wanted to make the long run an 18 miler since i'm trying to train for a 50k but with basketball tournaments and life just being very busy, i ran a faster paced 13 miler. it's all i had time for. i totally felt it the next day!
week of april 28th - may 4th - 5, 8
i hurt my back monday morning putting laundry away. it hurt reallllly bad. not sure what i did but it took 4 days to calm down. by thursday i felt ok enough to try a 5 mile run. of course, i went out too fast and had to take it easy the last two miles. but my back never hurt. saturday i ran 8 in the pouring cold windy rain. the weather this spring just stinks.
this week - 4, 18, 4, 4
so after 11 days of missing a good long run, i got it done on thursday - on a challenging trail. i was by myself, on a challenging trail, with no music and nothing but my thoughts. i told myself (and my man) that if i couldn't run 18 on this trail and feel ok, then i wasn't going to run the 50k. i ran it ... was fine ... finished with no pain. so i guess i'm still on track. i followed up the next two days with 4 mile runs (one on the roads and one on a trail) and felt just fine. so next week, my goal is to run 20 on a trail that i trained on last year when preparing for this same 50k. i'll see how it goes.. taking it run by run at this point.
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So glad your 18 miler was a good one and that you found the time to run it!
What a fun photo!
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