just a little tired

This last week has continued to be busy.  I’ve had a few co-workers that had to leave for various reasons: one for bereavement and one because she had her baby a month early!  Don’t worry…both mom and baby are doing well.  But…I’ve had to  work 12 days in a row!  I was doing great until about day 9…when I started to feel really tired.  I think the prior week’s swimming hd something to do with my energy drain…

I was able to run on Tuesday.  I didn’t look at my training schedule, so I ran for 40 minutes at 6.4 mph, thinking that it was Week 4 and the minutes would probably be upped (which is why I "downed" the speed).  I was wrong – so that day I ran an extra 10 minutes…but that worked out because I was so wiped the  next day that I did not cross train.  Hey, when you’re not feelin’ it, you’re not feelin’ it.  Marathoning for Mortals also recommends not to train when you’re tired. There is a greater risk for injury and you might overtax your body and immune system.  And Thursday was a rest day, which was sorely needed.  I went to bed at 8pm!  Technically, I did have a pretty hard day at work - a large tree fell across the train tracks and we had to remove it.  It took seven of us about 30 minutes to get the pieces off and loaded onto a truck.  So...we'll call that a "more or less."

Today, I ran for 30 minutes on the  treadmill at the gym after work.  I was able to hit 6.7 mph, which puts me under  a 9 minute mile pace. Woo hoo!  It did feel like a little extra work, but with me pushing the speeds up the last few weeks, it was doable.  Going to finish out the week strong, but I am looking forward to seeing Man of Steel on Monday (my “Sunday”)!