Still no running going on over here, if anything things got way worse. It’s been a few years since I was this sick and it sucks. I miss running. So let’s do a little ramble and catch up on the last week.
It was another week where I packed my gym bag with running gear but it never left my car. Boo. Wednesday had some of the prefect rainy day weather that we rarely get. Yet I was attending an all day, soul sucking notary seminar. And it was also the day I was the sickest yet. I felt so bad for the others at the seminar- I just tried to sit in the back and not disrupt anyone too much. Driving home was rough, the rain, my eyes were swollen and I kept sneezing and coughing. Ugh.
I think I mentioned that we were being audited at work. The auditor ended up only staying a day- so either we’re really awesome or super screwed. 😛 Won’t know which for a bit longer though. I was sick and not firing on all cylinders that day though.
Good news, when I left work on Friday, I was starting vacation! I don’t have to be back until December 13. Woo hoo! Now if I could just kick this cold.
I wish I had more pictures for this but I upgraded my phone over the weekend and while -yay, new phone!- I lost everything from the last 2 months. Boo. It’s supposedly backed up to icloud but no one seems to know how to get the pictures back so that’s cool.
Hmmm, this ramble turned into more of whine/ rant. Oops. See, I really need to run!
I do not have a race in the immediate future and y’all, I am so good with that. I need a break. Even though the marathon and San Diego were a month apart I think they were too close. My body kind of rebelled during May, maybe it was trying to tell me something?
Currently, my next scheduled race is October. I won’t last that long, I am already looking at race or two in July but a little break will do me good. Which my body reinforced last week.
I took all of last week off work and that was so nice. I caught up on a few things, ran- err attempted- a few miles and slept. A lot. I mean a lot. I also ate way too much but let’s not go there.
Oh and the puppy got to go to the beach!!
Monday- Rest I didn’t get home from San Diego on Sunday night until after 8. I woke up on Monday tired and sore. So I didn’t do a whole lot- it was glorious.
Tuesday- 3 miles Not good. Nope. I couldn’t even force myself to round it out to 5K. My legs felt ok but the rest of me felt exhausted. Exhausted like I sat on a bench partway through the run just to chill, I was abnormally tired. Grrr.
Wednesday- 3.1 miles Global Running Day! However the smart thing should have been to skip the run. I could feel that my hips/glutes were angry before I even started and I was still tired. But it was Global running Day- how could I miss it?? Stupid. Not my brightest move.
Thursday- Rest So this time I listened to my body and whining legs and rested.
Friday- 3.1 miles Sense a theme here? I headed out for a run in the afternoon but knew 1 mile in it wasn’t happening. Glutes said yah, no. So I walked it out. I tried to look on the bright side and think that at least I was able to finish a podcast that way.
Saturday/Sunday- Rest I took the whole weekend off! It didn’t start out that way, I was supposed to go on a hike with my mom on Saturday. However, it turned out she woke up sick and I was feeling an increase in my lovely side pain. Yay. So with that being said and still feeling off in my hips and glutes, I decided rest was best.
9.2 miles for the week. Could be worse for a chill week but I think I needed it.😀😀
Short weeks always seem to be just a little bit harder than they should be. Short weeks right before you go on vacation and you’re trying to make sure you get everything off your checklist done so no one else has do it? Just that much harder. However I had the prizes of both a race trip to San Diego and vacation at the end so I just buckled down.
I think. I feel like I forgot something.
Monday- Rest (Memorial Day) I hate wasting a non work day with rest, I usually love getting more miles in but I also needed to get a few things done first. One of those things was cleaning out the inside of my car as it was long overdue and I managed to overheat while doing so. I mean, yes it was 95, but still that is kind of sad. It took me super long to cool down and by then I just decided to make up the miles sometime during the week.
Tuesday- Rest The day back after a 3 day week is usually super busy so I prepared for that and did not take running gear.
Wednesday- 4.1 miles I headed to the river path for a few miles. I have a training app that told me to do intervals and the Squadrunner app that had a mission of 6K but I was feeling fussy and not sure what I was going to do or what my glute/hip was going to let me do. So I just let my legs do what they wanted. It turns that was a 4.1 mile progression run. Who knew? My hip/glute felt super tight for the first 2 miles, I warmed up with my usual 1/2 mile walk but also did a few lunges and some other stretches at that point. It eventually loosened up and I felt ok by the end of the run. Sitting; later was a different story.
