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Week 31-Of Concerts and Poor Sleep

August 7, 2017August 6, 2017 Fallon @ Slacker Runner

Upcoming Races-

Salinas Valley Half Marathon

Every time I think I have a handle on things, wham, curve ball. That’s life right? I don’t have a big opener this week so let’s get right to it!

Monday- 2.3 miles I think I got about an hour of sleep Sunday night. I was super tired after work but what else is new. I headed to the lake path because I wanted to at least get my new trail shoes dirty. That was the upside to the run. The downside was the 93* temp and the crazy high heart rate. I was practically crawling and couldn’t get it down so I made it a short one.

Tuesday- Rest Work ran late and I didn’t make it home until after 7.

Wednesday- AFI!!! One of my favorite bands came to town and I wasn’t missing that. The concert was awesome. It was a late night but it was awesome.

Thursday- 2.3 miles. I’m sensing a pattern here. Not sure if it’s a good one. 😛 I was so tired after work I was thisclose to just skipping my run. But I made myself change and headed for the river route. I ended up sticking entirely to the paved portions and keeping it short but it didn’t suck. I was glad I squeezed in a few miles. That was until I went to brush my teeth later and my left leg buckled… and then did it again. Something hurt right where the leg and hip connect. Umm, not cool.

Friday- Rest All the crappy sleep and long hours are catching up to me and I was a little slap happy at work. One coworker thought it was hilarious and the other said she was just going to back away slowly. My leg was still not happy but there wasn’t any more buckling.

Saturday- Salinas Valley Half Marathon That was an early morning. Race recap to come. 🙂

Sunday- Rest Serious rest. I slept in until almost 10. Well, kind of, I woke up a few times but refused to get out of bed. I thought about running in the afternoon but I took a long nap instead. Like passed out on the ground for almost 2 hours. Woke up, moved to a chair and fell asleep again. I decided to listen to what my body was shouting.

17.7 miles for the week. A run on Sunday would have put me over 20 but like I said my body was trying to tell me something. I know that part of my tiredness is stemming from work and part is coming from my bed. My bed has decided to die in the last month or so. I swear it went from fine to crap overnight. Sleeping has been rough. But a new bed is not exactly in the cards right now. Grrr.

How was your week?

Ever have an odd pain come out of nowhere?

Last concert you saw?

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Rambling On 11

July 7, 2017July 6, 2017 Fallon @ Slacker Runner

Holy crap, how is it Friday? And…I am so glad it’s Friday. 😛

I thought I was prepared for July. So far July’s been a like a steamroller. We’re only 7 days in! I’ve only run once this week, and done nothing else.

Adding insult to the fatigue of 10 hour days, I woke up on Thursday with a sore throat. Tried to tell myself it was just because I slept with the fan on. By the end of the day I was in denial that I had a head cold. I tired to run it out. Not sure yet if that was a good idea.

Apparently someone had a little too much to drink on the 4th- someone show an arrow through our back shed. An actual arrow. Are you freakin’ kidding me?!?

I plans for a 12 mile long run this weekend but with a projected temp of 107 and this damn head cold, I am feeling less than optimistic.

Well, this post turned out to be quite whiny. 😛

Any weekend plans?

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Week 23- Vacation!

June 12, 2017June 11, 2017 Fallon @ Slacker Runner

Awww, the awesomeness of a stay-cation. I planned this week to do nothing really. I knew there were things I should do- like clean my car, overhaul my closet, switch out the winter running stuff for the summer, go to the dry cleaners, make an eye appointment- yadda yadda but I overall I wanted a really chill week.

After 3 half’s in 5 weeks and knowing that July will be a little crazy I figured a down week would be a good thing. My boss is taking the majority of July off and we will be going through a system conversion. My next scheduled race isn’t until Las Vegas- I know I will add more before then but right now I figured a chill week would be good.

I slept in. I finished Eli Stone. I caught up on some blog stuff. I finally watched Beauty and the Beast– meh. I went and saw Wonder Woman– great. I did move some of the winter and summer stuff. I had a doctor’s appointment. I wasn’t completely useless. 😛

Monday- Rest My legs hurt in the fun way that flat course make them ache. I actually wanted to get in a short recovery run but I spent the majority of the day messing with my new phone- I had some technological issues. My phone dying in the starting corral before the race was the final incentive to go upgrade my phone. I’ve only been meaning to for the last 8 months. 😛 I moved up to the iPhone+ and I am loving it.

