So it's been a while!
I thought I had been doing well after the MEC race (despite coming last I beat the time I had set for myself, so I'll take it as a win), but this week has been absolutely brutal for me. I've been getting up at 5:30 and working 9.5 hour days and I seriously have no energy by the end of the day. I would try getting up early to run but that would mean I would have to get up at like 3 and yeah... definitely not gonna happen.
So last week I had accomplished my goals and stuck to my schedule. Had two gym days, ran 7km and had a 5km run outside Saturday morning. This week everything is off, partially to my work schedule and the holiday Monday where I totally lazied it up.
This is where my "panic" is coming from right now, I thought my 15km race in September was near the end of the month, but actually it turns out that it's the 8th, and I'm also running it by myself. I'm worried that I'm not going to be back into the swing of things and increase my endurance enough for the extra 5 km.
AHH.
my schedule:
I've been rearranging it as I go to actually mark what I did... I know that kind of defeats the point of a schedule but oh well.
Jess! I totally know how you feel! Don't panic!
ReplyDeleteI've set goals for myself and then fallen off the wagon ... but then you just get back on. I'm actually going through that right now. I have a 15km race I'm doing a week from Saturday.. totally forgot about it. But it's OK. Just get out there and start small. Do short runs and build your way up fast. You'll actually feel better from the week off.. it's like a rest. And you'll be even more hooked when you get going again, back into your routine. You'll appreciate it more.
Night time runs? I know it's tough. You can do it though. Baby steps.
GOOD LUCK!