Weekly Rundown
Happy Sunday! I hope everyone had a great week. This was my last “normal” week before a cutback next week. I’m getting my second shot on Tuesday, and judging by how the first one affected me, I’m planning on spending Wednesday on the couch under a blanket, and also assuming that my plantar fasciitis will flare up again. But who knows? Maybe I’ll feel completely normal, in which case I’ll take it as a bonus week. I’m linking up with Kim and Deborah for this weekly rundown. Oh, and I 50% solved the problem of chafing with the hydration vest! Read on to find out how… Monday Day off, as always. This Monday I was reflecting on how much I enjoy starting the week in such a gentle way. It’s kind of nice to get up and putter around the house for a while before making breakfast and then heading off to work. Tuesday Three mile run followed by Gauntlet Plank workout. Wednesday Squats and deadlifts first thing, then a six mile trail run after taking my daughter to school. I’ve been liking my “hard Wednesdays.” Thursday Upper body strength, focused on pushup snd pull-ups. Friday Four mile run, with two tempo miles thrown in. I did a dynamic warmup, some drills, then ran two slow miles, two tempo miles, and then walked to cool down. Boy, it was hard to figure out a pace for those tempo miles. I haven’t done any speed work in ages, no races, and am coming back from plantar fasciitis. Hmm! I just tried to run at a fast-ish pace that I thought I could keep up for an hour. Who knows… but it felt about right. Saturday Three mile run with my husband. He hasn’t been home as much lately because of work, so I chatted the whole time, filling him in on what the kids have been up to. As a result, the run flew by. I can definitely see why people like running in groups! I almost always run alone. Sunday Twelve mile trail run! This run felt GREAT! It wasn’t until afterwards that I realized my foot didn’t hurt at all. Not in the beginning or any time during the run, and my calf also felt fine. As a matter of fact I didn’t even think about it! VICTORY! It still hurts when I get out of bed in the morning, and I’m starting to think it will for the rest of my life. But I’m fine with that- as long as I can run, everything else is cool. So last week Kim suggested using KT tape to prevent chafing. At first I tucked it in the back of my mind as a last resort, but then later in the week I heard an ultra runner on a podcast say that he always carries KT tape with him “because sometimes there’s just nothing else that will prevent your hydration pack from chafing you.” WELL! I immediately knew he was speaking DIRECTLY TO ME. I taped up before my run, and it worked perfectly on one side. On the other side, the tape started to come off and I chafed. Luckily it was more towards the end of the run. I feel like I’m on the right track here- just have to figure out why it came off on one side. Ha ha, I don’t usually take selfies in the middle of a run and now I know why! I love my hair (it was windy) and my beet-red face (it was hot!) It seems like almost everyone has gotten at least one shot by now! Do you feel a sense of freedom? What do you think about running alone vs. running with people? – I usually like my podcasts, but that run with my husband was fun!