Sick Kid(s)

Week-beginning:

Let's see what happens this week...

Monday

Did: nada

Busier day at work than expected. Sick kid.

Tuesday

Did: 6.3mi @ 9:52/mi avg

Looong day at work, but fastest 10KT in nearly a year. Grateful.

Sick kid.

Wed

Did: LIIFT4 W5D2

Sick kid, in-laws arrived.

Thurs

Did: family 5K with oldest :D, LIIFT4W5D1

Grateful for having our oldest finally participate on their own two feet in our family Thanksgiving race tradition :D I ran alongside the whole time, and we finished in 37:03.

Since I only jogged the race, I did some more lifting at home, and we also did a walk to the neighborhood playground. 

Baby is still sick. SIgh

Friday

Did: 5.36mi stroller walk, 30min yoga

Sick baby = home and walking in the stroller. I didn't feel super hot, and stuck to yoga instead of a HIIT workout.

Saturday

Did: 8.1mi @ 10:16/mi avg

Felt a little tired, but wanted to get out. A "good" overnight recharge encouraged me to go for it, but I opted to stick with 8 instead of pushing to 10. This was a good call, as I ended up napping later in the day. Baby still sick. 

Sunday

Did: LIIFT4 W5D3

Wanted to go for a run, but it didn't make sense iwth our schedule today. Stuck with a LIIFT workout and spent a good bit of time outside hanging holiday lights. 

Weekly Mileage: 17.9

Week-end Thoughts:

Meh? 

Pre-Thanksgiving

 Week-beginning:

I wrote a training plan for myself this weekend. It's basically an easy-runs-one/mileage-building plan, but I'm happy to have a sense of progress/accomplishment back in my life.  

Monday

Did: nada

 

Tuesday

Did: LIIFT4 W4D3, 6.26mi @ 10:29/mi avg

No internet, so I just did the lifting part of the shoulders workout, and then enjoyed another 10KT with the girls. So happy to finally start feeling like myself again

Wed

Did: nada

Well, I planned on working out today, but had too much work to do on my "off day" to actually do it. 

Thurs

Did: nada

Felt a little off, and heard about a friend who I was with Sunday testing positive for COVID, so I kept it chill and didn't workout.

Friday

Did: three deadlines at work

No workout again today, but feeling better and will run tomorrow

Saturday

Did: 8.05 @ 10:04/mi avg, 30min yoga

I felt a little tired this morning, but got up and out anyways. I love running in 30 degrees and no wind at 5am. :) My calf bugged me a bit during the run, and my left hip was weird in later miles, but I think all that can be chalked up to the cold. 

Enjoyed a yoga session during little one's naptime where I focused on hamstrings. Ahhh, yeah. 

Sunday

Did: 3.13mi @ 10:06/mi avg with stroller, LIIFT4 W4D4

Great run with my littlest in the stroller after a HIIT leg workout :) 

Weekly Mileage: 17.4

Week-end Thoughts:

Not bad for a week where I felt sick for a good part, and my kids were also under the weather. 

Really proud/happy to have hit my longest run since COVID.

November

Week-beginning:

Um... this is getting written a week and a half later, so... yeah. 

Monday

felt a little sleepy in the morning, and the had a sick kid at night, so nothing got done

 

Tuesday

Did: 6.24mi @ 10:21/mi avg

back at a full 10KTuesday for the first time in forever :) 

Wed

Did: LIIFT4 W3D4

Thurs

Did: 3.11mi @ 10:24/mi avg

Friday

Did: LIIFT4 W4D1, W4D2

Saturday

Did: 7.11mim @ 10:22/mi avg

Planned on 6, but ended up going further 'cause I felt great :)

Sunday

Did: 3.51mi @ 10:46/mi avg, 2/1 intervals

Felt a bit tired in the morning, and didn't wanna run in "feels like 24", so I pushed this to the afternoon. Still wasn't feeling like pushing at all, so I let myself enjoy some intervals. . 

Weekly Mileage: 20.0

Week-end Thoughts:

Let's call it a comeback. 

Chicago Week

Week-beginning:
Happy Halloween! Headed to Chicago this week for the NCSEA Summit and hoping I can still do my usual Summit Run Club... 

Monday

Did: 2+ mi walk while trick-or-treating

 

Tuesday

Did: 3x1.5mi walks in airport, around town in Chicago

Wed

Did: 3.42mi @ 10:03/mi avg

Summit Run Club through Grant Park. I was a little nervous about running faster than I had before, but enjoyed being back with friends on familiar paths. 

Thurs

Did: 5.18mi @ 10:46/mi avg

Slower run with a different group, but I didn't feel like I wanted to go any faster. 

Friday

Did: 3.45mi @ 10:20/mi avg

Run club with a different group of people. Still felt like this was a great pace for me. Had a loooong night in the airport with delays and didn't get home until nearly 11pm.

