It was a rough week this last week. Saturday's race pace run down Suncrest caught up to me on Monday. I was SO tired. I cancelled my swim and strength session and ended up just napping while Lila was at school. I was going to substitute a bike ride for the swim later on during the day but couldn't even pull that much together.
I really wanted to throw in the towel on Tuesday and call it a rest week, but I gutted it out and by Wednesday, was able to pull myself out of the tailspin. I didn't make it to any of the strength workouts this week, but something has to give, right?
Sometimes I forget that this is not going to be the rest of my life. There is an end date to this phase--and all this--in the near future. We are almost half way through the training for the Half Ironman. In 9 weeks, life will be a little less hectic (well, in this regard. It's going to get a lot more hectic for the summer!) and I will be able to rest and recover and gear up for the big race in 2020! When I remember that this is only temporary, I can gut my way through a bad day or week. It's also important to listen to my body and rest when I need to. I knew that I had pushed it too hard on that run on Saturday so it was not a surprise when Monday rolled around and I was dragging. By listening to the cues my body was giving me, I was able to reschedule the week, still get in my workouts and get some extra rest.
On the other front, I am eating everything that isn't nailed down. I am SO hungry ALL. OF. THE. TIME. I was trying to have healthy food, but I cannot get full on it! Now I'm just eating whatever, whenever. I had three meals out with people this week and out ate every single one of them, PLUS went home hungry. It's embarrassing. Friday night we had a dinner with four other couples that we don't know well (the neighborhood set up a Guess Who's Coming to Dinner bit) and I had to restrain myself after my second helpings. The other women were hardly touching their dinners and I wanted to ask them for their leftovers on their plates. :) I'm sure they all had something to say about my eating after the evening.
I am going to resolve to try to eat better this week. I've got to find stuff that will fill me up, both physically and emotionally because, let's be honest, this is a stressful endeavor and unlimited vegetables don't necessarily spark joy in my life.
Weekly Totals
Swim: 6174 yds
Bike: 4:25 (45 mile long)
Run: 22.6 miles
Workout of the Week
This is a hard one this week. There weren't a lot of awesome workouts that stood out. However, on Wednesday, we went out and did our usual pre-dawn run. It was okay to start off with, and spring briefly made an appearance. I was tired and didn't really want to be there, but by mile 3 I had warmed up enough to let loose. Mile 4 was clocked at 8:18. It felt good to feel that good and to be ahead of everyone else. It's nice to see the hard work paying off! Coupled with a good swim later that morning, and I was back on track to making it another (nearly) 100% week!
I really wanted to throw in the towel on Tuesday and call it a rest week, but I gutted it out and by Wednesday, was able to pull myself out of the tailspin. I didn't make it to any of the strength workouts this week, but something has to give, right?
Sometimes I forget that this is not going to be the rest of my life. There is an end date to this phase--and all this--in the near future. We are almost half way through the training for the Half Ironman. In 9 weeks, life will be a little less hectic (well, in this regard. It's going to get a lot more hectic for the summer!) and I will be able to rest and recover and gear up for the big race in 2020! When I remember that this is only temporary, I can gut my way through a bad day or week. It's also important to listen to my body and rest when I need to. I knew that I had pushed it too hard on that run on Saturday so it was not a surprise when Monday rolled around and I was dragging. By listening to the cues my body was giving me, I was able to reschedule the week, still get in my workouts and get some extra rest.
On the other front, I am eating everything that isn't nailed down. I am SO hungry ALL. OF. THE. TIME. I was trying to have healthy food, but I cannot get full on it! Now I'm just eating whatever, whenever. I had three meals out with people this week and out ate every single one of them, PLUS went home hungry. It's embarrassing. Friday night we had a dinner with four other couples that we don't know well (the neighborhood set up a Guess Who's Coming to Dinner bit) and I had to restrain myself after my second helpings. The other women were hardly touching their dinners and I wanted to ask them for their leftovers on their plates. :) I'm sure they all had something to say about my eating after the evening.
I am going to resolve to try to eat better this week. I've got to find stuff that will fill me up, both physically and emotionally because, let's be honest, this is a stressful endeavor and unlimited vegetables don't necessarily spark joy in my life.
Weekly Totals
Swim: 6174 yds
Bike: 4:25 (45 mile long)
Run: 22.6 miles
Workout of the Week
This is a hard one this week. There weren't a lot of awesome workouts that stood out. However, on Wednesday, we went out and did our usual pre-dawn run. It was okay to start off with, and spring briefly made an appearance. I was tired and didn't really want to be there, but by mile 3 I had warmed up enough to let loose. Mile 4 was clocked at 8:18. It felt good to feel that good and to be ahead of everyone else. It's nice to see the hard work paying off! Coupled with a good swim later that morning, and I was back on track to making it another (nearly) 100% week!
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