I started off the week battling a throat cold. I am happy to say it is now gone but it made my running a bit ... well abbreviated. I ran about 2.5 miles for my first three runs of the week and then broke out with a 7.2 mile performance today. This salvaged the week.
Sometimes I have to admit, I forget some of the lessons I have learned only to have to relearn them again. I have such an experience happening now. I learned from my previous training that for me I have to run a distance twice in order to have a handle on it. The first time I struggle with the extra distance and then when I do it again it is not a problem. I am not sure if this is particular to me or not. So I have been struggling with the lower miles because I have not been pushing forward on the mileage. Additionally, my faster 5k made me think that every run should be faster. I think I have learned to back off a bit. Longer runs will be slower, of course. I will just have to be a bit more patient.
The good in this is that I can take this going forward to the half marathon in November. Today was seven and next week I will try for 8.5 miles and just build on that. Well here is to finding your way.
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Just go easy on yourself... specially with a cold. I find I'm better off sleeping and skipping a couple than pushing it and ending up really sick.
For what it's worth.
Pretty good week considering.
True enough Nat, I did miss a few days from the cold. I have found in the early stages that running has helped me avoid getting sicker.
I think you did well to even get out running with a cold.
I too have battled a cold off and on now for the past three weeks. I think I am finally over now and can resume my running schedule.
It is hard at times to reel your pace in and not feel as though you need to run fast all the time. I am constantly reminding myself to slow down on my longer runs.
Robert
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