Usually Monday is a rest day but I was feeling like I should do something finally after not doing almost anything for a whole week. Yes, I was still feeling sick but not as sick to just chill. I also knew that if I don't do anything, it's gonna be even harder to start tomorrow. So I decided to do some strength. Foot was okay so tried some squats and even lunges. I felt accomplished after this and bit more happier.
After the great run/walk on treadmill last week, I felt like I wanna do it again! Also the wind outside was really cold and I felt cold being out for just few mins, still being bit sick, so I went for the TM. What a mistake 😅. I felt terrible! I was sweating like crazy and running felt really hard. I was counting minutes to be done with it. My HR was also way higher than usual at this speed/effort. I got it done, 45mins but it was a torture.
Whoa Wednesday, first run outside since last Sunday. I still don't feel completely healthy but good enough for an easy run. I also added some core exercises with mtn lgs after the run.
I feel pretty shitty about last week. I could've/should've done way more. And I did nothing. I'm so "It's either 100% or it's 0%". If I can I follow my plan 100%. But when there is an issue like being sick and not knowing what was wrong with my foot, I took all these excuses and I did nothing. I definitely could've done some yoga and mobility, I wasn't feeling that bad but my mind is kinda like "Well if I can't do everything, I'm just not gonna do anything at all." I need to change that! I was just lazy.
I'm also very like: "Well I've lost a week! Now everything's ruined. What's the point of continuing, I've probably gained like 5pounds while sitting doing nothing and eating like 💩, everything's just ruined." Once I stop, even for few days, it's SO hard to get back. I was sad/mad that I can't run and I was excited to go back but at the same time I was also like I'm done, I'm not running again 🤣. It's so stupid! But that's how I am unfortunately. I have to remember these moments, I'm still in the beginning but I have to work on this and be better for the future setbacks. I'm sure there will be more...and I hope I can handle those better 🤘
Thurdays are for dog walks. I don't know why but usually Thursday is the only day Lucy wants to go for a longer walk. So we went for almost an hour. And then I had to go and do my run. I felt bit tired, my legs were kinda tired. I guess from all the running again 😅. It was really windy but I still decided to go down to the reservoir thinking it's not gonna be that bad. And on my way there I was like Oh this is nice, where is the wind even? That stopped as soon as I turned around and started to go back. Then the wind was all in my face and I was like Oh...damn, it is windy! Not to mention it's all uphill. Oh whelp, I survived and it was nice outing. Beautiful sunset and nice easy run.
I was planning to do some more strength on Friday but chose to sleep for another hour in the morning instead, cause recovery right hah. So then I thought in the evening, but I got home late and then I started doing things so I'd not have to do it all tomorrow and it just snowballed and right into dinner so there was no way I'm gonna do anything after that. Oh well.
I knew Saturday is not gonna be anything big. Talked to coach and we both agreed on something bit easier and not as long. So Prairie or Prairie View. I was more about Prairie View but then in the morning I changed my mind to just Prairie cause I didn't want to drive as far and also keep it as an option for a hike for Sunday. Prairie is always a good choice. Any day. The plan was no pushing, taking it easy for the recovery. I started slow, not like really slow but just steady walk up. I quickly realized that I'm not 100% yet. My breathing was SO heavy. I felt like this is my first time in years, it was ridiculous. Runny nose...oh this is gonna be fun 🙄. Anyways... kept it moving, if my breathing was getting worse I slowed down. I was fairly surprised that I still made it to the top from the car in 1:02. Which is not as slow as I expected. I was definitely thinking on the way up that I'm not gonna continue but then, at the top, I was like....Hmmm just a little bit, I'm not going home with 8K on a Saturday! And so after few pics where I was trying to channel my inner Jim Walmsley, I continued to "the other side". I was hoping that my turnaround point would be 2K and just before it kinda drops down and to the steep parts. But that was only 1.8K so I still turned around but then did a little part further on the ridge when I got there. That was actually nice cause I've never gone that way before, different views of the summit. Snapped 2 pics (hopefully 😆) on my LOMO and then...when I was at the summit again, I had this crazy idea of trying to run down as fast as possible. And that was mainly because the conditions were pretty good on the upper part (snow coverage) and not too bad after. No pushing today eh, but YOLO! I went for it. I had to dodge people multiple times and even stop to let other pass. I don't think I was going full on, tbh I was getting bit tired. But I tried as much as I could. It was fun and it was scary AF. Especially when the snow was gone and all the rocks were exposed. I really hate that part. I wish we could get one big snowfall so I can try this again on fully covered trail, that would be amazing and maybe I could shave off few seconds. I was pretty stoked when I saw that I became the 10th fastest female on that segment, thanks Strava! I really thought that I can't run that fast on this downhill. It is really not that easy (for me at least). But this is definitely a confidence boost. I was freakin sweating when I got down, it was drippin in my eyes, yikes! Downhills are not easy :D.
Learned from my past mistakes, kind of. I didn't go for a recovery shuffle before my hike. I picked Lady Mac for today and I knew it has some elevation to it (I wasn't planning to summit or anything, it would be too much for Lucy, but even then I knew we would get some good elevation anyways). It's steep. For tired legs. The downhill was really fun yesterday, but not so much today hah. I was questioning my choices. Lucy is slow nowadays but she keeps steady pace with short stops for sniffs. Still faster than most. We made it about 3.7K up with 750m of elevation and then I decided to turn around cause it was getting windy up there and I knew Lucy's gonna have issues on the way down (I had to carry her few times). It was overall a really nice day. But maybe bit too much for my weak legs haha. At least tomorrow is a rest day.
Coach said next week is gonna be "fun". I'm bit scared. After 2 weeks of no workouts, I'm gonna suck, I know that. Hopefully he's nice to me.....
Coach is also saying that I'm NOT behind! And that one/two slower weeks won't make a difference. But y'all know what my brain is thinking, right...😬 only 26 weeks to go 😭.
40.5K / 8:10 (this time I'm counting the hike cause I didn't do a recovery shuffle)
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