This past week I pushed myself a bit. Overall I feel fine, really good actually although I am having a bit of pain now on the inside of my shin bone. It's an interesting thing to have your entire body feel great except for one small spot and how that one small spot can make you worry so much!! It was a great week in training. Did some new things and enjoyed the company of some other ladies that are just as crazy as me.
Last week's mileage was 54 and change road miles plus 1 hour of pool running.
Sometimes, I pause and think about how in the past running for 20 minutes was my max. I can remember saying that to a friend in college, let's go for a run and it would be no more than 25 minutes. I also clearly remember when Alejandro had me run back to back 5 milers and I had my doubt if I could do that. I think it just goes to show we can never really fathom what we are capable of doing. We may think, ok, this it, I can't push me any harder or further but then you do. I am now constantly curious, to find out what I am capable of doing.
This year has been a challenging year on many levels. I have had injuries really for the first time and it's not easy to feel like I can't push myself to new levels. I am more just trying to maintain and not make anything worse. For sure this week, I will be backing off a bit, will be hitting the pool again twice this week and hopefully doing a shorter tempo run.
Tomorrow, 18 --hopefully--
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