Let's just say that my endurance has failed me. Or rather, my sick body hasn't recovered yet.
I ran today for the first time in eight days. I only ran 3 miles. And those 3 miles pretty much killed me.
I'm screwed for the Florida Ragnar next week.
I would like to take this moment to curse the person who gave me the flu last week. I don't know who you are, but when I figure it out, I'm going all voodoo on your ass. Needle stabs and everything.
I'm extremely frustrated. As I've said before, I was just getting to where I needed to be in my marathon training for endurance and speed, and now I feel like I'm back at square one. How do I jump back from this?
I've got a 15-miler scheduled this Saturday, but since I missed last week's long run (and all workouts last week), I'm not sure if I have it in me. Plus, I have to run 20 miles for the Florida Ragnar next week, and I'm freaking out.
How do you all jump back from a huge setback like this? Should I continue with my current training schedule, and just try to get through it? Or should I modify my training program, and try to cut back the miles slightly? I'm just worried because that 3-miler tonight was hard. I literally felt like an amateur runner, out for my first 5K or something.
But maybe it was just today. Maybe I'll be better tomorrow. In any case, I need lots of advice and lots of encouragement. I can do this, right?
First of all, you can totally do it.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, if it were me I'd start slowly and taper off a little bit. I have one run that always gets me going, an interval run, and I usually do that one after a long layoff or if I'm not feeling right and need something to kickstart a week or help me prepare for something. If you have a favorite type of run like that I'd go for it.
If I were in your spot and I had a 15-miler coming up and I was feeling like crap, I'd shoot for eight or 10 miles instead and if I wasnt even up for that, i'd split up the mileage on saturday and sunday, so five one day and five the next, or four one day and six the rest. Something like that.
Anyway, whatever you do I hope you are able to come out of this and make it to Ragnar just fine.
My first run "back" after an extended break (which I'd say 8 days of sickness counts as an extended break) tends to suck.
ReplyDeleteThe second one is where it all starts to click again.