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<\/p>\nEpic.\u00a0 Fail.\u00a0 I think that’s about all I can say here.<\/p>\n
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I was psyched up to do some pivital runs this week (my 8 mile tempo and 9 mile long).\u00a0 I had rocked the hell outta my sprints Monday.\u00a0 I was feeling great and then Tuesday morning before my workout, I sat down on the couch and OUCH, something just popped out and my left butt cheek hurt like hell and I could barely walk.\u00a0 For three days.\u00a0 I got better JUST in time to enjoy New Years Eve not in complete pain and only returned to a DDR cardio only workout yesterday.\u00a0 I’m finally feeling up for a run today, but I also don’t wanna go into next week wiped out, so I think I am going to do something yoga-ish or DDR-ish or strength-ish later.\u00a0 Or just enjoy my last day of vacation on my not-in-pain hiney and resume normalcy tomorrow.\u00a0 Still haven’t decided.<\/p>\n
I have been battling the head-demons a bit, but mostly succeeding.\u00a0 They’ve been trying to hit me with little ditties such as “missing two runs in the middle of training is going to set you back” and “what if you just lost your momentum and you can’t keep up your paces” and the classic “you are a failure for not pushing through the pain\/making up the runs\/etc etc”.\u00a0 What I’ve been telling them is such: “Tomorrow, I’m gonna rock some sprints.\u00a0 Mid-week, I’m going to bust up my self-doubt a tempo run.\u00a0 Saturday, I’m going to run 10 miles and it’s going to be the fastest 10 miles I’ve ever run in my life.”\u00a0 I don’t see a reason WHY a minor injury that is pretty much all better now is going to do anything to my pace.\u00a0 Or missing 2 runs.\u00a0 That’s just excuses.<\/p>\n
The only little nagging voice that is actually affecting me is the one whispering, “oh yeah, well why has this happened twice in less than two months…hmm?”\u00a0 Right now I’m combating this with “being lazy about stretching, duhhh”, but I am actually really quite lucky and have a massage therapist friend who is coming to stay with us in January who I might be able to convince to work on my poor naughty knotty back.\u00a0 I just really really really gotta be vigilant about a quick stretch every time I work out, and keeping up with the yoga.<\/p>\n
So there.\u00a0 This week, I ran sprints as planned Monday (4×800 @ 8:10 pace), took off Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday unexpectedly and took off Friday expectedly (Jan 1st is official hangover day, y’know).\u00a0 Yesterday I did 30 mins DDR, and today, as explained before, is up in the air.<\/p>\n
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Next week, the goal is to hit each and every workout as planned.\u00a0 To keep my confidence up.\u00a0 To keep my fitness up.<\/p>\n
Monday: 6×400 sprints @ 1:58 pace (with the requisite 1 mile warm up, 1 mile cool down, and 400 recovery in the middle)<\/p>\n
Tuesday: DDR circuits<\/p>\n
Wednesday: 6 mile tempo (tempted to make up the 8 mile tempo but I think I’ll refrain)<\/p>\n
Thursday: DDR circuits<\/p>\n
Friday: off<\/p>\n
Saturday: 10 mile run<\/p>\n
Sunday: off<\/p>\n
The mid-week might change a little as I might have an event to go to one night after work, but the book ends are non-negotiable.\u00a0 By Saturday afternoon, I will log my 5th ever double digit run.\u00a0\u00a0 Wish me luck!<\/p>\n
Nutrition\/Other Stuffs:<\/strong><\/p>\n I won’t be talking about losing weight very often anymore due to my resolution #1, but I am going to hop on the scale tomorrow as the first weigh in of 2010 and it will start the new modus operandi around here.\u00a0 If it is under 155, no action is needed.\u00a0 If it is over 155, I have one week to get it down.\u00a0 If at the next weigh in it’s not under 155, I start tracking calories (attempting to average 1500 per day) until the next weigh in where I am under 155.\u00a0 The only exception is right before a race – in which case the calorie restriction will start after.<\/p>\n My prediction is that I will be over 155 this week, but not next week.\u00a0 I did indulge a bit more than normal but I didn’t go crazy all the time.\u00a0 I am actually REALLY, REALLY looking forward to getting back into my normal eating habits.\u00a0 I don’t quite feel right not having my normal regiment of protein bar mornings, fruit afternoon snacks, pistachio and jerky refreshers, and healthy home cooked meals most days.<\/p>\n As begrudgingly as I am returning to work and the daily grind, I’m finding that two weeks off without traveling was enough vacation to want a little normalcy back.<\/p>\n