Monday: 3 mi easy with hills
Tuesday: 4 yassos + 1-2 mi WU/CD
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: 3 mi tempo run + 1-2 mi WU/CD
Friday: 45 min cross train
Saturday: 8 miles long
Sunday: Rest or 45 min cross train
This week did not go as I had hoped. It started off fine with my 3 easy miles on Monday. Tuesday was a busy day at work and I didn't eat as often or as much as I should of, and by the time I got to the gym my stomach was growling and I was out of food. I said to myself, okay, I'll drink a lot of water and give this run a try. If I'm tired, I'll just cut the cool down to 1 mile. I made it through my 2 mile warm up, but my stomach was relentless with it's growling and grumbling. Determined to make it through, I started on my first yasso only to get half way through and have to stop because I felt like I was going to pass out. I knew right then that the day would be a loss. So I quickly packed up my things and went home to eat. Wednesday was Christmas eve and my trainer was off. Thankfully the gym was open for a short period of time and Dad and I were able to go and I got the remainder of my workout in. It was a struggle to get through though, as I was feeling tired and sluggish. Thankfully I was able to take a relaxing shower and rest up a bit that day so that I was able to enjoy a great Chistmas Eve with my extended family at my Uncle Brian and Auntie Joyce's in Litchfield, NH. I always look forward to Christmas eve and getting to spend time with my cousins and family. It was a great evening.
Thursday was Christmas day and unfortunately I didn't make it out to do my 3 mile tempo run. But we did have a fantastic Christmas here in the Nowoswiat house. We opened our presents together in the morning and everyone was very happy with their gifts. Needless to say, I got some great new running gear including an awesome running jacket from my mom and a purple GPS watch from Jack. I was excited to get to test them both out!
Friday I was feeling a bit off, but still managed to make it through Thursdays tempo run complete with a 2 mi WU AND a 2 mi CD. Friday night I got together with two of my best friends from college, Julia and Ann, at Ann's apartment in Worcester. It was so great to be able to catch up with them especially as Julia is down in Atlanta at Emory getting her MPH. Although I wasn't feeling too good, I rallied enough to go out to the bar with the girls and enjoy a drink. I had planned to miss the Saturday team run since I was sleeping over at Ann's. In the morning we all went out for breakfast before Julia had to return home and I went down the Sturbridge with my mom and Carolyn to meet up with my cousins Madelyn and Rachel and my Aunt Maria from my dad's side. They live in Pennsylvania, but were up in Connecticut visiting my Aunt Maria's sister. It was so nice getting to see them, which is something we rarely get to do since they live so far away.
Today, Sunday, the real extent of my sickness began to set in and I felt too lousy to exercise. I've started to develop bad sinus congestion and a cough and am a little concerned about how long this will last.
Unfortunately, this was a less than stellar week for running and I only completed 19 out of 26 possible miles. Hopefully next week will be better.
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