Oxygen Deprived

There's not a whole lot to talk about for this past week in training, if you can even call it that. It started off with some needed rest from my misadventure the Saturday before which then turned into a week of rest and finally ended with some frustration at my lack of motivation.

Monday: More much needed rest from the previous Saturday.

Tuesday: Ended up being yet another day of rest. I heard you should rest for 3 days after having heat exhaustion but to be honest I felt really good and should have ran anyway.

Wednesday: 5.76 miles at an easy pace. Good run, after a few days off my legs were feeling good and pace was pretty strong.

Thursday: Another day off?! Seems I'm getting a bit carried away with this whole rest thing.

Friday: 8.24 miles of mixed, tempo and easy running. Good run, I felt pretty fresh since I haven't done much running this week. It was a little cooler out and the breeze felt good at times. At other times it was windy which made it hard to hold my pace when going up hill. I'm stoked about 4 miles of tempo pace though! I actually thought I only did 3 and was surprised when I got home and realized I did 4. Maybe I ran through a time warp.

2 miles easy pace (10:11/mi) + 4 x (1 mile tempo pace (8:12/mi) with 1-min rest) + 2 miles easy pace (10:11/mi)

Saturday: I had the best intentions but I missed my morning run then the day got really hot and by the time evening came around I had been working outside all day and was just too beat to run.

Sunday: 3.28 miles at an easy pace. Harder run, took too much time off this week and I can definitely feel it. Just trying to get some mileage in before weeks end.

In light of both the heat exhaustion experience and the fact that I recently switched from the full marathon to the half. I told myself that taking it easy one week wasn't going to kill me and in fact, it might just be what my body needs (Friday seemed to support this theory). Of course, like most good things even rest should be kept in moderation and not taken to an extreme.