I tell them all the work is done and regardless of how it has gone, the key thing is to relax and realize that the months of training are more important than the last two weeks, so relaxing and letting that training come to fruition is most important. As Coach Dellinger used to say, "the hay is in the barn!"

- Coach Salazar

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Final Run, Hurricane, and the End of Week 3

Wow, what a week.

Left Sunday for Tampa.
Missed the Earthquake Tuesday, but ran in a Monsoon.
Massage on Wednesday
Hot, awful run on Thursday
Flight home and final Lost Dog 5k on Friday
Hurricane Saturday
And gorgeous, albeit windy, Sunday

So today's schedule called for pulling back a little on the mileage (for that I am thankful). It said to do 4-5 miles, so I compromised (since I had Zoe) and did4.5.

RunKeeper Result

Total Distance: 4.51
Duration: 56.52 - This has to be off by at least a minute or a minute and a half. It didn't pause when I told it to pause, and I didn't realize it until it had been there for a minute.
Climb: 117 ft

For some reason, the urge struck me to bring Miss Priss with me on the run today. So out we went!

The first mile was rough - I had some lactic acid build up in my calves which I had to run through. But blessedly, no knee pain. I guess sleeping all day Friday and all day Saturday was what I needed to repair my body.

I also seemed to hit my stride just as we were coming up on the last mile, going about 10 min/mile. I honestly felt like I could have kept going.

So this week was not the best week, but it wasn't the worst week. I'm looking forward to returning to a normal schedule next week so I can focus on my fourth week of training.

Next Friday will be one month until my half marathon!!!
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