Run Report

My presence has been pretty scarce around these parts - I guess I don't have much to say if I am not running or not running well.

This week is our third week of half mar training - unfortunately it is turning into our first week. Two weeks ago, I came down ill - the two days in bed, not far from the bathroom, unable to eat, ill. Good news is I dragged myself to WW weigh in and I was down 5 lbs! Bad news is I was unable to do anything else, meaning running. The accompanying bad news is that W tends not to run unless I run, so in effect, she had a two week break - the bum! I also haven't taken a weights or core conditioning class in the past two weeks. It was one of those illness, that once the initial agony is over, there are those lingering, it takes a week or two to pass symptoms.

I am glad to say that I think I have finally thrown off all vestiges of nausea and exhaustion. W and I were determined to get back on schedule with our training - today was a 5 mile tempo run. The middle three miles were supposed to be 11:11. Now, a month ago, this wouldn't have been a problem. Today, it wasn't even a possibility. Our pace was 11:28, 11:40 and 11:58. The sad thing is, I could not have gone a smidgen faster - my effort was as if I was running much faster. The good thing is, we got our distance that was scheduled which gives us a huge mental boost. I know that if we can just stay on track with the distances, our times will come back in a few weeks.