Tuesday- 3.1 miles Wow, this was slow. Yeah it was 90 degrees but still. Let’s just call it a recovery run. My legs weren’t sore, I just couldn’t get them into gear. Oh well. And I discovered that my new phone does not fit in my running belt. Oops.

Wednesday- 3.3 miles You have to run on Global Running Day, right?! I headed out mid afternoon again but it was a good 15* cooler. This was a better run than the day before but I may have worn the wrong shoes. Lately whenever I wear the Brooks, I tend to feel a little broken after my runs. My legs were pretty achy the rest of the day.

Thursday- 7.6 miles bike My legs were still feeling pretty achy from the day before so I just decided to spend some time on the bike. I felt like I was working up a decent sweat but according to my watch I could never get my heart rate out of the easy stage. I can’t figure out if my heart rate monitor is working- on runs my heart rate is really high but I could not get it higher on the bike. It was probably higher when my mother and I were sprinting to the movie theater that evening since we parked so far away.

Friday- 4 miles Nice, easy-ish run over on the river path. My legs were were feeling mostly better but still not quite right. Hmm. I am also over the crazy wind lately. I know I’ll regret saying that when it’s 110 outside though.

Saturday- Rest Everything I planned to do went out the window because well, ummm, I made a little purchase-

And it took up most of my day. 😛. Seriously- emptying my trunk was ridiculous- am I packing for a Ultra I forgot?

Sunday- Rest I planned to run but when it came right down to it, I just didn’t. It was my last day before going back to work and I just felt like being lazy. So I let it happen.

10.4 miles running
7.6 mile bike

It was a half lazy week and half quasi productive week. Not bad for a vacation/ recovery week. Really, who can complain about a week where you get a new phone and a new car? And now it’s back to real life. Working and running and NO more spending money!😛

How was your week?

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Week 15- Ouch

April 17, 2017April 16, 2017 Fallon @ Slacker Runner

Upcoming Races:

Destination Races Santa Barbara 13.1- May 13
Rock N Roll San Diego 13.1-June 4

Ouch, ouch, ouch. It hurts. Cue panic. I have a half in 2 weeks and Wine Country in 26 days. Why?!?!

This week was tiring. There wasn’t any real reason I can pinpoint it was just tiring. I actually bought a few beers to help me relax a bit the last time I was at the store but to show how rarely I drink- when I went to have one I realized I didn’t have a bottle opener. Well crap. Who knew those multi purpose race medals would actually come in handy? 😛

After a good week of running last week I was looking forward to more of the same this week. Ha!

Monday- Rest I had planned on running after work but things ran a little later than I thought. This is when the tiredness started. I was also supposed to help my parents with their taxes so I decided there just wasn’t enough time. I hate taxes.

Tuesday- Rest Hmmm, apparently this is the black hole day of the week.

Wednesday- 3.5 miles Where it all went to hell. Ok, maybe that was a tad dramatic. I headed to home town for what I thought was going to be a nice, easy 4-5 miler. 20 feet in I had a feeling it was going south. My left knee hurt- like a sharp stabbing pain right under the knee cap. Do I stop or is it going to work itself out if I run on? I ran on, slowly. By mile 2ish, my knee was under control but now my left shin was throbbing. My shin is always a hot point but never usually this bad. What the hell! I had turned around before that point and was gimping my way back to my car. Walking made my knee hurt but running aggravated my shin. Both sucked. Later that night I had shooting pains in my right leg… compensation maybe?

Thursday- Rest My knee hurt at odd points throughout the day, I did the smart thing for once and just went home. This was beginning to get irksome.

Friday- Rest My knee felt 85% better but my shin was still twinge-y. For only having hobbled my way through 3.5 miles during the week, I was stupid tired. I took a nap on my lunch.

Saturday- 4 miles I helped my mother move a bunch of rocks in the morning which may or may not have been the best idea. I joked that I was just working on my squats and hip openers. I headed out for a test run in the afternoon to see how things went. One thing I changed was my shoes- Wednesday’s run was in the Sayonara’s and this was in the PureFlow’s. I tried to keep things easy and walked anytime I felt any sort of twinge from my left leg. All in all, it wasn’t a bad run at all. If anything, my legs really wanted to run but I wouldn’t let them.

