Peachtree Training: Week 2/12

Week-beginning Thoughts:

It's Wednesday. I don't know what I was thinking at the beginning of the week. 

Monday

Did: rest

Tuesday

Did: 1mi WU, 4mi PRO, 1mi CD + some = 6.69mi @ 10:04/mi avg, Big 5

Straight running the whole time. Nice pro miles from 10:37 down to 9:11. 

Wednesday

Did: 4mi @ 10:38/mi avg, Big 5

Two miles solo + two with training partner. Always a better day when I get my runs in in the AM. 

Thursday

Did: 1mi WU, 5x600/400, 1mi CD, Big 5

After slogging up the warm-up mountain, I was certain today would be the day I couldn't hit that 8:00/mi pace goal for my intervals. After all, I was close last week with my 400s, and this week I had to go another 1/2 lap farther. 

Nope. Nailed it and felt so strong. 

Reference: 8min/mi = 3:00

No problems on the way back with the cool-down, but I did have a weird shooting pain inside my left thigh before my shower. Not sure if it was random/pregnancy-related or something else. Just noting it here for future reference. 

Friday

Did: rest

Saturday

Did: 8.02mi @ 10:43/mi avg plus 5.12mi on treadmill @ 9:59/mi avg, Big 5
After a major disappointment yesterday, I knew I wanted to get a long run in to start the weekend. I met up with two teammates at 4:30am for as much as we could get through before parental duties began at 6am, and decided I'd continue the run on my treadmill for as long as my little one slept/would let me.

I haven't had a solid long run since the marathon. My last few attempts, I've had to stop after 8-9 due to knee issues. I wanted at least ten this weekend, and played lots of fun mental games with myself to get the additional in on the treadmill, gaming for that elusive 13.1. 

With just over a quarter mile to go, the baby monitor went off, and I heard, "Mommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy, Daddddddddddddddddddddddddddy! Mommmmmmmmmmmmmy, Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddy" over the speaker. After a quick break to get little one up, I convinced him that we could postpone breakfast (and our normal morning routine) for me to finish up my run. He even cheered for me the last quarter mile, which was great. 

Zero problems during my run (with my knee or anything else) = happy. I'm not "over" Friday's let-down, but, man, a long run really does help. At the very least, it forces your mind to "shut up" for two hours and focus on propelling your body forward. I'm forever grateful for this ability. 

As the day went on, I found myself a bit tired (probably due to poor re-fueling choices), and also dealing with some pubic bone aching. Nothing too bad, but wee pregnant running.

Sunday

Did: 4.03mi with stroller @ 11:00/mi avg, Big 5
Gorgeous running mamas run/walk along the river with the kiddos this morning. 

Total Weekly Mileage: 33.22

Week-ending Thoughts:

• Still grateful for running my way through all this life BS. 
• 33mpw feels like "maintenance mileage". lol. I remember back when I struggled to hit 7mi/week... average. How far I've come... 
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  I miss actually training for something. 10K Training isn't quite the same when I know I can do the distance (and do on a regular basis... pretty much every run), and the fun of pushing speed is "off the table" due to pregnancy. I think that's why marathon training was so enjoyable; even without the speed, I was still building up to something each week, challenging myself, etc. I always knew I could do the mileage, but it was something "new".

• 
  

Um... Running?

Week-beginning Thoughts:

I really beat up my knees pushing the stroller down those mountains yesterday. Ugh.... 

Monday

Did: rest

Tuesday

Did: 6.36mi @ 10:16/mi avg, Big 5

This run got faster than it should have due to some therapeutic venting. Had a bit of cramping, but that subsided with a short walk break. Felt good. 

Wednesday
Did: nada

Work is kicking my a-- this week. I opted for sleep instead of running.

Thursday

Scheduled 1mi WU, some sort of ladder, 1mi CD = 5-6mi total

Did: 1mi WU, 200/400/800/400/200/400/800/400/200, 1mi CD = 5.5mi @ 9:29/mi avg, Big 5
It's really hard to recap these runs when I'm essentially writing an entire week's entry on Sunday afternoon. I wanted some sort of speedwork today, but nothing terribly long or intense, so a ladder seemed ideal. I felt good on all my intervals, and focused on my arm swing, which I think helped me keep my pace sub 8 (wooo). Had a little trouble on the cool-down, since it was downhill, and my knees still feel the pounding from last weekend, but, overall, a great and necessary run during an incredibly stressful week at work.

