Today's run was tough, really, really, really tough. I'm just getting over being sick with some flu-like cold virus thing that everyone seems to have. Last week I skipped two workouts because of it, and I slept a lot. My two runs since were under my old time, but my chest was tight.
I did hot yoga today during lunch and was drained after that. Knowing I had to run 6 tonight I drank a ton of water to rehydrate from yoga and to hydrate enough for tonight. Looking back I didn't eat enough today to fuel two hours of exercise.
I came home and seriously debated running tonight, or just writing it off and pretending I was still super sick (which I'm not). I took a nap for an hour because I was so beat- then the alarm went off. I knew I had no choice, so I got ready and left.
With the light slowing starting to fade I really have to plan my runs now. I found a sunrise and sunset calculator and found out the sun was setting at 7:36 p.m. tonight. My only option was to start running before 6:30 p.m. tonight.
The entire 6 miles was hard of my body. I was sore from yoga, my chest was tight and it was hard to breathe, it appeared humid and this was the longest mid-week run I've done so far.
Looking at the schedule I don't know what other runners do when it gets dark. I'm training for this marathon completely solo and don't feel comfortable running alone at night, at all. Actually a few people I know who have run marathon's were impressed I was doing it alone. I guess aside from training for a marathon, training alone is a big deal?! My mid-week runs only increase from here on out. They start at 7 next week and increase to 10 during my 40 mile week, then start to taper. Ahh.. Working 8 hours a day and then running big mileage (guess this is what I signed up for).
I ran this 6 miler 4 minutes less than I ran 6 when I started. So even though I walked so I could breathe, I still beat my first run by 4 minutes (and if I remember correctly, I didn't walk during that run). Success!
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