Today's Run = Blah and Weekly Report

I am just four weeks from my second marathon and I've started to have doubts.  I just haven't felt like my running has been that great.  I spent some time last night rereading my posts from earlier this year and realized I'm not that far off from last time.  I remembered lots of long runs, but had forgotten several that got cut short.  I remembered running fast, but there were a bunch of slow days in the mix, too.

I felt really strong Monday and Tuesday.  The schedule had only one rest day and that was a mistake.  I ran Wednesday and had nothing but a blister! On a brighter note, our weather took a turn for the better this week with much cooler temps.  We even got a little rain on Thursday and Friday.  I've added links to my Strava posts for each run in case you need even more details.

Sunday:  Rest Day
Result:  Rested

Monday: 7 Miles Easy (pace 9:52)
Result:  7.38 miles in 1:23:46, 11:21 pace

Tuesday:  9 Miles w/5 miles at Tempo (pace 9:52)
Result:  7.51 miles in Santa Barbara in 1:27:44, 11:41 pace

Wednesday:  6 Miles Easy (pace 9:52)
Result:  4.98 miles in 1:11:42, 14:23 pace.
My muscles were tight and sore, but the blister on my right foot is what really did me in.

Thursday:  Time Trial
Result:  Rested

Friday:  5 Miles Easy (pace 9:52)
Result:  5.07 miles in 1:02:31, 12:20 pace

Saturday:  15 (but I'm planning 22) Miles LSD (pace 10:04-11:04)
Result:  8.7 miles in 2:10:19, 14:59 pace.
I headed out with great intentions this morning, but I knew something was wrong as soon as I started running.  LEAD.LEGS.  I did a mix of running and walking in the first mile hoping to warm up, but I had nothing.  I kept walking, running, walking, running until about mile 5 when I realized I was walking, hobbling.  I really couldn't put my finger on any specific injury, but I just felt off.  My form completely fell apart and that's when I decided to cut this one short.  I walked the last 3 miles and even that hurt.  I know I wasn't well rested, we went to bed about 2 1/2 hours later than usual.  I think my biggest disappointment with today's run was that the weather was perfect.  53 degrees when I got up. Much better than the past few weeks.

Okay, whine-fest is over.  Tomorrow starts a new week!

Total planned miles: 49
Totals miles:  33.64

10:52 Edit:  I'm reading the latest edition of Runner's World magazine.  There is an article by Editor-at-Large, Amby Burfoot, that I really needed to read.  I'll share more next week, but I love this quote:

Life requires us to make adjustments.
Less is still something.

I struggle mentally when I don't finish all my miles for the day.  I need to learn that less is still something.