200: 0:59
400: 1:56
800: 3:54
400: 1:56
200: 0:56
400: 1:55
800: 3:54
400: 1:56
200: 0:49

Pretty consistent on the 400s/800s at least.

Friday
Did: nada
I'd planned on getting up and taking my potato to the river for a sunrise stroller run, but this week of work sucked the life out of me. When I got home last night, I couldn't even find the energy to make it up the stairs to change out of work clothes before crashing on the couch. When I woke up, I felt sick (congested, groggy, fatigued) and opted against a run. Could I do it? Sure. Was it the right call to skip it? Absolutely. 

Saturday

Did: 10.01 @ 11:18/mi avg
My other running mama friend is about a month and a half ahead of me and has started doing run/walk intervals for her training, so we did those for this run. It's amazing how easy this double digit run felt since we weren't pushing our cardio AT ALL. I had some trouble after mile 8 with my knee (again, on the downhills), but it seems to be getting better since it's taking longer and longer for it to act up on runs this week.

Sunday

Did: 4.1mi @ 11:07/mi avg with stroller
Same run/walk pattern as yesterday. I had some issues with my bump support band and couldn't get comfortable for the first two miles, but then found the "just right" place and enjoyed the last half of the run. 

Total Weekly Mileage: 25.97

Week-ending Thoughts:

• Life has been super tough this week, and, as always, I've been grateful to be able to use running as a coping method. Though, I'll be honest, I'm kind of sick of having to HAVE a coping method for life.
• I miss having a training plan, so I'm looking at starting a 10K program to set me up for Peachtree. Hoping to still keep double digit runs on the weekends; especially if my main training partner is going to be run/walking, this seems manageable. 

When life hands you lemons...

...sign up for a marathon. 




^pretty much my reaction when my husband suggested it last night



Actually, I think my exact response was, "That seems kind of impulsive."





I plan everythIng out in advance, like, we're talking really far in advance. So, the idea of spontaneously adding a marathon to my six month plan sent me into a bit of an anxious spiral. I've had plans for another marathon for quite awhile now, but wasn't supposed to be until after we'd had another baby; I was going to use marathon training as a way to get back in shape. 

2018 has been the worst year of my life, full of struggles, losses, and challenges I'd never imagined I'd have... and they've all pretty much happened in startlingly rapid succession. 

Exhibit A: 150+ mile months for the past four months

(recall the longest thing I've been training for is a 10K)

basically, I've been running the crazy out

The more my husband and I talked about the idea of a marathon, and what I get out of training for one, the more I agreed with him. My body's been handling marathon mileage (minus the >13mi long runs) for the past four months. Our life has been handling the marathon mileage for the past four months. Running has been the biggest thing keeping me sane through all of this, and the challenge of committing so fully to something might just be the distraction I need to let go of everything else in my life that's out of control. 

I've run two marathons, each of them for different reasons. I ran Flying Pig (2014) to do something I once thought was impossible ('when pigs fly"). I learned so much about myself from that first bout of training, from pushing myself beyond my limits. That marathon was truly about just covering the distance, nothing more. I ran Chicago (2016) for redemption. I wanted to actually train for a marathon, and have my finish time be more indicative of my abilities. That marathon was a celebration of what my body and mind were capable of, as well as a way to prove to myself that I could be a mother without losing the athletic part of myself. 

If I do a Spring 2019 marathon, it would be for catharsis, a way to bury the challenges of 2018, and come out the other side stronger. Sure, I could just train for the distance and not have a race, but there's something really appealing about all of those miles and weeks of training culminating in a single event. I'm still searching for closure on so many things, and this seems like it might be an ideal path towards that. Whether it happens sooner or later, after an interruption, I think the next marathon line I cross will enable me to put a lot of this behind me.

Sizzler Training: Week 1/8

Week-beginning Thoughts
Can't remember. It's Thursday at 4:30am, and I'm just starting this blog. I can tell you that week-after-three-days thoughts include:
So tired.
Is this what marathon training was like?
Ughhhhhhh, life, you're killing me these days.

Monday

Did: 3.74mi @ 8:28/mi, Big 5

I don't remember what I'd planned on doing, but waking up to the unexpected death of a pet fueled this faster-than-planned run. Side note: breathing and running while crying is tough.

