09/17/18 - 09/23/18
10 days to go until Under the Oaks Half Marathon!
Monday - I still had a lingering cough from last week and I was tired. So very tired.
- Plan: 4.5 mi @ EA 12:36
- Actual: 4.61 mi @ 12:01
- Splits: 12:17, 11:56, 12:06, 11:53, 11:44
Tuesday - I knew there was no way I was going to be able to complete the workout as scheduled. I was still fatigued and still coughing a lot. I cut the T & R portions by half.
- Plan: 2 mi WU + 2x(2 mi @ T 9:46 w/ 3 min RI) + 4x(150m @ R 8:36) + 1 mi CD
- Modified Plan: 2 mi WU + 1x(2 mi @ T 9:46 w/ 3 min RI) + 2x(150m @ R 8:36 + 150m RI) + 1 mi CD
- Actual: 5.76 mi @ 11:16
- Splits: (11:59, 11:53) + (9:51, 9:43) + ( :41, :41) + 11:52
Wednesday - OMG will this cough ever go away?
- Plan: 4.5mi @ EA 12:36
- Actual: 4.51 @ 11:45
- Splits: 12:01, 11:49, 11:44, 11:33, 11:37
Thursday - I woke up and knew running wasn't happening. I felt miserable. Today was Eliana's 13th Birthday! I got the kids off to school then drove to Disney Springs. I got myself an Iced White Tea Lemonade & subbed the liquid sugar for Raspberry syrup. Sooooo gooooood. I needed to pick up some bath bombs from Basin for one of her gifts & cupcakes from Sprinkles. We went to a local restaurant for a birthday dinner. Eliana really wanted Poutine and they had it on the menu. It wasn't very good. Way too much pepper in the gravy!
- Plan: 4.5mi @ EA 12:36
- Actual: nothing
Friday - If you aren't religious you may want to skip the rest of what I wrote. It was very rough in the beginning. I was just dead. I had nothing in me. My clothes were soaking wet by the end of mile 1 and was just hating life. I cried through all of mile 2 and cried and walked half of mile 3. During mile 3 "You Say" by Lauren Daigle started playing. I stopped my run, paused my watch, listened for a bit and then prayed to God. I asked him to just give me the strength to get through the last 2 miles. I set the song to play on repeat and began running. He got me through those last 2 miles on light legs and no coughing.
- Plan: 4.5mi @ 12:36
- Actual: 4.51mi @ 12:10
- Splits: 12:16, 11:53, 13:19, 11:53, 10:51
Saturday - Woke up early to go to the gym to use the treadmill for today's 11 miles. It felt like I had an elephant sitting on my chest and it burned when I was breathing. Eliana was also having a slumber party so I decided to skip the run since I still had quite a bit to do and I was just so. dang. tired. It was a crazy afternoon and night. We had 10 girls here for pool, pizza, cake & pinata then 7 of those girls slept over. It was happy chaos and I don't think some of them got to sleep until 4am!
- Plan: 11mi @ 11:24
- Actual: nothing
Sunday - Rob & I made pancakes, eggs, bacon & toast for all the girls. Everyone was gone by noon and Rob left for a business trip. My SIL was at WDW with her DH & two DS, FIL, BIL & BIL's partner so we made plans to meet up at Epcot. We had a blast as usual. We rode Mission Space, Soarin', Nemo then headed over to WS. We had dinner at Chefs de France.
Looking Ahead
It's time to start the weather prediction for the race on October 6th!
Data as of 9/26
These conditions are very close to what I experienced during this years Star Wars Half in April. I'm hoping it gets just a tad cooler, but if it stays this way it won't be too bad!
