Last week was a recovery week before the Atlantic City Half Marathon. I’ve needed a lot more rest and recovery this Spring. It’s caused my fitness journey to be much slower, but (knock on wood) I’ve stayed healthy. A few weeks ago, I came to terms that my fitness is not coming back (this Spring) anywhere close to what it was other years. It’s hard, of course, not to compare yourself to previous fitness levels but you can’t always be there.
On a personal note, I also got a shot into my inner thigh on Tuesday afternoon. Nothing running related but it hurt a lot and on Wednesday I knew there was no way I was running, let alone doing a workout.
| Monday: | Easy 60 minutes |
| Tuesday: | Easy 8 miles with Alexis |
| Wednesday: | Easy 20-minute walk |
| Thursday: | Easy 60 minutes |
| Friday: | Rest |
| Saturday: | Easy 60 minutes |
| Sunday: | April Fools Half Marathon (1:30.30) |
Thoughts:
Not a heck of a lot to say this week. It was low key and boring and truthfully that’s fine. I’ve been dealing with a lot of outside and life issues that have kept me busy. My easy runs were easy.
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Taking a walk on Wednesday loosened up muscles from my shot but it was nothing strenuous.
Atlantic City Half (1:30.30):
This was my slower year by 4 minutes. I’m not blaming the weather because even though it was humid, we’ve had years it’s been Gail force winds, torrential downpour, and everything in between. It just wasn’t my day. I was pretty bummed to run a 1:30.30, because I ran Shamrock last month in 1:29 (the day after racing the Adrenaline Run). It is what it is. I remind myself that running doesn’t define me.
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Questions for you:
Did you race this weekend? (Or Boston?)
What is your favorite type of weather to race in? Your least favorite?
1:30 is so so fast!! Definitely not boring to me. 😉 I hate racing in the freezing cold. Believe it or not I would rather sweat my face off 😆 but I do hate humidity. No races for me but I did give myself a solo 10k hard effort to see how my fitness is (Nashville is in 2 weeks). Unfortunately my babe and I have like bronchitis so it wasn’t like my best but respectable.
Have fun in Nashville!