Tempo: Eight repeats of 3 minutes warm up/cool down pace, then 3 minutes of all-out fast pace (obviously this gets slower by the end!)
Distance: 5.4 miles
Time: 48:41
Performance Stats (out of 5 ★)
Legs: ★ ★ ★ ★
Gut: ★ ★ ★ ★
Energy: ★ ★ ★ .5
Mind: ★ ★ ★ .5
Overall: ★ ★ ★ .5
Soundtrack: Genesis, We Can't Dance
Well running fans, it has become obvious that even the most passionate of us gets a little tired, bogged down and sick sometimes. It is official that the weeks where I work all-night on call, I am just that little bit less motivated to get up early in the morning and make that late-week run. I dropped a run two weeks ago (call week), and then again last week (call week). To make matters worse, return of the GI bug this past weekend, and loss of my distance run. With under two weeks to the half marathon, I'm not too excited about this.
The good news, today's run felt great - and I'm still a little queasy from the weekend. My legs felt really good underneath me, and maybe sometimes its good to get a break in there. Looking ahead, I should be able to hit all of my runs between today and the half marathon, so I think that I will be good. Think of it as a "very serious taper" up to this point.
In all seriousness, this kind of stuff is going to happen, and it's important to recognize that it's happening, and then get back on the horse. Ain't nothing wrong with dropping two runs, as long as you don't let those two be the beginning of a two or three week stretch, where you will start losing some time and endurance.
So I'm feeling good. I'm back at it. And we'll see how the rest of the week goes!