Monday, July 1, 2013

Training Through Illness

Turns out that the night before the Tory Row 5k was the start of some sort of virus. I was tossing and turning with some weird cough, and though I felt ok on Sunday - it wore me down this week. Each morning I woke up with a slightly sore throat, stiff neck, and my eyes hurt...I think it was a migraine...or at least migraine-ish. And though I wasn't totally out of commission, I felt shitty Mon-Thur.

Anyways, I had to back off for a few days. I wish it were for a different reason, as I don't think I was able to really get in a 'recovery week,' but it's still less wear and tear on the legs. So whatever.

Sunday 23-Jun      Tory Row 5k 8.73 Tory Row 5k in 18:53.  Bad night sleep with a strange cough, and run in some pretty decent heat. Shit race.
Monday 24-Jun Recovery/Rest 0.00 Didn't feel well today. Sore throat, stiff neck and a migraine…all of it felt kind of minor though, so hopefully tomorrow is better.
Tuesday 25-Jun Killer Bee's 0:07:30 5.03 ~3m warm up before ultimate and kept the garmin on. Had a migraine in the morning and felt shitty all day.
Wednesday 26-Jun Rest 0.00 Migraine in the morning, pretty bad chest congestion…going to be a long week if this keeps up.
Thursday 27-Jun Rest 2.00 Another morning migraine, and still sick - but overall feeling a little better. Easy 2 at lunch for the sake of sanity.
Friday 28-Jun Intervals 10.29 600/800/1000/300x8 - very hot out for this workout and I really struggled to recover after each one. Bad cough at times too…but hit most of the times. Pelvic 15x3. Resistance band 25x3. Right ankle still sore from Big Sur trail run/sprain? Weird.
Saturday 29-Jun Fresh Pond 3.31 Fresh Pond in 15:08. Worked pretty hard, but I knew this would be a shitty run…basically a short tempo. MYRTLx2 + some weight training after the run.

I really wanted to make sure I got in the mile-specific speedwork in preparation for July's Mass Ave Mile, so even though it was pretty rough - I was able to hit the times. 600/800/1000 at 3k to 5k pace, and 300's at mile pace:

600-2:06
800-2:54
1000-3:39
300-53.27
300-56.42
300-54.70
300-55.71
300-54.69
300-55.50
300-55.52
300-53.56

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