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.
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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