Highlight of the Week: Thursday’s gorgeous run!

Monday | February 11, 2019: 7 m run + teaching strength class
Run location: VP Woods Loop, Temp: 30°/31°, Time: 1:19:09, Pace: 11:18 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: good, but annoyed with the wind, loud cars, and ice on the trails
Strength: plates and soft balls, Felt: good

Tuesday | February 12, 2019: rest
Wednesday | February 13, 2019: rest
Thursday | February 14, 2019: 10 m run
Run location: VP Woods Loop, Temp: 42°/40°, Time: 1:47:06, Pace: 10:42 avg, Difficulty: easy, Felt: pretty good!
Friday | February 15, 2019: teaching strength class + 3 m run
Strength: plates and soft balls, Felt: fine, glad there was even partners so no one had to partner with me!
Run location: hood, Temp: 18°/16°, Time: 32:52, Pace: 10:57, Difficulty: easy, Felt: surprisingly fine

Saturday | February 16, 2019: 10 m run
Run location: Lake Andrea and back, Temp: 17°/25°, Time: 2:01:08, Pace: 12:07 avg, Difficulty: hard, Felt: cold for the first half, weak and thirsty for the second
Sunday | February 17, 2019: rest (sick)

Notes:

  • Gah, I felt so sleepy on Tuesday. I rested (napped!) instead of working out. Then rested again on my in office day Wednesday (but walked all over the city and got a ton of steps in). I think my body was preparing to get a cold. I woke up Thursday with a sore throat and runny nose. Mucinex to the rescue!
  • My local preserve has a paved road through it that I like to run back and forth to get my mileage up, while feeling safe away from (more) cars. But this year they’ve blocked off part of the road and aren’t plowing it! Wah! (But the bonus to it being blocked off is less creepers driving back and forth through the park, so that’s something.)
  • Ahh, Thursday’s run was in the 40s! Windy, but I got to wear capris! And Steven drove by for part of my run, which is always exciting, as I wonder when he’ll drive by and try to have good form, ha ha.
  • Ugh, I woke up Saturday with my cold feeling better and decided to try a long run. And it was notably crappy. Oops.  So… not actually feeling better. I rested the rest of the weekend. I felt achy, had some chills, a painful cough, leaky nose and eyes, and lots of pressure in my ears. But no fever! So… yay? I normally work out if my lungs feel fine (they did except when coughing), but the aches and chills (and general weakness) kept me resting.

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