Thursday- Rest I took my running gear to work but I needed to get some things at the store before the weekend’s race trip so I decided to do that instead. I planned to start packing as well but I all I really did was pull together part of my race day outfit.
Friday- Packing– Holy crap, work was so damn busy. I drove home feeling fried. If I run this race next year, I am taking the Friday before off. I was scrambling to pack and now wondering why I put it off and had the feeling I was going to forget something. It was damn near my sports bra. I packed everything and had finally sat down for a moment to relax when I suddenly realized I hadn’t packed one! How did I forget that?
Saturday- Travel day Oh for crying out loud, it took us 7+ hours to get to San Diego. I didn’t get to the expo until after 3. Thankfully picking up my bib and shirt was a breeze. I almost forgot to get my shuttle band but remembered at the last minute. The Brooks booth had a lot of cute merchandise but I told myself I didn’t need anything at the expo but then lost that resolve at the Sparkle Skirts booth when I bought my first one. Then it was off to check into the hotel before meeting Kate for dinner!
Our hotels were near each other so we met at a Claim Jumpers that was nearby. I had never eaten there before. The food was so-so, the service interesting but the company was excellent! Seriously- the waitress like forgot Kate’s dessert and when confronted about it they had no reason for it. Then when she was taking away the dishes, she dropped one the sharp knives but in a way that it came right for my stomach. Yikes! But it was great catching with Kate and making our game plan for race morning. Then it was back to the hotel to relax a bit and get to sleep.
However I realized what I forgot to pack- the soft flasks for hydration that go with my pack. So, how was I going to carry water?
Sunday- Rock n Roll San Diego -13.1 miles Race recap to come.
17.2 milesfor the week. Considering I only ran twice, that’s not horrible. And now I am on vacation- woo hoo!
*Oh and the title of the post? When we were leaving San Diego on Sunday, we turned up a street and it was really confusing but due to traffic and lights, we got stuck on the wrong side of the boom barriers for the railroad track- we couldn’t go forward and we couldn’t go back and there was the coaster coming. Eeeek!!!!! Runners just leaving the event in the park assured us we were far enough back- which we all hoped so as they were standing level with us! The train went through fine, barriers raised, lights went green and we went on our way but I thought that was a fitting title for the post.
With that in mind, I planned to take a step back week- run 4 times but no long run. My thought was to have my longest run be 6 miles. I was also on vacation so that would change if I randomly threw in a hike (I didn’t) but I didn’t want a return of leg pain from last week.
Other than that, I had a giant list of things I needed to do while I was on vacation that I can’t get done regularly. Spoiler alert- I didn’t get most of them done. Slacker. 🙂😛
Monday- Travel day Between leaving the hotel and getting to airport, then the flight and driving home from San Jose, all of Monday was spent traveling. I didn’t make it home until after 8 that night. Plus after the stress of the flight being overbooked, then finding out it was a TINY plane, all I wanted to do was take a shower and go to sleep.
Tuesday- Rest I had a blood work appointment to get done before an appointment on Thursday. I also completed the mountain of laundry that I came home from Vegas with. The highlight of the day though was the DMV- after months I finally have the Slacker plates back on my car!👍
Wednesday- 5 miles I headed for the river path around 3, taking advantage of daylight and the near 80 degree temps. I kept the pace super easy but randomly threw in a 9:20 mile just prove I still could.
Thursday- 4 miles I left at a similar time to the day before but talk about a temp change- it was about 30 degrees cooler than Wednesday. I ran a surprisingly peppy, progressive 4 miler.
Friday- Rest I can’t remember what else I did. That’s kind of sad.
Saturday- 4 miles The downhill slide. Same route as Thursday, 2 minutes slower overall and a drastically different run. My calves and achilles screamed for damn near the entire run. 2 miles in my stomach started yelling in an entirely not good way. This run was so not pleasant.
Sunday- Rest My lower left leg was talking all day. Walking and sitting were uncomfortable. I have no upcoming races in the near future and hadn’t been planning on a long run anyways so I saw no point in making things worse just to add 5-6 miles to my weekly total.
13 miles for the week. I’d be happier with the low mileage if it was due to laziness but this is the second week in a row I’ve backed off due to leg pain. That is not cool.
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?
And there’s 2 bags on the ground 😳 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!😛
