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Gasparilla 1/2 Marathon - Week Thirteen Summary

2/23/2014

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This was my first full week training post-surgery, but it was also abnormal because I had signed up for a half marathon on Sunday - my one true "rest day."  So, instead of the training plan-recommended 16 mile run on Saturday, I decided to do a 3 mile run (followed by 9 hours walking around Disney) and the race on Sunday.  The half marathon was good.  It was warm when I left the house at 5 am with almost 100% humidity and it stayed the way through the race with the cloud cover.  I ran with a (slower but still awesome) friend for the first half of the race until I calculated that I would be running an extra 30 minutes if I stayed at that pace.  That did not sound fun to me, so I politely excused myself from his company and ran ahead on my own.  I pushed myself pretty hard - hitting 8:53 pace for a mile, then averaging out to about 10:00.  My pace for the whole race averaged to 10:47 - not bad for running at 12:00 for half the race.

Before that, I did pretty good at the beginning of the week.  The runs went well and the gym circuit was good - it kicked my ass, but I did the normal 3 circuits (30 sec activity, 10 sec rest - for 12 exercises).  I did lose a bit of endurance in the two weeks I was off.  For instance, I was up to 12 pushups in 30 seconds...and I slipped back to 10 this week.  I expected to lose a bit, but I still pushed through it to try to normalize as soon as possible.  I was exhausted on Thursday, however - which also happens to be my "Friday" at work - I went to bed before 6pm.  And I honestly didn't feel great on Friday, so I decided to rest.  I'll blame it partially on the weather...it's been 70 and humid every morning for the last week.  Hopefully, next week will be better.
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