If some one asks if I want to do something my reaction is almost alway to say yes. So when Mary asked if I wanted to do the 20K I immediately said yes without thinking of the consequences, and the consequences were vast. As a side note, I do think it is pretty awesome that someone can call me out of the blue to ask if I will run a half marathon with then the next day and without training for it or anything I can just go out and do it. Wether I should or not is a different story. The run was A LOT of fun. It was tough but it was fun. I was covered in mud by the end. We had to wade through creeks that were sometimes almost waist deep. The entire course was little more than a mud track. It was great. After the run I made the decision to again rest for a few days and try to recover before starting my training again on Wednesday (tomorrow).
That should get you caught up for the time being. I'm a little nervous about the workout tomorrow but I will make sure to let you know how it goes.
Wish me luck!
