Mother nature decided to rain fury down upon us last week and try to make up for months of doubt. And yes I meant to spell it like that.
The storm started Tuesday and stayed until Friday morning. There were mudslides, rocks down, trees down, flooding, too many car accidents and just chaos. The damn river (of the river path) rose so fast overnight Wednesday that there ended up being 10 swift water rescues on Thursday. 10! I went to work and I went home, that was it.
I am sure I did other things last week but the rain is the only thing that sticks in my mind besides the running, ha! So let’s just get to it.
Monday- 3.1 miles I tried to get in a few miles before the storm. I don’t recall much about the miles but I pulled some decent paces for miles 2 and 3 looking back so it had to be a decent run, right?😜
Tuesday- Thursday- Nada– See opening above. Unless white knuckled driving counts.
Friday- Rest The sun came out so I took my gear to work to run after we closed. At least that was the plan. I got something in my eye and could not get it out. I tried eye drops, taking out my contacts, nothing worked. I finally gave up and just went straight home.
Saturday- 3.1 miles 5K shakeout, I had lots of miles planned for Sunday and I wanted to get the legs moving after so many days off. This run actually felt pretty dang good. In fact at one point, I felt like I was powering up a hill impressively. Of course I couldn’t see myself, so I have no idea if that was true or not. 🤣
Sunday- Tent City Half Marathon/ 5 miles = 18 miles total Surprise! Half marathon #30 went down on Sunday. At the butt crack of dawn… nope pre-dawn. In the freakin’ cold. Race recap to come. 😀
The plan called for 19 miles so after some food and a nap I headed out in the afternoon to complete another 6 miles. Oh my misery. I don’t think I am built for 2 a days anymore. I liked them during my last marathon cycle- this time not so much. I never found a rhythm or settled into a decent pace. I dragged ass for 5 miles and knew adding another mile would likely do more harm than good so I just headed for home knowing I would fall short. But 18 is nothing to frown at right??
24.4 miles for the week. Better than the last two weeks!!!
And here it is. This past week did not go according to plan, not even close. After a good day and race on Sunday I was optimistic for this week. Or I was trying to be. In reality I was in a funk. No real reason for it, but I was feeling very woe is me this week. Like I said, not sure why. But let’s get to the training- or lack there of.
Monday- Rest
I was feeling a little sore post race so I figured a rest day was in order. Monday was also a vacation day for me and I usually love running on vacation days but thought rest was best.
Lost runner?
Tuesday- Rest
I woke up feeling pretty rough but managed to drag myself out to the high school. My mother had a morning tennis practice and asked for my help. All I wanted to do was sleep but I lasted for a little over an hour. I never really felt better so I wasted another vacation day by resting. I told myself I still had Wednesday and Thursday after work. I did get further on my craft swap project though. And I had a few helpers even if they were breaking the rules-
Bad cats
Wednesday- And…rest
Last week I was smart and made sure that the day I had blood work done was a rest day. This week that common sense escaped me. I had a CT scheduled for the morning but other than the fasting I had to do on Tuesday I didn’t think anything of it. I went to work right after and felt fine. It wasn’t until3ish that things went south. I suddenly felt the opposite of fine, I thought I was going to pass out. I spent the next hour sitting in the break room feeling very off. I don’t know what caused it but it meant no running that day. On the upside- my boss got me a great birthday gift-
🙂
Thursday- 3.5 miles
I was looking forward to this run. After 3 days off, I really needed to run. I changed after work and headed for the lake path. My warm up walk ran a little longer as I missed a call from my dad. It’s odd for him to call, so I made sure to call him back. I didn’t want to wait so I just walked while I called. Once that was done, I started running. My goal was to keep an easy pace so I was obsessively watching my watch to make sure I stayed around 10:30. I’d really like to get back to running without so many walk breaks so I know I need to slow things down. However that wasn’t my biggest problem. I hurt. Specifically, my left knee, calf and ankle. My calf was so tight, it hurt so badly. I stopped after the first running mile and just tried to stretch it out. I then attempted to run another mile. More pain. Both miles I ran were at a 10:30 pace but after completing the second running mile I decided I was done. I spent more time stretching before walking back to the car. Grr.
Stretching site- grr
Friday- Rest
Started work early and since we weren’t open I wore my Sayonaras until we were. I don’t run in them since they are too big but I may start wearing them more to and from work and on the weekends. I need to figure out what is up with my leg. I put them back on after work to run errands. I was looking stylish. 🙂
Saturday- Rest- sense a pattern here?
My mother was throwing a little dinner party for my birthday that evening so I knew I had to run early. Except I woke up feeling poorly and my leg ached. We had hoped to go on an 8 mile hike on Sunday, so I skipped another run. 😦 The party ended up being super small but fun. My birthday is pretty much the only time I drink alcohol and I admit I was looking forward to sleeping really well that night. Life of the party right? It’s one of the reasons I rarely drink, I get super mellow and sleepy. Mother Nature had other ideas.
We had the mother of all thunder storms roll through in the last 24 hours. I don’t think I have ever seen so much lightning before. The house rattled all night long. So much for sleep. The power was going and coming back making that lovely surge sound every time. Kimi somehow knew each time a really big batch of thunder was going to roll through and would start crying in warning.
Running or hiking in the rain I can do. Lightning? Not so much. There were reports of it hitting cars. Power was out all over the place, lines were down and the flood damage was all over town. And more rain was coming. We received more rain in the last day than the last few years. Which is amazing and needed but the land was too dry to absorb all that water. The town is kind of v-shaped so the water flooded down to the river bed but so much mud and gunk are strewn across town now. There’s still a flood warning in effect as I type this. Grrr.
Weekly miles- 3.5
So yeah, that was less than stellar. Luckily my goal race is in October so I have some time to figure things out. I’ve also rethought my next few races but more about that in another post. More rain is expected for tomorrow but hopefully I can get back on track this week. Fingers crossed.
How was your weekend?
Do you like thunder and lightning? There are very rare here.
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