Week Total: 20km
April 15, 2007
I missed our long run as I had to take Grace to the hospital at 7am and did not get back until 10:30am! She is fine, but was really not doing well due to a urinary track infection … meds are now working!
I am not too concerned at this point about missing a long run … there will be more!
April 12, 2007 [6:30am]
It had to happen … I slept in this morning and let my running partner down. My alarm went off at 5:30, I got up – looked out the window and then the next thing I remember is waking up at 6:25. Yikes! I looked out and saw Craig’s car was gone. I was tempted to go back to bed but suited up instead and got out on the road. I decided to leave my watch and Garmin at home and just run without watching time or pace.
What an excellent run! I did 10kms in 53mins. I increased my pace and finished with a tempo run. I just enjoyed the morning sun, said hello to people out starting their cars and tried on to concentrate on my aching legs.
I have since heard from Craig that he in fact did not go out this morning … it was Heather who went to the Y. His neck is still bothering him. But it was just the thought that he was out there running and I wasn’t was enough to get me out the door!
7 weeks till Ottawa … bring it on!
April 10, 2007 [6am]
Waking up to the sound of the alarm on my watch at 5:30am is not something I thought I would get used to. Standard procedure now is, wake up – turn off alarm – walk to window and take a look outside. This morning I really wanted to get back in bed. The wind was blowing snow down the street – ick! But I thought of all the other mornings we ran in much worse conditions and decided to stop being so soft and get out there.
Craig and I hit the street by 6:05am and by 6:10am we were back in our respective houses due to someone eating hot wings the night before! This will not happen Marathon day! At 6:20am we were back out, running into the wind. I found my legs to be generally sore and tired (mainly my lower legs) and I had limited energy. But I chugged along and we put in 5km with a tempo run at the end – which surprisingly felt better for my legs than my slower pace.
I am feeling very lucky to have come this far in this short amount of time without injury. The marathon is about 7 weeks away. I really don’t want to do anything now that would risk being able to run it. So I will pay more attention to what my legs are telling me; rest more; eat better foods and keep thinking positively.
April 09, 2007 [12:15pm]
Craig and I met up at lunch time for a short ‘recovery run’. With the 32km run on two days ago, the legs were feeling mighty tired rather quickly. Although we only did 5kms it still felt good to get out and ’stretch’ my legs. Run, run, run.
