This was kind of an odd week, and one of those where you have to be flexible with your training. I started the week planning on running 50 miles with a interval workout and a 16 miler on the weekend. Then on Thursday it started raining. I thought it was going to be a typical Southern California storm where it rained a little for a few hours and then it would go back to being sunny...but I was wrong. On Thursday at 5p the only people who showed up for the team run were me and two other coaches. It was still raining so we decided to do our own thing. For me this meant running on the treadmill to try and salvage some distance for that day, but that didn't last very long. The fitness room at the University was stiflingly hot, so much so that I could only bear to run 3 miles on the treadmill. By then it had finished raining so I decided to finish my workout outside...very bad idea. Going from the intense heat indoors to the atypical cold outdoors resulted in my getting a bit of a cold Thursday night. Who knew that your mother was right when she always used to say don't go out into the cold with a wet head of hair??
On Friday I was feeling less than optimal, yet determined to complete my interval session. However, come 5p it was raining yet again. I tried to wait it out and pondered running in the rain, but it was just coming down too hard. So I sat in my car panicking a little...what am I going to do about my training...this is just going to screw my whole program up...I thought. But then I calmed down and realized that this is all part of training. Over the course of 20+ weeks it is nearly impossible that every week is going to pass without issue. So my conclusion was to switch around my schedule (which I have done quite a few times already) and make this week my easy week. Not the ideal situation considering I had taken an easy week last week (except for the race that is), and that I had already done a hard 12 mile run with a Fartlek on Tuesday. So this week was a 'easy' week. With this strategy the rest of my week went without complication. I picked up 5 miles on Saturday, and ran 14 with the team on Sunday as scheduled. This was the last of my easy weeks before tapering, so hopefully the next three weeks will be complication free, or I might just start panicking again (I know, I am really lame).
I got my new glucose sensor this week and I really think this is going to help me out a lot. At first I was skeptical because for a good portion of the day yesterday (the first day I wore it) it was off by around 80 points, but after my second calibration it seems to be much more accurate. It is not really practical to check it too often during the run, but during today's run I stopped at the turnaround and had a look. Also, it has alarms which vibrate it my sugars get too high or low so I don't really have to check it at all. It seems to be around 20-30 minutes behind the readings I get using my meter, which is generally not an issue. However during running my glucose fluctuates rapidly so in 20 minutes my glucose can change quite a bit. I might set my low alarm a little higher during runs, but I will see how things go with the current setting right now. I am really interested to see exactly what the **** happens overnight during the week after my evening workouts. My morning glucose readings are typically all over the place so I want to see what happens at night.
Last weeks training:
Tuesday - 11.81 Mile Run w/ Fartlek - 1:33:19 min, 7:54 pace
Wednesday - 6.17 Mile Easy Run - 49:30 min, 8:01 pace
Thursday - 5 Mile Easy Run - 45 min, 9:00 pace (I don't know how long it took, treadmill and outside)
Saturday - 4.92 Mile Easy Run - 39:47 min, 8:05 pace
Sunday - 14.01 Mile Long Run - 1:50:31 min, 7:53 pace
Shoe Mileage:
Asics DS Trainer 13.1 - 337.1
Asics DS Trainer 13.2 - 116.57
Asics DS Trainer 13.3 - 34.54
Asics Gel Bandito - 38.28
