Thanksgiving Half: Week 3/11

Week-beginning Thoughts:

Crap. I woke up with a bit of a bump in my throat, and my kid is super congested. Guess I'm getting sick this week... weeeee! 

Monday

Scheduled: rest

Did: rest

Whelp, today went just swimmingly. Started feeling blergh in the morning, and was rocking a 100+ degree fever and sore throat before 4pm. 

Tuesday

Scheduled: 1mi WU, 5mi tempo, 6x200m hills, 1mi CD

Did: nada

Dead in bed with higher fever and sorer throat.

Wednesday

Scheduled: 5mi easy

Did: nada

Went to doctor. Diagnosed with strep throat. Proceeded to be dead in bed again.

Thursday

Scheduled: 5mi easy

Did: nada

Showered. Ate real food. Felt marginally human. Watched the entire Fifty Shades trilogy. 

Friday

Scheduled: strength + yoga

Did: nada

Went to work. Felt slightly more human. 

Saturday

Scheduled: 11mi easy

Did: 4.09mi with stroller @ 8:37/mi, 1.75mi walk, 2.5mi walk, 1.6mi run/walk

Though I felt better this morning, I also knew better than to go from lying in bed dying all week to running 9mi of hills with my training group. I sent my husband in my stead and opted to take the morning leisurely. If I felt like running, I'd go run with the stroller. If I felt like sitting around the house, I'd sit around the house. This was a good call.

I ended up heading out with the potato around 7:30 and choosing to take him downtown for a run somewhere we never get to go: The Beltline. I told myself do NOT look at your watch, run 100% by feel, keep it easy, and walk when you feel like walking for 3-4 miles. 

It ended up going really well. In fact, it wasn't until we'd gotten home and I looked at my pace that I realized HOW well. I'd done a mid-8 with the stroller as my easy pace. Guys, I'm officially a "fast". (tapering for a week probably had a lot to do with that... lol) 

Went on to run/walk a bit through the park to find the playground, and then turned the day into a "Mommy and Me" excursion, with walks through the zoo and greenway. Total mileage exceeded 10, and I'm proud that so much of that was walking... and that I feel great. 

Sunday

Scheduled: 5mi easy

Did: 5mi with stroller @ 9:23/mi avg, Big 5

Nice easy run with the stroller today to get back "on the wagon".

Total Weekly Mileage: 9.63 (no, really) 

Week-ending Thoughts:

This was already going to be a "no speed" week while I let that PF stuff get better. Might as well have double-dipped if I was going to have to take a week off to be sick this season. 

...also, I did a thing:

more commentary on this coming in a future blog