Mileage-wise, last week was a complete bust posting only 22 miles. But, after the insane amount of racing in February that included two half-marathons, I needed a week to recoup.
After Gasparilla weekend, I just didn't feel like training. The body felt fine, but I don't usually have such a mental battle just to get out the door. A few outside distractions didn't help the cause. Only managed three runs this week. A 60 minute run, a fartlek, and a short stride workout. The runs themselves were good pace-wise. Mentally, they were a bit torturous.
I had good intentions to get more in. This was supposed to be the first of four weeks of hill training. Didn't feel like it immediately after the weekend. Planned to hit the hill Thursday, but there was a fire somewhere and was real smoky out. Saturday, Tommy had an Odyssey of the Mind competition that turned into an all day thing (his team ended up placing 3rd and going to the state competition, so we are super proud of him for that). I planned to do a 2 hour run Sunday, but decided to not even set the alarm to get up. It has been over a month since I have done a two hour run.
I am looking forward to getting back at it this week. it won't be a big training week due to running the Gate River Run this Saturday. This is one of my goal races, so I am not going to kill the training going in. After this, I have a ten mile race in April and some 5Ks, so should be able to get plenty of quality training in before Steamboat in June.
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