Glad to get back to more normal levels of muscle fatigue, but unfortunately not 100% normal. Taking it easy to get my legs back before my first real race in over a month on Saturday.
Monday: 3 Miles
Coach had me take a super short/easy day that consisted solely of a woods loop and a 2-mile loop in college woods. Felt really fresh on the first one, slightly tighter but not too bad on the second one. Ran pretty slow and felt relaxed. Raining out; kept warm-ups on as I wasn't going fast or long.
Tuesday: 5 Miles
Ran Garrity, once again in the rain. It was pretty cold and I wasn't feeling great on my way over to the field house, so I wasn't looking forward to this one. Definitely was nervous about going back out onto the roads again. Solo, but went by quickly and felt surprisingly very comfortable. Best run in a while, but I'd have to wait and see how the workout would go.
Wednesday: 12 Miles
Pretty decent workout. It sure wasn't easy, but I was just glad to get done. After a 4 mile warm-up, we did 5x150m strides on a dirt road section of the XC field. Followed that up with a pretty tough track session: 3x(800/400/200/1000), 4 mins between sets, 200m jog between reps. Target splits were: 2:30/70/33/3:10. Actual splits: 2:24/74/34/3:12/2:28/71/33/3:08/2:27/69/34/3:01. First one felt okay, got really weak towards the end of the second set and was holding on for dear life in the third one. Got it done though, pretty happy with the result. Difficulty: 5/5
Thursday: 8 Miles
Reserve homecoming loop plus warm-ups. Varying levels of being comfortable, but generally the calves were uncomfortably tight again and it made the run far from enjoyable.
Friday: 7 Miles
Short rose pre-meet shakeout. Tried really hard to go as easy as possible to feel fresh in Saturday's race. I was happy that I felt pretty good. There was some lingering tightness here or there but for the most part, I felt ready to go.
Saturday: 9 Miles
New England Championships. Shooting for 25:40, ran 26:54. Wow. Simply unbelievable. Was feeling optimistic the entire week and race day but then this happened. Not going to bother with a recap on this one, this was one of the most disappointing races of the year and brought my rollercoaster of a season to a crashing halt once again.
Sunday: 6 Miles
Woke up feeling more sore than I have in quite a while. Legs were just plain messed up- a combination of tightness, heaviness and the soreness but it also felt kinda nice. Got my first town line as well.
Weekly Total: 50 Miles
YTD Total: 1,644 Miles
Weekly Highlight: Not sure what to say on this one. Writing this a week later, I'm feeling worse than ever and not sure I can salvage much of this season. It felt nice to at least think I was getting back to normal running, though. Not sure what will end up happening, just not feeling great about my immediate future right now.
Weekly Lowlight: Still in a major struggle, confirmed in the worst way by my terrible New Englands. Definitely hurts to walk away with a 26:54.
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