To get it out of the way, November was not really the month I wanted or hoped. After getting home from one of the best trips of my life, I got food poisoning. For the entire month, it’s taken a toll on me both physically and mentally. The doctor said it could last up to 70 days and while I’m staying positive it won’t, I don’t feel 100% 30 days later. I’m not violently sick, but I am tired, and my body has struggled to digest certain foods including dairy (something it never has).
Thinking out loud, my workouts and racing in November were slower than anticipated, but you have to run for the current fitness you’re in. Something that can be much easier said than done.
Mileage: 212
Range of Pace: 6:00-10:31-untimed
Workouts: 3
2X(6.5 tempo runs)
12X400s
Races:
11/11 Haddonfield Road Race (19:59)
11/12 Blueberry Challenge 5k (20:01)
11/18 Philadelphia Half Marathon (1:27.57)
11/24 Medford Turkey Trot (19:02)
Thoughts:
I didn’t have a favorite race but did have a favorite workout. None of my races felt especially good. To be honest, my slowest race, the Blueberry Challenge 5k) was probably the best.
My workouts felt better though. The minute I finished 12×400 at 6:00 min pace, I felt strong. I haven’t felt that in charge of my running in a while. Food poisoning has made longer runs a struggle (with the constant of the feeling of vomiting and using the bathroom), but speed and track workouts have been fine because I’m never too far from anything.
December:
The first half of December will be busy for me. Ironically, tcloser to the Holidays will be less crazy. I won’t race as much, but that is only due to the limited amount of races in NJ/Philadelphia during the next two months. I’ll hopefully do more track workouts.
I mentioned on Instagram but my 2018 is to break 18 minutes in the 5k. I have been in that fitness before but never been able to run the race. I’ll do more track workouts and see where it takes me. I’ll definitely do some half marathons in the spring as well, but I do hope 2018 brings a 5k PR.
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Posts from the month:
Training without a Coach
How to Build Back Mental Confidence
Posts from Vacation:
Hiking:
Hiking Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder
Hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon
Visiting the Grand Canyon
Running:
Haunted Half Marathon 5k (19:40)
Two Weeks of Training: Easy Miles Out West
Diners:
Sams 3 Diner (Denver)
New Castle Diner (Colorado)
King Chefs Diner (Colorado Springs)
Snooze (Denver)
Shoe Reviews:
Nike Zoom Fly Review
Brooks Levitate Shoe Review
Questions for you:
What are your goals for the last month of the year?
How was your November?
Not every month is our best! You’re amazing, consistent and just an overall strong runner and person. I admire you in many ways! November was good, excited for my race this weekend then a little break in training – I hope to do more non-running workouts like spinning and kickboxing. I hope you have a great December!
Still very impressive and so consistent! My training has been sub-par and I think I’m a bit overtrained honestly. These next couple of months are going to be focused much more on cross training, strength, flexibility, and lower mileage.
I’ve had food poisoning before – and it is the WORST. It does take awhile to recover. Hopefully you’ll be back to 100% before long.
Food poisoning is AWFUL! I didn’t realize that it could possibly take that long to recover from. That’s crazy! I hope you hit that fully recovered point soon. My goals for this month are just to get out and run more. I’m getting ready to start working with a coach so I’m excited to have that! I’ve been missing structure and I need it. 🙂