Mary’s News 9/3 through 9/14
Hmmmm where have I left off and what do I need to catch ya’ll up on?
Unfortunately, I’ve missed the boat on logging my runs. I think it’s relatively fair to assume I got 1-2 runs in last week (definitely not more than that….I know I didn’t run on Labor Day).
I didn’t run Thursday since I had a flight that night (red eye to the Midwest).
While I was on vacation, I didn’t run but did get a good workout in canoeing for 4 hours Friday, and a (sort of?) workout in walking around Notre Dame’s campus all day Saturday (okay that doesn’t count).
Last night I met up with a friend for an afterwork run. We changed things up and decided to run a flat course near her apartment, so we went to a park we both knew about. It ended up being a really good run (unfortunately I don’t have mileage OR times because we were gabbing the whole time) but I could tell we were running at a solid pace without over-exerting ourselves (for various reasons we were both wanting to take it easy).
While running we noticed a pickup game that apparently starts up every Monday at 8 p.m. …. ummm SOLD! I know where I’ll be next Monday =)
Tomorrow night we’ve got soccer practice planned and I’ve vowed not to cancel, so it will be another day of working out (albeit a different kind of workout than long distance running).
Welp, that’s a sad amount of catching up for 11 day’s worth of activity, but I’m not concerned. I feel my fitness level is pretty solid for now, and I’m primarily concerned with maintaining, staying soccer fit, and healing my “injured” foot….or whatever it is…..so I can do awesome and excel next time marathon training time rolls around!
UPDATE: Ohh, annnnd I also need to mention that I’m starting to get sick. aka: was flying home on Sunday and ended up next to a super sick dude who was coughing, sneezing, blowing his nose and hacking up phlegm into tissues the whole ride. To his credit, he tried to keep things contained, but unfortunately planes are breeding grounds for germs. To thwart illness, I’ve been slamming back TONS of water, been taking airborne’s twice a day since stepping off the plane, and continued taking vitamins daily. I started feeling the sickness about two hours ago and it keeps coming. I will continue my airborne regimen for now, but I no longer have faith that it will keep me healthy.
