Weekly Workouts 8/8-8/14

Monday: Our teaching convention in Orlando all day, and a 3+ hour drive home? Yeah, rest day.

Tuesday: We ran the bridge for our first speed work session in weeks. It was brutal! My watch glitched out on us, but I think we did ~4 miles in about 41 minutes.

Sweaty and covered in gnats!

Wednesday: Lower body! We did a core and leg circuit five times, and it felt good. My inner thighs definitely felt it the next day.

We did each exercise for 30 seconds, rested for 30s between circuits, and completed it 5 times.

Thursday: Four easy miles. Although the pace was overall faster than on Tuesday, the effort felt easier and the run felt better in general.

Friday: We had a run planned, but because Matt and I were traveling to Sarasota for his Nana's memorial service, we didn't have time.

It was nice to be in Sarasota. My mom has had some health issues this week. She had a routine procedure done early in the week, developed appendicitis, and then got an e. coli infection! Needless to say, seeing her after all that was worth not getting my run in.

Saturday: Matt and I spent all day with family for Nana's memorial; when we got home, I was hungry and tired. Matt went to SUP and I thought I might just relax...But when Dad came in from walking the dog, he said there was no humidity and it was beautiful out. So I had to run.

It was later than usual, and my calves and shins were a bit stiff, but I felt like the run was quality - easy, but faster than my weekday runs lately, and with just the right amount of effort - and it was so nice to run in mid-70s! I saw some deer out there, which put me in a good mood.

Sunday: We didn't get back to Fort Myers until close to 8pm, so Elizabeth and I just barely squeezed in a run. It drizzled on us, but was uncomfortably humid. It's funny how much harder Sunday's run felt compared to Saturday's.

I'm still feeling a bit worried about where my speed and stamina has gone, but I think exhaustion from work and the summer weather is just impacting me the way it usually does, and I need to be patient and put the work in to see the results I want.

My runs are averaging in the upper 10s right now, and I'm just not happy with that.

I'm trying not to feel discouraged, but after all the progress I made in spring, it just kind of stinks to be struggling so much right now.

ABK