Saturday

Did: LIIFT4 W3D3

Felt a bit sick today (exhausted), but napped in the afternoon and felt okay enough by evening. 

Sunday

Did: 30min yoga, LIIFT4 W3D4

Family pictures in the morning = didn't want to do anything that would require a heavy shower. Yoga pre-photos, and then a HIIT workout for my legs in the afternoon/evening. 

Weekly Mileage: 12.1

Week-end Thoughts:

SO happy to have been able to run so many days back-to-back this week on top of full conference proceedings and travel. I think I'm healed :D 

idk week

Monday

Did: nada

Husband wasn't feeling great, so I was on full parent duty. Sore legs from the race, but just didn't have time to workout...

 

Tuesday

Did: 5.03mi @ 10:34/mi avg

Kept distance low since I'm still dealing with post-race leg soreness, but only walked a few bits due to soreness

Wed

Did: 1.5mi @ 10:00/mi avg-- CPET

I finally got to have my CPET today, via my cardiologist. I had to pick 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 or 8.0mph to run on a treadmill with an increasing incline. This was my last step to getting cardio clearance to resume training. 

Thurs

Did: nada

Had a rough night of anxiety and skipped this morning's workout.

Friday

Did: 3.17mi @ 10:32/mi avg

Straight run with my TP

Saturday

Did: 6.05mi 4/1 intervals @ 10:38/mi avg, LIIFT4 W3D1

Enjoyed a "long" run and some lifting. 

Sunday

Did: LIIFT4 W3D2

Back and biceps

Weekly Mileage (it's back!): 15.9

Sick Week

Week-beginning:
Little one probably has RSV, and it looks like I'm next...

Monday

Did: nothing

Took a DayQuil and felt reasonable throughout the morning, but definitely noticed when it stopped working. Ugh. 

 

Tuesday

Did: nothing

Runny/stuffy nose allllll day. I made the right call opting out of running today. Despite being sick, I feel good. Like, this is the first time that I've been sick in almost a year where I haven't felt fatigued during it. Instead, I feel like I just have a headcold, but I could go workout if I really wanted to. 

Wed

Did: LIIFT4 W2Shoulders, 15min yoga

Thurs

Did: nada

Another runny nose day. Felt like I had a faucet in my face.... 

Friday

Did: nada

I think I could've run today if I'd really wanted to, but, with a race coming up on Sunday, I didn't want to push myself. Instead, I focused on my work deadline and enjoyed a Halloween fun house with the fam. 

Saturday

Did: LIIFT4 W2Legs, 10min yoga

Today was the first day where I haven't had to blow my nose. Hooray! I definitely felt a bit fatigued when pushing hard through today's HIIT session, but enjoyed it. I think I needed a sickness like this to get past a lot of my long COVID PTSD. Here's hoping for a good run tomorrow. 

Sunday

Did: 3.11mi Women's 5K race @ 8:35/mi avg

Course was short, so I ran extra afterwards to hit the full 5K

Weekly Mileage (it's back!): 3.11

Week-end Feelings:

I'm okay :D 

Race Report: Alpharetta Women's 5K

Previous PR: 22:18 (Hearts & Soles '20)

90% Goal: sub-30

50% Goal: 9:30 average
10% Goal: sub-9 average

Result: 26:42 (8:35/mi avg)

Training: HA. I don't think anything I've done since February could actually count as training. Long COVID's been a pain. I've been run/walking regularly for the 3 of the past 4 weeks. The most recent past week I had symptoms of whatever RSV-ish thing my youngest had so I didn't run at all (and only did two LIIFT4 workouts). 

Pre-Race: I got to meet up with two of my best running buddies who were doing the half, which was nice. I had zero thoughts of really any sort of pacing. Until this morning, I hadn't known if I'd be doing this race solo or with a stroller. I'd kinda wanted to have a good stroller race with my littlest (he's gotten the short end of the race stick with COVID), but this course is NOT a stroller-friendly course (despite the race itself being stroller-friendly). Ultimately, I decided I didn't want the stress on my body of pushing a stroller up the Westside hill and just wanted to enjoy running without working hard. Solo, I can vary my pace to what my body wants to do. With a stroller, even walking up that hill is WORK. 

Race:

I let myself run whatever felt good. There wasn't a single moment on the course where I wanted to slow down. In the first mile, I was a bit alarmed that I was sitting in fifth place. I looked at my watch- 8:30s. That was faster than I had thought I'd be going, but it must be a slow crowd if I was sitting in fifth. Eventually, I got passed by some faster ladies, but I ended up finishing 15th overall, which was a real shock considering both my finish time and the state of my training/body. 

Reflections:

Really happy to have had such a great experience (and performance) today, and hopeful that, despite all of the setbacks this year has brought, maybe I'm finally on my way back up. 

family came to cheer for me :)

awesome friends :D