First things first, the winners of a pair of tickets to the Margarita Festival in Tampa are Elliot W and Chris B. Congratulations, I’ll email you your tickets tonight!
I also want to check in on my journey to a 10K. This last week was not as successful as the first 2, I’m going to repeat the week.
Sunday was my ‘long run’ of 3 miles. It was also Mother’s Day and I talked my oldest son into going with me to meet a running group and do a trail run. Happily, everyone there was really nice and I had a great time. Unhappily I forgot that trail running in Florida often means running in soft sand which totally and immediately wrecked me. I have no idea how far we ran because I brilliantly tried to use a new to me program to track mileage but didn’t actually mess with it to see how to use it before starting to run. Brilliant! I decided to turn around and head back, and found that we had gone pretty far, but I really doubt it was 3 miles. And also, we made a wrong turn on the way back because if I’m in the woods I kind of have to get lost a little. Especially if there are witnesses.
I wasn’t too torn about not making my 3 miles since the terrain made it feel like about 30. I without a doubt worked harder than if I had done 3 miles on the treadmill! But then Tuesday I didn’t run do to poor planning on my part. Thursday I did run but instead of 3.5 miles on the weekend I only did 2. Blah.
So here it is Tuesday again, the first day of my running week. I’m calling a do over on last week and following the same plan again. I have a lot of the same things going on as last Tuesday, but this time I’m buckling down and not letting things get in the way. Like writing this in the morning instead of trying to fit in writing at night. 🙂
Do you have a backup plan for when things come up and throw you off schedule, whether it’s a running schedule or something else? If you are following a training plan do you have a problem with doing a week over if you do not have a hard date (like a race) you have to be ready by?