No, I did not take this week off. The rest of my life got crazy busy this week, and I just haven't had a chance to write anything.
On Sunday, I was up and out the door, deciding that after the 5k, this is the last Sunday I will run. I spend my Saturday nights talking with my family, far too late into the night to be waking up early.
During my run I ran further then I ever had, but had to walk four times. Two of them I don't really count because they were walking to make sure it was safe to cross the busier street. The other two were just because I needed to catch my breath. On Tuesday I ran the same time, but went considerably shorter distance, so I think I was just running a little too fast.
One very cool sight on Sundays run was the setting super moon. And of course I don't have a photo because I decided I would get that on my way back after my run. By that time the moon was too far into the horizon, and the lighting was just right that you really couldn't see it very well. And it would not have shown up on my phone.
One change on my Sunday run, was another person walking! This is the first time I've seen anyone out the same time as myself. For the most part my weekend runs vary on when I go out, so it was bound to happen. It was just a nice nod and hello to a fellow person on the street.
And during this run, really during one of the walks on my run, I came to the conclusion that I will never subscribe to the mindset of "if you don't faint, puke, or die, keep going" No. I want to feel good after my workout. Not spend the rest of the day recovering from a failed attempt at suicide via over working out. Yes, I realize I will never have the compleatly cut body of those that faint, puke or die. But I will not be dead. I don't enjoy fainting, and lets not even think about puking.
Just had to get that off my chest. I do subscribe to the mindset, though, that if you are going to sit on the couch, and not even walk yet critique how fast I am running, I will remind you that I am running faster that you. Yes, there was a conversation with someone who apparently is an armchair personal trainer. Needless to say, I shall not be discussing my running with them again anytime soon.
Now. Tuesday. I didn't write down notes for Tuesday like I did for Sunday, so I do not remember much about it. I ran the entire time without walking. And I recall it was nice out. On Sunday I did eat a decent breakfast after my run, and did not acquire the headache. So on Tuesday I searched around for food to eat something, thinking this might help. I then recalled something I read a few years ago about chocolate milk being good for a post run drink. So I gave it a shot. Then I googled it. I also drank the chocolate milk today, and no headache. So whether that has helped or not remains to be seen. I think I will continue with it, unless I get a headache (which would prove it doesn't work...)
Today's run was a bit different. I had to manipulate the training because of that week I took off sick. So I did two days of week 7, and today was week 8 That way I could work in the longer run before my 5k. On top of that I ran a different route then usual. The way I prefer to go, I have it memorized how far I need to go, when I need to start my cool down, and all that. It will help starting next week when I don't use the app anymore, and just run. But today, was followed by yesterday. And yesterday was full of tornado warnings, hail, heavy rain, and flood warnings.
I don't live in the tornado ally of the country. I live in an area that, in the last nine years, has had one tornado that touched down and did damage to buildings. the other two or three have been in remote areas where there are no structures or people. And usually all the tornado warnings happen in the early spring. So for there to be a tornado warning yesterday was out of the ordinary.
For the storm system, that did produce a funnel cloud, to be less then a mile from my house, was downright freaky. There was no damage, but I was worried the entire time the warning was going on.
But it made my run today change at the last minute. I walked my warm up the same as usual. Toward the end I was admiring the strange (almost chevron) patterns that were left in the path I run. I imagine from the force of the rain and water running down the slight hill. Then I hit a pretty good sized puddle, where I have not previously seen a puddle. I was maneuvering my way around it when my warm up was over, and I was instructed to run. So I did the best I could, and not fall into the slippery muddy mess. Then I came around the slight bend, to a mini pool of a puddle, and decided that I would run around our "block" instead. I made two complete circles around it before my run was over. A total of three miles (counting the warm up walk).
It was just something different, and now I know how many times I need to go around the block, when future puddles derail my chosen path.
I will continue to post my running journeys, after my 5k. But I might end up with less frequent posts. I can't really say right now. I will just see what the future will hold. But I don't have to remember what day I'm on anymore. I do know that I plan to run longer on weekends, and as the sun is rising later and later in the morning, I will eventually not being running weekdays. Not unless I acquire a treadmill, and nobody want's to read about someones adventures running in place. ;-)
But, I am looking too far ahead. So until Saturday, when I run the 5k.... I apparently need a sign off.
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