Monday, January 21, 2013

#TrainingTruths: Bouncing Back

At the beginning of last week, I fell victim to some sort of illness. Whatever it was knocked me off me feet and put me to sleep for about 8 extra hours on Monday afternoon. One sick day later and I was bouncing back.

#TrainingTruth: It's ok to be down, as long as you get back up.

Monday's run did not happen. Tuesday became a sick day. Wednesday I was granted a snow day. As soon as I received notice, I changed into my running clothes and jumped on the treadmill. Usually a long run on the 'mill is torture, but I was eager to run. With the loyal hound keeping me company and the first episode of The Bachelor tuned in, I logged 7 miles. I forced myself to do an easy one mile warm up, then upped my pace to 9:30-ish for five, before ending with another easy one mile cool down. It felt good to be back.


Itching to run again, on Friday night I jumped on the treadmill. First, I wanted to stay on track to get at least three runs for the week. Second, I had some new shoes to try (review coming soon). Once again, I sandwiched my five mile run between a one mile warm up and cool down. This is pretty easy to do on a treadmill where pushing a button controls your pace. I need to learn how to do this on my outdoor runs because it makes my legs happy.  

 
On Saturday morning, Daisy and I met downtown for our weekly run for smoothies long run. We did the same loop as last week only she had the great idea to do it backwards. The tough hill was at the beginning, and the rest of the run felt mostly down hill and easy. Fresh fruit smoothies after proved that I was indeed feeling better.






How was your week?


#TrainingTruths is not just about me. We all like to see what everyone else is doing and use that information to assess ourselves. It's not judgement. It's a way to share and learn and make changes when necessary.

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6 comments:

  1. Running for smoothies with a friend is such a fabulous idea. I love it!

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  2. The new kicks are slick looking, and I am looking forward to hearing about them! I have been trying to throw some trainingtruths on the ol' twitter for ya.

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  3. They are awesome! Thanks for tweeting ;)

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  4. The best, but probably even better when it's warm ;)

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  5. Nice job on bouncing back, Amy!

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  6. Great post! It is okay to be down - sometimes your body just needs to rest so you can come back better than ever! You just have to get over that mental barrier that "down" isn't permanent and that it doesn't mean you will lose your progress.


    Glad you're feeling better - you had some wicked treadmill runs! I haven't dared go past 6 miles on a treadmill, and even that is pretty torturous. I bet if I had my furries nearby, it might be better motivation :)

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