Last weeks training was spent relaxing after the Philadelphia Half Marathon and preparing for the yearly Turkey Trot.
Since I didn’t run at 100% at Philadelphia, I felt as though physically I recovered decently to race last Thursday. Mentally, not as much, but from a physical standpoint, I felt decent for the turkey trot on Thanksgiving.
Monday: | Easy 45 minutes |
Tuesday: | Short hike in North Jersey |
Wednesday: | Easy 60 minutes |
Thursday: | Turkey Trot 5k (19:02) |
Friday: | Easy 45 minutes |
Saturday: | Easy 60 minutes |
Sunday | 14 miles/6.5 7:23 pace |
Thoughts:
In all, I feel good about the week. My food poisoning still has me feeling more tired, but on Sunday I was able to finish 14 miles and not be sick (unlike Philadelphia haha). I’m now 21 days (out of a possible 70) from initially coming down with the disease.
While I am starting to feel better and I don’t feel like I’m going to be sick as frequently, but I do feel more tired all of the time. After the half marathon, I did increase the dosage to the recommended amount of antibiotics (I was taking a half dose).
Turkey Trot: (19:02)
I’ll have a full recap tomorrow, but I was thankful to run with a good friend of mine who pushed me along the way. We also ran part of Philadelphia together. I didn’t feel great, but I was happy with how I ran for the day. I’ve had a hard time not comparing myself to times I was running in October, but I know once I feel better I’ll be back down to where I was. I had a great time as always at the Turkey Trot, and it’s one of my favorite races of the year.
Posts from the week:
Philadelphia Half Marathon Recap
Hiking 7 Bridges (Colorado Springs)
Visiting the Grand Canyon
Questions for you;
Did you race on Thanksgiving?
How do you recover from races?
Hollie – I have been following you for awhile…you are amazing still keeping up with training as much as you have been with feeling so sick. I am similar in that I always tend to take less of the recommended dosage of antibiotics…I hate medicine lol.. how did you contract food poisoning and do you know what type you were diagnosed with?
I have never had good luck with antibiotics either. I got listeria while traveling. Right now, I’m not puking sick but feel more tired than usual. What kind of food poisoning do you have?
I have heard Listeria is brutal. So glad you are starting to feel better! Luckily, I have not had food poisoning yet, (knock on wood), but it is scary at how common it really is. Keep resting up!
Love your pictures! Glad to hear you are feeling better 🙂
Up to 70 days of recovery for food poisoning? That sucks! Glad you are starting to feel a bit better.