So this week was great for my shorter runs but my longer run was a little more disappointing. Repeated last week’s distances, so my shorter ones were 3.5 and my longer run today was 5 miles again. This week’s shorter runs came in at 31:29 and 31:20, which was better than last week’s 31:41 and 31:48. My longer run was 49:04 compared to last week’s 46:59 but I did finish my last mile in 8:31, which is a new record for me!
I definitely learned my lesson this week in regards to nutrition and hydration. It was my last week of my second round of the 21 Day Fix and I realize now that I should have gone up an entire bracket, especially when these runs got longer. You actually get to eat a TON of food, but it’s still at a calorie deficit that my body obviously can’t handle during harder training. Plus I definitely didn’t drink as much water yesterday as I should have, since we were out and about car-shopping (which I’m sure you know takes FOREVER). Sleep hasn’t been my friend lately, either, which is difficult…I definitely need my rest. My body is just utterly exhaused today and I could feel it every step I took. I pretty much walked a majority of the third mile, but tried to push it as hard as I could when I wasn’t walking.
So, lesson learned for sure…and I’m ready for next week. I increase to 4 miles on my shorter days and 6 miles on my longer day, so we’ll see how that goes! I’ve got a crazy work/school schedule next week, so I have to adjust my workouts and runs a little bit, but I’m still getting everything in. And I’m really looking forward to Friday…my parents are coming into town and it’s my birthday 🙂
I’m really excited about my progress so far and hope to keep getting better week to week. 4 weeks down…8 to go…I’m 1/3 of the way there!