It was a happy run today. Before I went I put some new songs into my playlist that made me just pumped and wore Sally's yellow hat that I haven't worn in ages! And the whole run felt just nice. It was after rain, fresh air, birds were chirping, like what else do you want....!? Oh and a nice, fancy bathroom on the way...😅 almost like heaven. Strides didn't feel very good, still... but better than last time and I, again, ran them more like sprints 🙄😆. Cool 12K to start the day and new week of training! Let's go!
I was trying to hype myself up again, like yesterday but it wasn't really working. Legs felt heavy today. I took it easy. It's funny how some days easy pace is 6:30 and other is more like 6:50/7:00. The latter was today. And that's okay. Every day is different. Every run feels differently. I just go with it these days. Not trying to push anything. Easy days easy right? I also had a strength in the plan for today. Did nice 25mins of core and then some legs. I finally decided to incorporate deadlifts and some sort of squats again. I haven't been doing those because my back usually hurts after. But it was okay on Monday so I did some again today too. Just an easy, very little weight and will progress from there hopefully.
The last weekday run of the week. And I had hill repeats haha. Weather didn't look very good in the morning, I thought I'd get soaked. But I got lucky and it was just spitting here and there. The wind was bit annoying tho, but not as bad either. It went well. Was surprised after the leg workout yesterday. Even the 20mins of active after felt pretty good.
Been having some thoughts about my progress tho. I kinda feel like I don't really see any, feel any. Or I'm maybe not sure where to exactly look for it. 14 weeks in and there should be some? Or not? People usually do like 16 week buildup for a 100M and I'm this far out and I feel almost the same as in the beginning. We are building slow for sure but I'm just not sure what to feel. Where should I be at this point? What should I see or feel? Hopefully I can get some answers...
Also...half way through Thursday, I started to have some "scratchy" feeling in my throat. Like what the heck? Why am I having sore throat?? It kinda progressed as the day went by. NO! I can't be sick right now! I took some medicines and basically anything to make it stop. Woke up in the middle of the night and it wasn't very good. Had to use some mouth wash to numb it a little bit. Felt little bit better in the morning but it was still there. Not worse luckily but now I also have runny nose. Ugh. I hope it will go away enough so I still can do a long run tomorrow.
I woke up feeling okay, not good or great by any stretch but I guess good enough to think I can do the run. No sore throat just really stuffed/runny nose. So I got everything ready to be able to join the group run. I thought it would be pretty cold but upon arriving to West Bragg, I was greeted by sunny sky and warm weather. Well that was nice! About 12 people showed up. I was planning to stay in the back and to myself as I didn't want to push too hard (like I could even if I wanted :D) and just stay away from everyone, cause I'm sick. That wasn't even that hard cause everyone was so fast so I was in the back right away hah. I told them not to worry about me and that I might turn around sooner. I was trying to keep up and I still had the last person in front of me close. It felt hard but not too hard. I realized Nathalie was there so we had a nice little chat. My ears were also plugged and I could barely hear so we didn't talk as much as I would like to. Things weren't getting worse but also no better, especially on any climbs I was really slow. I was hoping to get at least above the trees on Moose Mountain. When I finally got on the main trail, all I could focus on was my heart pounding through my ears. I should've probably turn around there. But I didn't. I kept going. I made it out of the trees to get some views, just before the climb and switchbacks start. I definitely felt like I have not much left in me and I still have to run all the way back. Enjoyed a moment there, refilled my bottles, took some pics and was on my way down. I got bit cold there even tho there was barely any wind. I was all alone. Everyone else went up to the false or maybe even true summit. I didn't mind. I could actually take things easy and not to try to keep up with anyone. It was slow going. But it was nice. I also didn't have any stomach issues. I felt tiny bit off in the beginning but it went away quickly. Around 4:15 or so I felt some stomach pain/discomfort after having some Ricola Cough Drops, so I think it was that and also I didn't fuel as much the last hour or had anything solid. I didn't have any issues after the run or felt bad. 3 bottles of Maurten 320 + 3 Precision gels, it was good tho.
After I got home I started to feel worse, obviously. I took a nap and that was probably a mistake as it hit me even more. As I was lying in the bed, just after 8pm, just scrolling on my phone, trying to relax and go to bed early, I noticed an email, with BVU update. Something felt wrong... I will make a new post about that.
I was planning to do my recovery shuffle today but things are not improving much and so I decided it would be just better to skip it and give my body bit more rest.
62.4 K / 8:11 TOF
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