yuck

well, this has been a lesson in consistency. when you get busy, it's easy once you're sliding to just keep sliding and not get back on track. i updated my training log and realized that the two bad weeks i thought i had were really 3 bad weeks. yikes. so... here's the update:

(to finish the week of june 1)
monday: OFF - huge weeny with hot weather
tuesday: 10 total - 6 AM, 4 PM
Wendesday: 6
Thursday: 6
Friday: 6 in Madison before we headed north
Saturday and Sunday: hungover and okay with not running. You guys only get married twice. :)
Total: 28 miles in 4 days

week of June 6:
Monday-Saturday: OFF...only partially my fault. my calves were so tight and crampy post-dancing that i had a hard time walking the first couple of days. when i tried to run on wednesday, i made it about 3 blocks before i decided it was getting exponentially worse instead of better and hobbled home. finally, on sunday, i was able to get in a complete run, though my calves were starting to get tight at the end. i probably could have gotten a little something in on friday or saturday, but i let myself not run because of the state track meet. oh well.
Sunday: 6 slow, slow miles

week of June 13:
Monday: 6- pushed pace a little
Tuesday: 6- pushed pace kind of a lot because i felt surprisingly good
Wednesday: 4 slow, achy miles. The past two days caught up with me.
Thursday-Friday: OFF. Didn't make time with reunion happening.
Saturday: 9 excellent miles. Intended to go 15, with a pitstop at 9 to take a gel and some water, but when i finished the 9, i decided to call it a day as my hamstring thing had been feeling tight during the whole run. since that was my longest run in a shockingly long time, i figured, better safe than sorry.
Sunday: OFF - lame.

Conclusions: I need to drink less or suck it up and run when I don't feel 100% the next day. Hopefully (lame) this is the end of my big events for the summer, so it shouldn't be as big of a deal, but it really messed with me for the last few weeks.

better!

1.5 mi. @ quick-ish in the morning
1.5 mi. @ moderate in the evening

3 mi. total - this plan appears to be working so far...

oh boy...

ok so i just started again, an all the progress (cardiovascular and podiatric) i made during my previous attempt to run is gone... bummer.

m: 2.5 mi. @ moderate pace - oh boy was this bad!  everything possible went wrong.  i could also feel my foot acting up after about 2 mi.

t: 1.5 mi. @ quick-ish - this felt much better, but i can see that this is another case of me coming back from approximately zero fitness/health...

considering running twice a day a few times a week to get a few more miles in, without stressing my foot as much...  i also NEED to stretch everyday, regardless of whether or not i run.  yikes.  hopefully, i can get the ball rolling before my schedule gets stressful (although, i guess hopefully my i get a job and its attendant stressful schedule sooner rather than later...)

recap

last week:

monday: 6 miles slow and easy. legs were totally shot still from the long run the weekend before.
tuesday: 6 miles slow and easy. legs still tired, but feeling much better.
wednesday: 5.5 junky, muddy miles on some trails at nationals.
thursday: 7 miles with 4x3 minutes hard, 2:15 recovery between. felt good to do a workout again.
friday: 6 easy miles
saturday: 5 easy miles
sunday: OFF. intended to do a long run after i got back from nationals, but then we decided to go to run-n-fun to get new shoes and a garmin. while we were there, someone hit my car (it's okay), which took way more time and by the time we got home, it wasn't going to happen.

total: 35.6 miles in 6 days.

monday: off... poor planning, hot weather, wind and a bad attitude. lame.
tuesday: am - 6 miles, pm - 4 miles. first ever two-a-day runs! legs felt pretty decent, though the second run was slower than the first one, for sure.