Tuesday

Scheduled: 6 easy

Did: 6.36mi @ 9:20/mi avg, Big 5

This ended up being like a 2mi WU, 3mi HA tempo, 1mi CD. Another faster than usual run. Just kind of felt like pushing a little. Had a little odd sensation in my R hammie, so I'll pay extra attention to that this week in my prehab routine.

Splits: 10:10, 9:32, 8:55, 8:52, 8:43, 9:34

Wednesday

Scheduled: Rest

Did: Core, 1/2mi walk
Rest day= sleep in. Yayayayay! Did one round through the core circuit for funsies, and a short walk at dinner because I can't handle sitting all day.

Thursday

Scheduled: 8mi easy

Did: 8.08mi @ 9:52/mi avg, Big 5

Sweet, sweet easy mileage. I still don't think we were as slow as the pace showed, though. B's watch had an extra tenth of a mile, putting us at 9:45/mi avg, which seems more reasonable. Hilly course, but, man, it felt good to get a long one in before work. 

Friday

Scheduled: rest

Did: 15min yoga

Two rest days a week? I don't know what to do with myself! Took advantage of sleeping in, starting the day with some yoga, and getting to the office early in hopes of taking off a bit early and having some time with my family to celebrate getting through a really tough week. 

Saturday

Scheduled: 7mi + 4x20s strides
Did: 7.56mi (include 4x20s strides) @ 9:52/mi avg, Big 5
Earrrrrrrly Saturday morning run. 4:30am start. I love being done early, but, man, this was a tough morning post-run. I just wanted to crawl back in bed post-shower and nap, but, life called. Run itself was good. Hilly, but good. Took it pretty easy (this multiple runs during the week over a 10K thing is weird), but enjoyed the strides. 

Sunday
Scheduled: 6 easy
Did: 6mi with stroller @ 9:23 /mi avg, Big 5, 2mi stroller walk

This was the biggest struggle of a run. I've been running slower than normal on most of my runs this week, and don't really know why. My husband's sick, so maybe I'm getting a little of that? This run went from slow, to unintentionally fast (after seeing 10:30 on my watch, I tried to pick it up so my average pace would be 930ish and overcompensated), to dead and just wanting to stop, but not wanting to bail on a workout, to just getting through it. Grateful to have my stroller buddy along on this one for sure! Clearly I shouldn't ever look at pace on a easy run; I was doing just fine! 

Total Weekly Mileage: 31.1 run, 5ish walk

Week-ending Thoughts: 

For a low-mileage week, I sure am beat. Guess that's a sign of how much life and work take out of you. On the bright side, diet has been MUCH better this week. Constantly re-balancing and re-prioritizing....

Mile Training: Week 4/6

Week-Beginning Thoughts:
Well, my body's finally given up after an incredibly stress-filled two weeks. I'm definitely sick with something, though my only symptom is a sore throat and no voice. Goody, goody. 


Monday
Scheduled: 3-6mi recovery
Did: rest
Came home sick-ish and just needed to take the day. 


Tuesday
Scheduled: 10-20min WU, 4x45s hills, 4x60s hills, 10-15min CD, core x2
Did: rest
Basically laid in bed half the day, incredibly frustrated that I can't speak. 


Wednesday
Scheduled: rest
Did: 3mi @ 9:12/mi
Still feeling blergh, and have no voice. This is Day 3, and it's literally the worst. I would much rather be sniffly or throwing up and have a voice than have laryngitis be my only symptom right now. Went for a short, easy run, just to feel human, get a little stress out, and hopefully clear my head. 

It worked for about 20min... and then the stress came back. 


Thursday
Scheduled: 15-20min WU, 4x70m strides (+MP), breathe, 2x200m at goal 800m pace (half mile -20s), 5-10min rest, 800m time trial, 10min CD
Did: 10min WU @ 9:30/mi, 10min tempo @ 7:40ish/mi, some sort of rest, 8x200/200, 5min CD, Big 5
Still sick-ish and definitely voiceless, but I wanted to go to the track and run anyways. Figured I would just run easy the whole way, but then found myself wanting to join in on the track fun. C decided she wanted to do 10min tempo + 8x200/200. I decided I'd do the same, but just exert less effort, make it a "push" instead of a hard effort. 

