This has been a rough week. The first part was good, and I was feeling strong. Things outside of training started to go downhill after that, and my training followed suit. It makes me wonder whether my training was harder because I was tired or because I was stressed. Most likely a bit of both. Either way, I'm sure glad this next week is a recovery week.
Today's run was HARD. Not sure exactly why. Sure I ran hills - I said I would, in order to get ready for the Puerto Rico 70.3 - and it was windy...double whammy for me...but still, shouldn't have been as bad as it was. Everything hurt. And it was one of those training sessions that at the end of it, I just start crying. Weird, eh? I don't know if it's a girl thing or what, but every once in a while, at the end of a really tough workout, I will just start crying. It feels like more of a physical release than an emotional one, like a way for all the physical exhaustion to just escape my body. It's happened about 3 or 4 times over the last two years. At any rate, I will be running hilly courses for the next month, so I have to assume I'll continue to get better at it, right? I'm sure the emotional stress from this week has played a part too. I'll work on letting go of the things I can't control over the next few months, and really pay attention to how that impacts my training (presumably in a positive way).
Mileage This Week:
Swim 5mi/3.4 hrs
Bike 58mi/3.4 hrs
Run 26mi/4.9 hrs
Strength 1hr
Well, I'm down to 27 weeks till IMC, which seems so close. Scary close. San Juan is only 4 weeks away, which in a way is less scary but in other ways more scary. At this point, I'm just ready to go to bed and rest as much as I can during this recovery week.
Hopefully the house will close this week, David will get out of his current snit, and no one else will get rif'ed at work. That and I'll work on my positive attitude. :)
Happy Training (and sleeping)
Kat
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