One day at a timeWell, running is going pretty well right now. Today I “raced” a 30k out in Surprise, Arizona, put on by the Arizona Road Racers. It was the longest run I have done since Twin Cities marathon! HAHA I averaged 6:16 pace and didn’t feel fatigued until a few miles to go, so I’m pretty happy with it. I went into it thinking I could average 6:30 for a solid long run effort so I ended up doing better than I thought. The course had long inclines on the way out, gaining over 400 feet I believe and on the way back when I thought there would be a great feeling of going downhill, we had a wonderful strong headwind! grrr Anyway, my weekly mileage this week with a day off was 61.5, the highest since before the marathon.
Most of my runs the past 3-4 weeks are relaxed pace with at least one run at a more threshold pace, while feeling comfortable. This next week I will probably add in a workout yet I have to take it day by day with how my foot is feeling. So far so good right now though! I am still getting treatment and graston scraping on it at Endurance Rehab, while also doing ice baths, stretching and strengthening it on my own. My swimming has been going great and I did 10k in the pool yesterday!! I couldn’t believe I actually did it. Mentally it was very difficult at a couple points yet I divided it up into manageable 1k repeats and I felt much better. In terms of cardiovascular fitness, I know my lungs are getting stronger because most of the day after the swim I could still feel the effects, haha. I’m doing the Oceanside Half Ironman in March and back in 2007 when I did triathlons I never trained this much in the pool so I am sure my swim time will be much better!
After going to Vegas to race and then North Carolina for a weekend, I got out of my “routine” and I definitely had to force myself to get back into it. It’s amazing how your mind and body can so easily fall out of a routine and then getting back into it is the hardest first step. Once I got going again and taking the training day by day, my mood improved and I feel so much better. It’s probably due to the fact that when I know I am doing everything I need to do to become a better athlete, in general that makes me so much happier, obviously
Well, it will be interesting to see how my body reacts to this “race” this morning and how the week goes. I haven’t been doing my typical drills in a couple months so I plan to add those in every other day this week as well. I’ll do them on my days in between my strength training and core work. Have a great week everyone and happy holidays!!!!
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