Week 8 turned out pretty well, although I was again 3 miles short compared to what I was supposed to do. :( I also took 0 pictures this week, so this post is going to be rather text heavy.
Monday is typically cross training, but after a full weekend of biking last weekend, I decided to take Monday as a rest day instead. In other exciting news, I got a new GPS watch on Monday--the Garmin 235! Post coming soon with more details. :)
Tuesday had four miles on the schedule. This was a rather uneventful run, and I ended up with 4.25 miles at 10:34 pace.
Wednesday had seven miles for me to complete. I went in the morning, so it was cooler, but with 100% humidity. I think I still prefer this to later in the day once the sun is beating down. I felt strong this whole run and ended up doing 7.05 miles at 10:18 pace.
Thursday was another 4 mile run. Now that I have an HR monitor on me all the time, I figured I would try to do a run based on HR. I wanted the run to be very easy, so it could be a recovery run, and tried to keep my HR under 155. Towards the end I was getting rather warm, so I let it go higher, but still kept it under 170. I don't know how people keep their HR at really low numbers like 140! My pace was 10:54, which is slower than I usually go, and my HR was still higher than it should be for recovery runs.
Friday was a rest day on the schedule.
Saturday had 7 miles on the schedule. I wanted to try again to do a slow, easy run while keeping an eye on my HR. This was much easier on Saturday, so I guess having the rest day really does help. :) I completed 7.05 miles at a 10:50 pace, with an average HR of 155.
Sunday is where the week unraveled a little bit for me. I had 15 miles on the schedule. Saturday night we had a neighborhood dinner, and some of our neighbors invited me over to their house to hang out after the dinner. After way too much wine, I finally went home, unsure how I was going to run 15 miles the next day. I didn't even set an alarm, and let myself sleep as long as I wanted to. I woke up around 11:30, and we decided to have potato bowls for breakfast (probably my favorite weekend breakfast). I have never had this before running, but I didn't really think it'd be an issue. Around 1, we ate, and then I had to get going because we were going to Indianapolis for dinner with Dustin's parents. I left the house around 2 pm hoping for the best.
The first 7 miles went very well. I made a big loop and came back to our house where I had grapes and Gatorade waiting for me in the mailbox. I set back out, and felt a little tired, but ok. By mile 9, however, I was feeling pretty bad. It was very sunny and warm, and I had only had a sip of water from a fountain around mile 5. Around mile 10 I ran into Walmart for another drink and a minute of AC. I texted Dustin saying I wasn't sure if I could make it to 15 or not. I struggled through two more miles, stopping twice thinking I was going to throw up. Once I hit 12 miles, I was feeling so bad that I knew I couldn't (and shouldn't) continue. I texted Dustin to come pick me up. About 15 minutes later, I threw up my entire breakfast. :(
I have never thrown up from exercise, although I think this was a combination of drinking the night before, not having enough water, and being out in the middle of the day. I'm pretty down about cutting a long run short, but I don't think I really had any other option. I considered trying to run another 3 miles once we got home from Indianapolis, but we didn't get back until 11:30, and that just didn't seem like a great idea considering my stomach was still rather uneasy. :(
Overall, the week was good until I got to the long run on Sunday. This was a major reminder that I need to respect the long runs, and prepare adequately. No more late night drinking before a long run, and I need to have a plan so that I'm not running in the middle of the heat of the day. I still was able to get more miles than I've ever had in a week: 34.4. I'm thinking that I might make next Sunday's 13 mile run a 15 mile run instead so that I can get my confidence back up. It is a bit of a recovery week, but I figure adding 2 miles onto the long run shouldn't make too much of a difference overall.
Have you ever gotten sick from running?
Do you try to make up for missed miles, or just leave them out and move on?
Monday is typically cross training, but after a full weekend of biking last weekend, I decided to take Monday as a rest day instead. In other exciting news, I got a new GPS watch on Monday--the Garmin 235! Post coming soon with more details. :)
Tuesday had four miles on the schedule. This was a rather uneventful run, and I ended up with 4.25 miles at 10:34 pace.
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| Tuesday's run stats |
Wednesday had seven miles for me to complete. I went in the morning, so it was cooler, but with 100% humidity. I think I still prefer this to later in the day once the sun is beating down. I felt strong this whole run and ended up doing 7.05 miles at 10:18 pace.
Thursday was another 4 mile run. Now that I have an HR monitor on me all the time, I figured I would try to do a run based on HR. I wanted the run to be very easy, so it could be a recovery run, and tried to keep my HR under 155. Towards the end I was getting rather warm, so I let it go higher, but still kept it under 170. I don't know how people keep their HR at really low numbers like 140! My pace was 10:54, which is slower than I usually go, and my HR was still higher than it should be for recovery runs.
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| Lots of info from my new watch. :) HR much too high for a recovery run! |
Friday was a rest day on the schedule.
Saturday had 7 miles on the schedule. I wanted to try again to do a slow, easy run while keeping an eye on my HR. This was much easier on Saturday, so I guess having the rest day really does help. :) I completed 7.05 miles at a 10:50 pace, with an average HR of 155.
Sunday is where the week unraveled a little bit for me. I had 15 miles on the schedule. Saturday night we had a neighborhood dinner, and some of our neighbors invited me over to their house to hang out after the dinner. After way too much wine, I finally went home, unsure how I was going to run 15 miles the next day. I didn't even set an alarm, and let myself sleep as long as I wanted to. I woke up around 11:30, and we decided to have potato bowls for breakfast (probably my favorite weekend breakfast). I have never had this before running, but I didn't really think it'd be an issue. Around 1, we ate, and then I had to get going because we were going to Indianapolis for dinner with Dustin's parents. I left the house around 2 pm hoping for the best.
The first 7 miles went very well. I made a big loop and came back to our house where I had grapes and Gatorade waiting for me in the mailbox. I set back out, and felt a little tired, but ok. By mile 9, however, I was feeling pretty bad. It was very sunny and warm, and I had only had a sip of water from a fountain around mile 5. Around mile 10 I ran into Walmart for another drink and a minute of AC. I texted Dustin saying I wasn't sure if I could make it to 15 or not. I struggled through two more miles, stopping twice thinking I was going to throw up. Once I hit 12 miles, I was feeling so bad that I knew I couldn't (and shouldn't) continue. I texted Dustin to come pick me up. About 15 minutes later, I threw up my entire breakfast. :(
I have never thrown up from exercise, although I think this was a combination of drinking the night before, not having enough water, and being out in the middle of the day. I'm pretty down about cutting a long run short, but I don't think I really had any other option. I considered trying to run another 3 miles once we got home from Indianapolis, but we didn't get back until 11:30, and that just didn't seem like a great idea considering my stomach was still rather uneasy. :(
Overall, the week was good until I got to the long run on Sunday. This was a major reminder that I need to respect the long runs, and prepare adequately. No more late night drinking before a long run, and I need to have a plan so that I'm not running in the middle of the heat of the day. I still was able to get more miles than I've ever had in a week: 34.4. I'm thinking that I might make next Sunday's 13 mile run a 15 mile run instead so that I can get my confidence back up. It is a bit of a recovery week, but I figure adding 2 miles onto the long run shouldn't make too much of a difference overall.
Have you ever gotten sick from running?
Do you try to make up for missed miles, or just leave them out and move on?
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