So week two it is...yeah still a little behind in the writing but at least I'm not eight weeks in and just now writing!
Because of the way training plans are designed to have your long run fall on the same day of the week as your end goal race... week two actually starts out with my long run. The training plan calls for a four mile run and I hit four miles running the main street in Salem; State Street. And one road behind it too. I tend to drop my kids off at their CCD program and then hit the pavement during that time. It's better on the pocketbook then chilling at Marc's spending money in the closeout aisles which I do far too often anyhow! It was raining during this run but rain to me is like air. I'm a Pisces and while I don't totally get into all that horoscope stuff I do feel drawn to water. Rain during a run is usually a good thing.
I hit up the gym on Monday before the kids got off the bus. I was a bit sore and couldn't understand why except that the day before I hit better times on my run then expected.
Tuesday is almost impossible for me to run because I have City Council to attend, sometimes planning commission, and during the in season this one being track, I have meets. So I usually take Tuesday as an off day to any for of exercise because I just don't have time for multiple showers.
This week didn't exactly go as planned because the kids ended up sick with that lovely 105 temp flu that is going around. Thankfully mine didn't get as sick as some and despite a trip to the doctor for an ear infection in the littlest one we were hit pretty mild. So Wednesday ended up as an extra rest day.
Which actually probably made Thursday the rough day it was. Too much rest in between runs makes for heavy legs. And lack of sleep due to sick kids doesn't help either. I pushed through and honestly didn't do as bad as I thought but my body might have argued with you.
Friday again was a rest day. So this makes week two another week where I missed some cross training workouts. The gym can be my friend...but only if I can get there during open hours when I have a babysitter...
Saturday because I knew the next day was going to be too busy I hit up my long run. Training plan called for another four miler but I like to get more longer distance runs in then the average plan calls for so I bumped this up to a fiver. I went to the Greenway Trail which is mostly flat to boost my confidence after a long tiring weekend.
My husband went running as well. But he managed to get a bad cramp, or a pull/tear, or compartment syndrome... we don't know and doctors including specialists don't know. That's a year long story in the making and continuation and maybe some day I'll get into it but that some day is not this day. Long story short his eight miler ended up being four miles walked! I nailed my time and didn't walk. I was on cloud nine and well the temps in the low 60s in February didn't hurt either! But I felt horrible in celebrating because of Josh's injury.
As for Biggest Loser this week I weighed in at 147 lbs. Which means I finally lost a pound. And believe it or not that was all it took to put me into second place for the week at work! Little bit of extra motivation. With my luck I probably just didn't have a whole pile of crap in me and the next weigh in will reflect no further results.
I did go to Second Sole, tried on a couple of pairs of Adidas shoes and because my size was out of stock... I ordered in a pair. Can't wait until they come in and I'll of course talk about how exciting that is for my feet!
All in all a decent workout week despite the struggles. I really want to do things right this time and it's been not the weeks of workouts I intended. Long road ahead and I can't mess around or I won't be ready for the end event! Here's hoping the next week is a bit better!
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