Ugh

Last night I headed out for a 30 minute or 3 mile run. I wasn't sure which it would end up being. I had hoped for 3 miles since it's not all that long.

Sadly, that's not what happened. I worked Wednesday afternoon, like usual, and didn't drink much. I was really dehydrated. My tummy had been bugging me a bit today. Nothing too serious, but enough to know it was there. Both of these things did not make my run very fun.

I then had to deal with pain in my left Achilles. I get this randomly. I can run weeks in a row with no issue. Then I'll have a run and just cannot shake it out. I stopped multiple times on tonight's run, but could not get it to stop hurting. I decided 30 minutes would be the goal. Even if I had to walk the last 10 minutes.

I was able to run most of the last 5 minutes. I got 2.11 miles in 30 minutes, which is slow ever for me. But, I spent a good amount of the last 10 minutes walking, stretching, and not feeling good.

On the positive side, seriously there is one, I got out there for an after-work run. I can't remember the last time I did that. I spent my entire afternoon and car ride home saying, "you are going for a run tonight." It took me saying that and hubby coming downstairs saying he was going for a run for me to get off my duff and run. But, I'm glad I did.

I can't run again until Sunday. I thought I could squeeze the run in before the wedding we have Saturday afternoon, but I thought the wedding was around 4:00. Nope, 1:30 p.m. Makes a bit of a difference. So, my 5 miles this Saturday will be run on Sunday instead. Eh. No biggie. I just won't be able to run the 2 mile run scheduled for Sunday. I'll skip that and just go with what Monday says.

Ever have a bad run? Were you able to find anything good about it?

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Planning ahead can work

I am not a morning person.  Far from it.  I like to sleep in and cuddle under the blankets.  Especially now that it's cold out and we are using the electric blanket and the heated mattress pad (our bedroom doesn't have heat).  It's really hard to get up.

But, last night I decided to do a little pre-planning.  I figured out what I wanted to wear to the archives today and ironed it.  I made my lunch and packed it.  I even got the coffee pot ready so all I had to do this morning was turn it on.  All of this in the hopes that I would get my butt out of bed and hit the treadmill for my Tuesday 30 minute run.

The alarm clock went off this morning and I turned it off.  Ugh.  Morning.  I had time.  I laid there and promptly fell back to sleep.  But, I woke up.  With 10 minutes to seven.  Enough time if I got right out of bed to get on the treadmill at 7:00 a.m. And I did.  I got up, put on my running clothes, and got on the treadmill and ran 30 minutes.  Holy!  I am so proud of myself.  Then, I did my core work (sit-ups, push ups, and bicycle legs).  Wow.  I feel so on top of things today!

All that's left on the exercise agenda today is a 60 minute walk, which I break up into thirds at the archives.  :-)

Tuesday Run

Finally!  I got a Tuesday run in.  It's been ages since I've gone out on a Tuesday for my 30 minute run.  Jeff Galloway would be proud.  LOL! 

It was an o.k. run.  I went to the local high school where there are sidewalks and a housing development.  I pushed myself, but I didn't speed up at every other mailbox.  I just ran and tried to push myself.  I took my walk breaks like usual, at every half mile.  I had a good first half mile at 6:06 and I was thrilled when I was under 13 minutes at the mile.  Then I was under 20 minutes at 1.5 miles.  Very happy with this.  At two miles I was at 26:48, not too shabby.  But, I must have dropped off because I ended up with a 30 minute run of 2.24 miles.  I was hoping I was going to be in the 2.30s. 

I shouldn't be too upset.  This is really only my second run since my lovely upper respiratory infection.  I did pretty well overall,  no coughing during the run, I was able to push myself throughout.  I think my goal of hitting 2.5 miles in 30 minutes before the Philly Half Marathon on November 20th may not be happening.  I'm slightly disappointed, but it's o.k.  I hadn't anticipated getting sick.  It's possible I could still hit 2.5 miles in 30 minutes before the race, but if I don't, I'm o.k. with it.  I can always try after Philly.  Life happens.  And I'm not going to get disappointed about this.  What's important is being prepared for Philly.  And I'm feeling better and better about it.

Bah!

Thursday is going to be my trouble day.  I can feel it.

Woke up this morning and it was dark.  Not middle of the night dark, but darker than 6:00 a.m. should be.  I (sadly) was hoping for rain, so I could put off my run.  Didn't want to get up.  When I heard the door shut, I knew it wasn't raining or else hubby wouldn't have left.  Darn.

Got up, changed, and headed out.  I ran.  Not as fast as Tuesday, but as fast as last Tuesday.  2.09 miles in 30 minutes.  Not great, but better than last Thursday...when I felt the same way about getting up.

Guess I'm getting into the habit of getting up in the morning to run.  Guess it doesn't hurt that I have a MeetUp in Lancaster at 7:00 p.m. tonight and can't run after work...