FredtheDuck
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Tuesday Training Update (Week 4): Week Ending 10/22
This was the plan for the week:
T - 1 mile @ WU, 10x400 @ 10k w/ 30 sec RI, 1 mi @ CD
Th - 4 miles @ EB
F - 3 miles @ EB
Sa - 2 miles @ EA + Strides
Su - MCM 10k Race!
Typically, Tuesday is my EA day and Th is my speedwork day, but that was scrambled this week because of the MCM 10k scheduled for Sunday. I've covered my 10x400 workout from Tuesday elsewhere, so I'll recap briefly by saying that all of them were well under my (now former) 10k pace, and that prompted a conversation within this journal about maybe changing my approach to MCM 10k. Obviously I was happy with those results, and am grateful to everyone here who chimed in and encouraged me.
Thursday's EB was cut short because of GI stuff again. I don't think I even quite made three miles. I did see a GI specialist a few weeks back, and they prescribed an anti-spasm medication but admitted that they were kind of shooting in the dark. They ordered a bunch more tests, but I haven't had a chance to get to the lab. Hopefully we'll get this figured out. (also, sorry, I know this is a taboo topic so I try not to dwell on it, but I do talk about it because it is a challenge for me, and if others are facing something similar, I want them to be able to follow along while we try to fix it.)
Friday's 3 was on the treadmill, primarily because I thought it was going to be smart to force myself to go at the right pace so close to the race. Only obstacle was that I forgot that I was supposed to leave work in the middle of the day and work from home in the afternoon so that I could get our kiddo from daycare and get to the zoo in time for Boo at the Zoo. A game of scheduling chess ensued, and ultimately I got the run in, got a full day's work in, and got to the zoo on time.
Saturday's 2 was skipped. Our original plan was to take our kiddo to gymnastics in the morning, have lunch, get her down for her nap, and then all three go to the expo when she woke up. It was at National Harbor and we thought there might be stuff she'd enjoy. But she was kind of crabby most of the day and had a total meltdown at gymnastics (lesson learned: she's TERRIFIED of the foam pit, even if she's not in it but one of us is). It became clear that it was going to be more challenging than fun to bring her to the expo. My dad (who lives with us) had offered previously to watch her if we wanted to go without her, so we ended up taking him up on that and we went while she naps. I'm glad we went on our own because it was PACKED and it would have been super difficult to navigate with her stroller (or her running around), and it gave us more time to do things like a gait analysis with Brooks, for example. Anyways, but the time we got home from the expo, it was almost 5 and I still needed to go to the grocery store for the week and make dinner. When I realized I was running out of time, I decided that given the amount of walking I had already done that day, skipping a two mile slow run that would have been like 11 hours before the race by the time I got around to it seemed wise.
So that was my week. I had my first post-race run today. My legs are still pretty stiff. I wore my new Brooks shoes, though, and while they definitely need to be broken in (they're pretty stiff), I like them so far! If I continue to like them, I'll probably rotate out my Kinvaras, which aren't doing much to reduce inflammation in my plantar fascia, and switch off between the Brooks and my NB1400s.
This was the plan for the week:
T - 1 mile @ WU, 10x400 @ 10k w/ 30 sec RI, 1 mi @ CD
Th - 4 miles @ EB
F - 3 miles @ EB
Sa - 2 miles @ EA + Strides
Su - MCM 10k Race!
Typically, Tuesday is my EA day and Th is my speedwork day, but that was scrambled this week because of the MCM 10k scheduled for Sunday. I've covered my 10x400 workout from Tuesday elsewhere, so I'll recap briefly by saying that all of them were well under my (now former) 10k pace, and that prompted a conversation within this journal about maybe changing my approach to MCM 10k. Obviously I was happy with those results, and am grateful to everyone here who chimed in and encouraged me.
Thursday's EB was cut short because of GI stuff again. I don't think I even quite made three miles. I did see a GI specialist a few weeks back, and they prescribed an anti-spasm medication but admitted that they were kind of shooting in the dark. They ordered a bunch more tests, but I haven't had a chance to get to the lab. Hopefully we'll get this figured out. (also, sorry, I know this is a taboo topic so I try not to dwell on it, but I do talk about it because it is a challenge for me, and if others are facing something similar, I want them to be able to follow along while we try to fix it.)
Friday's 3 was on the treadmill, primarily because I thought it was going to be smart to force myself to go at the right pace so close to the race. Only obstacle was that I forgot that I was supposed to leave work in the middle of the day and work from home in the afternoon so that I could get our kiddo from daycare and get to the zoo in time for Boo at the Zoo. A game of scheduling chess ensued, and ultimately I got the run in, got a full day's work in, and got to the zoo on time.
Saturday's 2 was skipped. Our original plan was to take our kiddo to gymnastics in the morning, have lunch, get her down for her nap, and then all three go to the expo when she woke up. It was at National Harbor and we thought there might be stuff she'd enjoy. But she was kind of crabby most of the day and had a total meltdown at gymnastics (lesson learned: she's TERRIFIED of the foam pit, even if she's not in it but one of us is). It became clear that it was going to be more challenging than fun to bring her to the expo. My dad (who lives with us) had offered previously to watch her if we wanted to go without her, so we ended up taking him up on that and we went while she naps. I'm glad we went on our own because it was PACKED and it would have been super difficult to navigate with her stroller (or her running around), and it gave us more time to do things like a gait analysis with Brooks, for example. Anyways, but the time we got home from the expo, it was almost 5 and I still needed to go to the grocery store for the week and make dinner. When I realized I was running out of time, I decided that given the amount of walking I had already done that day, skipping a two mile slow run that would have been like 11 hours before the race by the time I got around to it seemed wise.
So that was my week. I had my first post-race run today. My legs are still pretty stiff. I wore my new Brooks shoes, though, and while they definitely need to be broken in (they're pretty stiff), I like them so far! If I continue to like them, I'll probably rotate out my Kinvaras, which aren't doing much to reduce inflammation in my plantar fascia, and switch off between the Brooks and my NB1400s.