Yoga Pants Life

Whelp, week 4 is in the books. As usual, I’m not sure how I feel about how things went this week. I didn’t get enough mileage in, thanks to shark week (not the Discovery Channel version and please don’t make me Urban Dictionary it for you.) Yes, you can run and workout and all that jazz, but I’ve learned that my body doesn’t like too much bouncing/vigorous movement the first few days, as it makes everything 10 times worse and I feel like death.  Despite that pleasant little hiccup, I had a pretty good (for me) long run and I cross-trained twice. I also learned that a 5 mile run is totally doable after swimming and will more than likely be my new weekday distance, which will help build my mileage in future weeks.

Here’s how the week went down:

Monday: Ran 3 easy miles…felt pretty awful afterwards, but I’m glad I got the run in

Tuesday: Swam at lunch…was going to run at night, but felt awful

Wednesday:  Rest…because I still didn’t feel great

Thursday: Swam at lunch and ran 4.5 miles after work (felt much better!)

Friday: Rest – I thought about a quick run, but the day was pretty jam-packed and I figured I’d rather save my energy for Saturday’s long run

Saturday: Long run, 8.5-9 miles (I didn’t wear my Garmin.)

Sunday: Lazy AF – was going to go to the gym, but couldn’t bring myself to leave the house

Total mileage: 16 (this? is not good. at all)

So, yeah, that low mileage won’t fly anymore. There’s just no way. The good news is that I nailed the cross training this week and I feel like swimming is really helping my running. I’m not always so tired anymore and I’ve noticed that breathing is easier and my upper body is getting stronger (which really helps in the later miles.) My long run was actually pretty darn pleasant this week. Not super-speedy, but very minimal pain/discomfort and everything just feels easier this year.

I’m not sure how the holiday and wonky work week are going to impact my workouts, but my goal is to hit 26 miles this week and swim 3 times. I know this seems like a huge jump from the past few weeks (and it is) but I’m feeling pretty comfortable going for it because I feel like I have a decent base built up. I will back off ASAP if I feel it’s too much for my body in one week.

How the heck am I on week 5??!!