Dumb Week

  

Monday
Scheduled: rest
Did: 1.87mi @ 9:56/mi avg
Felt good enough to take advantage of the big bridge .25mi from our VRBO. So weird to run when I haven't in over a week.... 

Drove home from TN. Voiceless. Ugh.

Tuesday
Scheduled: 10KTuesday
Did: 5.08mi @ 9:53/mi avg
Didn't think a full 10K was smart after being off for over a week. Still voiceless.

Wednesday

Scheduled: nope

Did: nope
Worked today, voiceless, since I was off on Monday. I really cherish not working more than 2 days in a row.... 

Thursday

Scheduled: 4-5mi

Did: 5.31mi @ 10:01/mi avg

Pushed a little harder on the 400s, but nothing faster than a 9. Still voiceless.

I was thinking that a week off would have cleared my foot issues, but I still have some weird stuff happening on my right arch. 

Friday

Scheduled: nada

Did: 5.00mi @ 9:35/mi avg

Still voiceless. Enjoyed an afternoon run in the rain solo, though. 

Saturday

Scheduled: 8-10mi easy

Did: 4.9mi @ 10:38/mi avg

Did a run alongside kiddo on bike, pushing other kiddo in stroller. Have a hoarse voice... 

Sunday

Scheduled: easy run 3-4mi

Did: 4.28mi @ 9:46/mi avg stroller run

By the end of the week, my goal just became to get 20-25mpw, and I'm happy to say I did it. It was weird to wake up this morning and realize it was Publix Marathon/Half weekend, and I literally can't run that distance right now. I had so long where I could go out and just run a half any given day, and now it seems so far off. :( 

Part of what I was so angry about when I had long COVID wasn't just that I couldn't run/workout, but that I knew that taking such a long pause would make it harder for me to mentally get back to waking up every morning for long runs, etc. Inertia is a bitch. 

Total Weekly Mileage: 26.44 Heeey, it's like I ran a marathon this week :P 

Week-ending Thoughts:

• So far this year, weekly mileage totals have been:
• 20.59
• 18.29
• 11.41
• 27.59
• 19.53
• 17.46
• 0.0
• 26.44
• I liked not having a designated "long run" this week and just trying to run shorter mileage, more consistently. Maybe that's the ticket back for me?