Sunday- 10 miles 2 less then my original planned long run but maybe more than I should have done. A cool front and an incoming storm meant I could run in the afternoon again. I helped my mother with more buckets of rocks and then got the run in before Easter dinner. Can I count all the rock lifting as cross training this week? I wasn’t sure how many miles I was going to get in but I figured I would give it a shot. I ran the same route as last week and coming up on mile 4 I knew I had a choice- turn left and turn it into and 8 mile run with more hills or go straight across the bridge for a slighter flatter 10 miles. I was feeling ok so I headed across the bridge. Per usual, I picked up the pace running across the bridge and slowed it down after that. The river path is super over grown right now so lately I slow down, pause my music and keep an eye out for rattlesnakes. 😕 Coming back across the bridge my leg was starting to talk, not pain but not happy. Ok, 8 miles would have been a better idea. I slowed down and just kept moving forward. I think I can, I think I can. 10 miles done. Where’s my foam roller?

17.5 miles for the week. Less then I wanted but more than I thought I would get considering how I felt on Wednesday. I will be spending lots of time with my foam roller and stretching throughout the week to come. Maybe this will be the kick in the pants to use the roller more consistently? As for the pains, I think the knee may be a problem with my shoes. If so, this is the quickest I’ve ever killed a pair of shoes- the Sayonara’s only have 174 miles on them. I think I might know what triggered the shin so I am testing a theory this week.

Oh did I mention I tried to knock myself out on a tree branch? 😂😂

Last week had some shiny moments- I made it to the movies to see Fate of the Furious. Yeah it had it’s over the top moments but it was still awesome.

How was your week?

Happy Marathon Monday!!!!

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Week 47 Un-training Recap

November 21, 2016November 20, 2016 Fallon @ Slacker Runner

Training for-

…..Nope, still nothing!

Another week of taking it easy. I don’t think I realized how run down I was feeling until I stopped moving. Granted, part of that could also be due to me deciding to cut back on caffeine, sugar and calories. All at the same time. Oh and throw in some new migraine medication we’re trying and it just seemed like a good idea to take things easy. But I wasn’t totally lazy.

Monday- 2 miles A short but sweet night run. Baby steps while I work my way into this night running thing. Baby steps. 😛😛

Tuesday- 15 minutes yoga I’m so awkward and inflexible! Then the video I was using crashed partway through so I had to start another one. Grr.

Wednesday- 4.47 miles It’s been so long since I ran a short run from my house I forgot what distance my routes were! I had an odd doctor’s appointment with a radiologist and a speech therapist of all things so I was able to get the whole run in before dark. Which was sweet but damn it was cold! We went from 80 to 50 with 20 mph wind overnight. I was wearing so many layers. And I wanted more.

Thursday- Rest Migraine from hell. This was the worst headache in weeks so I figured I would try the second new medication. Holy crap people, I couldn’t add 2 +2. The pill took about an 1.5 hours to ease the pain but for about 4 hours I was mired in a serious fog, I could barely function. It was ridiculous.

Friday- Rest That migraine usually lingers 2 days but I wasn’t taking another pill. So instead I got a big Diet Coke and a big coffee on my way into work, lesser of 2 evils right?

Saturday- Rest I worked in the morning and planned on running in the afternoon. Work ran super late and I was just exhausted. I watched a couple of cheesy Christmas movies instead.

Sunday- Rest It rained all day. I still have unhealed marks on my chest from the chafe of the Harvest Marathon. After 2 races in the rain, I think I am little leery of running in the rain right now. It may be a while before it happens again. I realize that makes me a big baby but that’s ok. I did a bit of shopping though and picked up a reflective vest for more running in the dark.

6 miles is way better than last week so I’m calling it a win. I’m realizing that I need a little more time off than I thought. That being said, I will not be turkey trotting this week. Boo. But the only trot available to me is a 10K and I don’t think I have a 10K in me right now. Plus, this will also be the first time in 4 years that I am working the week of Thanksgiving so that’s going to be odd.

How was your week?

Are you running a turkey trot?

What are your plans this week?