Tempo: Garmin claims a 7:20/mi pace, but always gives me more credit than it should for distance. I lapped my watch at the mile and clocked myself at a 7:40, so we're going with that instead. Still, a lot faster than my tempo attempt at Clemson last week when I wasn't sick (or, wait, maybe I was... that would explain things). 

1st (4)- 200s: 0:47, 0:49, 0:51, 0:48 (didn't really care, wasn't trying at all, just taking it easy)
...and then I saw my teammate struggling a bit. She's normally hella faster than me, but I wasn't even exerting much effort and was coming in only a few seconds after her. I decided to stick on her heels and do what I could to silently (since I'm still voiceless) encourage her.

2nd (4)-200s: 0:45, 0:43, 0:44, 0:38
It felt sooo good to be able to push her. Helping someone else have a better workout when you can't have the workout you want (or even when you can) makes your heart sing. That's what teamwork is all about. :) 



Friday
Scheduled: 5-7mi recovery
Did: 4.06 @ 9:25/mi avg, Big 5, 3.2mi walk
Voiceless, Day 5. I hate this, but at least I can still run. Joined the Friday morning crew at the river for an easy 4, and followed it up with a 5Kish walk with some #10KTuesday teammates over lunch. 

Saturday
Scheduled: 15-20min WU, 10min tempo, 10min CD, strength x2-3
Did: 11.01mi @ 9:31/mi avg with the stroller, Big 5, core x2
SO. MOIST. Omigosh, this run was literally the worst. I was soaked to the core by mile 3 and felt like my sports bra had been completely submerged and saturated before I'd put it on. Ewwwww. Pace was a bit too fast to start off, and we paid for it on the back half. Every little bridge on the suuuuuper flat greenway felt like a mountain with the stroller. 

H found the fan I was going to give to a friend in the car and insisted we use it for him. lol

Also did 2x core in the evening. Really need to get back to giving these small add-ons their full due... 
Sunday
Scheduled: 7-12mi long run, core x2
Did: 15min WU @ 10:23/mi, 15min tempo @ 8:32/mi, 15min CD @ 9:55/mi, 2x strength, delayed Big 5
Got a nice family run in for Fathers Day. Jer pushed the little one in the stroller and accompanied me on my tempo run along the greenway. My warm-up was super slow; I could tell that yesterday's distance, the humidity, and the fact that I've been eating more carb-y foods than usual (when I'm sick, I crave tortilla chips... and I may have consumed a bag and a half over the past week) all caught up to me. 

Tempo felt good, though I was certain I was going faster than the 8:30/mi my watch showed. Jerry's Garmin confirmed, though, that we were NOT going any faster than that. Ugh. Oh well. It's been a rough week for me, and a mentally stressful last two. To be fair, I did know during the run that it wasn't a true tempo. I could have easily carried on a conversation, though I felt like I was exerting considerable effort. 

Forced myself to do the strength workout during the munchkin's nap, and called it a week. 



Total Weekly Mileage: 27.85mi run, 5.26mi walk


Week-Ending Thoughts:

• It's amazing how much of an effect just a few days of eating crappy food has on how I feel. Definitely looking forward to a return to a natural food-based diet now that my voice is back and I don't feel sick... just bloated and gross. :P
• For being sick, I'm pretty impressed that I only missed one real workout day (hill repeats on Tuesday), and that I was able to do what I did on Thursday. 
• Not sure how I'm going to alter the plan to get a time trial 800m in though... might drag the mile out one more week? 

Mile Training: Week 1/6

Week Beginning Thoughts: 
Running can be whatever you need it to be: an escape, a way of challenging yourself, a chore, a penance, a vacation, etc. 

I'm starting mile training again. I don't expect to come anywhere close to the times I was hitting last fall, but this will give me some speed, some endurance, and something to focus on, besides how things aren't going my way in other areas of my life right now. 

(last time I did this)

Monday
Scheduled: rest
Did: 2mi walk, stretching
Just stretching my legs over lunch.


Tuesday
Scheduled: 10-20min WU, 8x30s hills, 10-15min CD, core
Did: core, 25min WU @ 10:02/mi, 8x30s hills (paces from 7:10/mi to 6:52/mi), 25min CD @ 9:56/mi = 6.23mi @ 9:50/mi, Big 5 
I was ready to "get it" on this workout... until we started and my legs felt heavy. lol. The hills felt good... until the third one, then they got hard, but manageable-ly hard.  

