We all have them right? Good days bad days? Maybe it was Monday or maybe not but it was a bad day!! I woke up and immediately felt like crap!! Just tired, tons of emotions and self doubts about this half marathon. Can I really do this? Am I expecting too much too soon after my health issues? Is my foundation going to be enough to get me through the 13.1miles? Can I actually hang with the thousands of people thats going to be at this event? How can I run 13.1miles when most of my runs have been soooo hard? I know the weather this summer has been awful!! Plus I have been dealing with Plantar's Fasciitis through this training plan and having a family vacation for a week in there too. Either way all those thoughts were just piling in on me yesterday!! Maybe it was Monday or maybe it was that I sucked on my 3 mile recovery run Sunday? Maybe I just flat did too much last week? Wednesday was a 22mile bike ride, Thursday was speed work on the TM 4.38miles, Friday was 60min of lower body work, Saturday was a 8 mile run, and then Sunday being a 3 mile recovery run. Could that have been too much? I am slow I know this but 37min for a 3 mile run??? How slow is acceptable for a recovery run? I don't know but I truly felt defeated after that run. I have been icing and foam rolling and really trying to take care of myself after my runs. It would be nice to have just a run here and there where it just FEELS so good the whole time! I have had them but it's been soooo long.
Today was a better day! I had only done upper body yesterday and really tried to just rest. I woke up and really was looking forward to my tempo run this morning. I was actually out the door before 8a and was full of positive thoughts. Todays tempo run was 4 miles. My pace was okay for me! But it was hard!! I had to stop a few times for a few short seconds to catch a breather then move on. This tempo run made me feel better about things. Just a little bit better! But I'll take it!
Here is what the rest of the week looks like:
Wednesday: Leg day and maybe a little elliptical
Thursday: Speed work
Friday: Upper body and maybe elliptical or short walk
Saturday: Long run of 8 miles
Sunday: 3 mile recovery run
Okay so what is an acceptable pace for a recovery run? Or does it even matter? Should I not take my garmin and just go do the 3 miles and not worry about pace or time?
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