Weekly Rundown- It Was a Dark and Stormy Week
Less than a week till race day! This post could have been a list of things that went wrong (a weird pressure on the top of my foot, my husband thinks he’s getting sick, my sore achilles flared up again…) but then, it all suddenly felt incredibly self-indulgent. Everyone feels like they’re getting sick and/or injured during the taper- no need to dwell on it. Thanks as always to Kim and Deborah for hosting the Weekly Rundown! Let’s just see how this penultimate week went… Sunday No more heavy leg days at the gym until after my race! Instead I’ve been doing some Caroline Girvan workouts from her Advent Series. The workouts are a little shorter (15-20 minutes) but still hard. Birchwood Pie said she sometimes doubles up and does two of them, and that’s what I did on this day- a 20 minute leg workout and 15 minutes of abs. Monday The week started normally with a 4 mile run. As you can see, this was the start of a gloomy, overcast week for us. Tuesday Upper body day at the gym! The usual- bench press, rows, shoulders, triceps. Wednesday I had planned to do one last run on my sandy trail, but hesitated because it was raining. I decided to go for it and miraculously caught a break in the rain for my ENTIRE RUN. It was in the 70s, but felt cooler because it was overcast and windy. I didn’t need my ice hat or even my sunglasses. Mentally, this 10 mile run felt easy. I felt good physically too, until the last mile where my left achilles started to ache. Well, I guess it doesn’t like the sand- but my race has sand so I’m just going to have to deal with it. As soon as I finished running and got in the car to drive home, it started raining again and rained for the rest of the day. This was the day where we got so much rain, they closed the airport due to flooding. The worst of the weather was to the south of us though- we don’t live in a flood zone. I still can’t believe I got this run in before the deluge! Thursday I had planned to do a short run today, but my achilles was still a little sore so I opted for a walk instead, followed by another abs workout from Caroline Girvan. Friday 4 mile run! The achilles was fine, and we finally had our sunshine back. Saturday Caroline Girvan once again! a 15 minute glutes workout and 15 minute abs. Sunday On tap for today… a 4 mile run and then going to work, UGH! Because I’m taking off next Saturday for my race, I put myself on the schedule today to make up the hours, which I’m now regretting. I don’t like working on Sundays (obviously- does anyone???) Moving forward, I’ll be prioritizing sleep this week, with a few short runs and some upper body strength thrown in. And then the race is Saturday. FINALLY! I feel like I’ve been waiting forever- this month has been crawling by. Let’s get to race day already! How was your weather this week? -It seems like the rest of the country had unusually hot temperatures, while we had this weird monsoon. Do you have a race coming up?