Training Log – Week Seven

Another week that did not go the way I planned. At All. I am trying to not get frustrated. We all have bad weeks. I need to find what triggers bad weeks (at least nutritionally-wise) and what I can do to combat it.

Out of my scheduled workouts, I actually got in *most* of them. Thursday, I skipped my run to head off to the Suns Game with the family. I mean, I deserve a little fun every now and then, right? Heck, apparently we even made it on Fox Sports! I think I am most frustrated with this week’s long run though.

I had 10 miles on the calendar. I had to do something I have never done before in all my training… I called WO to come pick me up. I planned to run my 10 on the Skunk Creek Trail. It would be a simple down and back, with plans to meet up for Starbucks and grocery shopping. The first 4.5 were going fairly well, though I was starting to feel that nagging pull at my hip and knee. I started to increase my walk breaks, but as I was coming up to mile 5, I was really starting to feel it. I turned back and was trying to run when I could, but by 5.5 miles

I was questioning my ability to run more than 1 minute before I would need to walk again. I knew there was a park coming up, and I made the decision. With 7 week left before the race… I couldn’t risk doing serious damage. I was feeling the pain even walking at that point. I admit that I was sitting on a hill in that park crying for a bit; disappointed in myself for giving up on that long run, as well as being worried about my ability to finish this race at my goal pace.

But it is time to shake off a bad week, and get focused since a new week starts tomorrow. And next week should look something like this.

My fingers are crossed for a better week. Both physically and mentally. It is getting to be crunch time, I need a couple of solid long runs before it is time to start tapering my distances.