Paces: 7:07, 7:02, 7:21, 7:27, 6:52, 7:10, 7:00, 6:57 (i.e. all over the place)
Who knows how accurate a GPS watch really is over such a short (30s) duration, though. I felt like I got something out of the workout, which is the important part. 

Got peer-pressured into an extended cool-down to hit our 10K, and was truly shocked to have taken over an hour to run the distance. Like, I know we jogged the downhills on the repeats, but, really? 


Wednesday
Scheduled: 3-6mi easy
Did: 3.77mi @ 9:08/mi avg with stroller, Big 5
I literally couldn't wait to end my work day, pickup my running buddy from daycare, and hit the greenway together. I'd planned on an easy 3, wanted an easy 4, but flooding on the greenway forced an early turnaround. Legs felt tired to start (9:49/mi), but was easily and comfortably clocking 8:34/mi by the end... totally unintentional progression run. 

Thursday
Scheduled: 10-20min WU, 10min tempo/5min rest, 8x200/2min, 10-15min CD
Did: as scheduled, 6.24mi @ 8:39/mi avg, Big 5
I didn't want to do this workout, but I wanted to have done this workout. The tempo felt strange to do on a track, but I just tried as best I could to replicate a race-day 5K effort... and ended up nailing it with a 7:04/mi avg on my watch (which, even with the weird extra distance my watch gives me on the track, is still easily under my 7:30ish race pace). Took a breather, and then began the eight 200m repeats. 

I'd thought these would be easy since they're "only" 200s, but there were eight of them, and I'm sorely out of practice. We didn't have track marks this morning, so my distances may have been a little off, but times shook out well:

0:41, 0:44, 0:43, 0:46, 0:43, 0:44, 0:44, 0:42

For comparison, last year's times for this workout were  8:14/mi tempo and ~0:42-0:43 for the 200s. I think I'm in a good place. 

Friday
Scheduled: 3-5mi easy
Did: 2.07mi @ 9:12/mi avg, Big 5, bootcamp
A bit faster than usual pace for a "recovery" run, but sometimes you just feel like running faster. Enjoyed bootcamp too. 





Saturday
Scheduled: 15-20min WU, 10min tempo, 10-15min CD, strength circuit
Did: 10.26mi @ 9:07/mi avg, Big 5
Swapped Sat and Sun. This was a good, necessary long run with B. Lots of climbs (almost 500' of elevation gain, which is more than we've been doing for sure), and lots of sub-9 miles along the way. 

Sunday
Scheduled: 5-8mi long, core circuit
Did: core circuit, 15min WU @ 9:10/mi, 10min tempo @ 8:09/mi, 10min CD @ 10:03/mi, strength circuit
Forgot about my core circuit yesterday, so did that first thing. I liked seeing my workout as a task to complete, an assignment, and did my best to focus on seeing it as an accomplishment after I was done. The warm-up was probably a bit too fast, especially for sunny, humid, and HOT conditions, but sometimes you just feel like running fast, right? Well, it bit me on the tempo. My legs felt heavy and I felt dead. It showed in my pace. I let myself walk up the huge hill at the beginning of my cooldown, and then jogged it home. 


Total Weekly Mileage: 32.70

Week-ending Thoughts: 
This was a really good week to begin a training program. I'm glad I have something to focus on, accomplish, and take pride in each day. 

Reboot: Week 2

Week-beginning Thoughts:
Ugh. Sick. Ugh.



Monday
Did: 2.17mi @ 9:31/mi, Big 5, bootcamp (with another 4x)
I felt fine this morning when I got up and left the house. I felt fine on our run. I felt fine during bootcamp... until the last round, then I had some weird cramps that I attributed to "female stuff", but nothing that I couldn't work through.

...and then I got home, and couldn't get off the toilet. 

Enter a long day of alternating between being too hot and too cold, attempting to drink/eat ANYTHING (literally nothing sounded palatable), and drifting in and out of consciousness with Netflix in the background. I finally checked my temperature later in the afternoon, and discovered I was clearly sick: 99.8. 

More sleeping. More thermal regulation troubles. Finally some eating (plain brown rice and some whole grain saltines). Lots of ugh. 

Definitely no 10KT in the morning. 


Tuesday
Did: 10KTuesday, treadmill desk edition
Still feeling crappy, but slugged out 6.22mi between 7am and 4pm on my makeshift treadmill desk. I just want to some having these awful tummy cramps. 

