After last week's whirlwind weekend, I was a little slow to get back to normal and back to blogging. The Historic Half Marathon is quickly approaching and training for weeks 9 and 10 has been hit and miss.
Training week 9 was great. I felt like I was flying during my speed work and my other runs were comfortable. My legs felt like I could run forever.
Week 9 Training
Monday – Off
Tuesday – Speed Work (about 4 miles total)
Wednesday – Off
Thursday – 4 Miles
Friday – Off
Saturday –6 Miles
Sunday – Off (spent time playing in the pool)
Training week 10 was pretty much the opposite. I don't know if I was still run down from last weekend or something else is going on, but I didn't have a single good run this week. My legs felt like they were made of stone and 2 miles felt like 20. My long run was really rough and my left hip/hamstring/IT band area was not happy.
Training week 10 was pretty much the opposite. I don't know if I was still run down from last weekend or something else is going on, but I didn't have a single good run this week. My legs felt like they were made of stone and 2 miles felt like 20. My long run was really rough and my left hip/hamstring/IT band area was not happy.
Week 10 Training
Monday – Off
Tuesday – 2 Miles
Wednesday – Off
Thursday – 2.32 Miles
Friday – Off
Saturday –10 Miles (this was a rough run)
Sunday – Off
Today my legs are still pretty sore and I feel like I ran 20 miles, not 10. I need a good week of training, or I think I may be in real trouble.
How do you handle bad training runs? What do you do when your current training strategy stops working?
Today my legs are still pretty sore and I feel like I ran 20 miles, not 10. I need a good week of training, or I think I may be in real trouble.
How do you handle bad training runs? What do you do when your current training strategy stops working?