Hey folks!
I missed last week’s update on my training, so I going to get everyone up to date on both weeks 3 and 4.
Let’s start with week 3 – I hit all 5 scheduled runs. Tuesday was 4 miles (2 of it was outside running one of the pups in the rain) and Wednesday was 6 miles. I ended up having to move Thursday’s run to Friday again but I got the 4 miles in. Saturday was 6 miles followed by 9 on Sunday. All around it was a pretty solid week.
Week 4 – less solid. I was sick and lost Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s runs (down 10 miles between the days). On Thursday we ended up having family stuff and I had to move that run until Friday. Once I got going on Friday, I was still feeling pretty beat up and only got 3 of the 4 planned miles in and it was pretty rough. Saturday was better and got my full planned 6 miles in. And then for Sunday I got in my full 13.1 miles and had to fight for every step of that one.
That run marks the first time since the Dopey Challenge in January this year that I have hit that distance. And it was rough. I am happy that I was able to complete it but I am definitely not happy with where I am endurance wise. I have a lot of work to do and not really that much time to get it done.
So, what does that mean? It means that the Dopey Challenge in January 2019 is just going to be a stepping stone to getting back in shape – this is really going to take time to fix the damage I have done!
This next week is going to be pretty tough. Tuesday and Thursday will stay at 4 miles but Wednesday and Saturday move up to 7 miles each. Sunday also bumps up to 14 miles.
Definitely a bump up in difficulty this week. This is where it is obvious that my plan is more intermediate training level and considering where I am finding myself, I probably should have gone more novice level. So we will see how things go and I may have to make some changes on the fly if I am finding things too difficult. I will be better off with less intense training if it means not actually breaking myself.
That being said, I will also be better off if I can go 2 weeks without getting sick.
I also need to do some dedicated work on a diet plan – I need to start getting my weight moving in the right direction. That will have a huge impact on staying healthy and being able to stick on the more intense training plan.
Ok – I am going to end this here – lots of work to do! Thanks for following along!!
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