Wednesday
Did: walk, 2mi run @ 8:44/mi avg, walk
Opted for a mid-day errand run  (literally). Dropped some library books off, and then continued for a light jog (at least that's how it felt) around midtown. Forgot to stretch :/ 

and got to run across the infamous "hex tile sidewalks"
ugh

Thursday
Did: 1.13mi WU, 2x400/400, core set, 2x400/400, 1mi CD = 4.27mi total(?) @ 8:48/mi avg... and then another 2mi @ 8:00/mi avg, Big 5
Did speedwork Thursday. Wasn't super feeling it, but wanted to get on the track anyways. Speeds sucked, but it wasn't about pace today- just getting out there. Did a consistent 1:40 for pretty much every repeat, with a short core set halfway through the workout. 

Opted out of stretching :/ This is a dangerous habit. 

Had a crap-tastic day of all sort of emotional/hormonal issues, and went out for a hard, cathartic (read: progression) run the moment I arrived home. It felt good to push. I couldn't think about anything beyond my footfalls and breathing. Just run. 

Friday
Did: 2.6mi walk, 3x800m runs
Still in a funk.  Couldn't get out of bed for my morning workout and opted to let my body sleep it off and try to recover. Half-planned on getting up and doing a strength workout before daycare drop-off. Half-planned on running after daycare dropoff. Neither happened. Walked on the treadmill desk a bit. Ran on the treadmill desk for a few 800s throughout the day. Generally blergh and more blergh.


Saturday
Did: 12.06mi @ 9:21/mi avg, Big 5, 1.87mi walk, foam rolling IT band
And we're back to "normal", or at least normal enough. Got up at 4-something for a 5am 12-miler with the girls, and had a good almost-two-hours of relaxation in the form of miles. Had a little right IT band stuff come up post-run, but am managed that with some foam rolling and diligent stretching. Speaking of "injuries", my left PF is basically gone now-- funny how something like that takes forever to just kind of fade away into nothing. 

only bad part of the run: undoing this rats' nest afterwards :P 

Did a few miles of walking with the fam in the afternoon, and then had a nice grown-up dinner double date with another couple runner friends who also eat "like me'. It was such a relief to not have to explain weird diet preferences, try to eat around things I didn't want, or just eat whatever is there (my usual option) and feel the sluggishness and other weird post-eating feelings that are such a rarity with this nutrition plan.

Sunday
Did: 4.82mi @ 8:33/mi avg, Big 5, ~3mi walk with 35lb backpack, 20min yoga, foam rolling IT band
Did NOT feel like getting up and running this morning, but had promised a teammate I'd pace her through some of her long run, so up and out I went. This morning was a "feels like" of 32, which meant tights, underarmour, gloves, and an earband... pretty odd considering I was in shorts and a singlet for yesterday's rainy LSD. I was glad to have met up with another of my teammate's pacers for a short warm-up before having to hop in at an 8:30. The first mile felt like a 7:10, though it was an 8:18. Who knows how bad it would have been if I hadn't warmed-up. :P 

Splits: 8:18, 8:32, 8:27. 8:10

We talked the whole way, and, while I wasn't comfortable, it certainly wasn't a tempo pace for me. I'm really glad my teammate included me in her "please help me run 16 miles at this pace" message, because I don't think I would have given myself enough credit to volunteer if she'd just made a mass request. Clearly, I'm underestimating myself. If I really want to train better, I need to start tempo runs again... :P

The only bad part of this run was that, as soon as my shift ended, Jerry's began, meaning we literally had a handoff of our kiddo as if he were a relay baton. I'd really wanted to do some sort of cool-down, but since kid wasn't in the running stroller when I stopped (at the playground instead), I had to settle for a couple tiny laps around the playground and a swingset-side Big 5. 

Not immediately after, but soon enough that I didn't get much of a break, we headed out for a 2-3mi walk around the zoo with the running mamas. I wore the kid in a backpack carrier, which meant I basically did 2-3mi of resistance training with a 35lb weight on my shoulders. Oof. 

This called for some serious leg love yoga during kid's naptime. :) 


Total Weekly Mileage: 26.82mi run (+13.22mi walked)

Week-ending Thoughts: Pleased with how the week ended, despite the physical and emotional distresses earlier in the week. Just trying to keep on keeping on.