I left off with my blog on Saturday. On Sunday I did a 16 mile run and finished last week with 44 miles for the week.
I have not updated my blog this week. I did have a busy week; but not updating my blog was also done purposely. I felt very fatigued on Monday; both physically and mentally. I had planned on this week being a reduced training week, as I have a half marathon to do on Saturday. Though it is not a goal race; I still plan on running fairly hard and I want to be rested for it. It turned out I needed more rest this week than I had planned on. Monday I knew that I was close to over doing it. I listened to my body and did not train at all. I did not write a blog because I did not even want to think about training. On Tuesday I tried an easy 5 mile run; I still felt fatigued. I felt tired, my legs felt sore and I was mentally not into it. I took another day off from training on Wednesday. This morning I could feel the difference. My legs felt springy and I was walking fast. The fatigue was gone. This afternoon I did a 7.5 mile run, including 2.25 miles with my grandson. I won’t say I felt perfect, but I felt better. I feel much better than I did a few days ago. I just needed some rest.
I am doing a better job listening to my body than I did last fall. I have to keep reminding myself that I need to factor age into everything. In my mind I am still much younger than my age. That can be a good thing; but it can also be a bad thing if I am not careful and over train. Over training is not something I really had to have as much concern about when I was younger. I have always been very quick to recover from almost anything. That has changed as I have got older, and I now need more time. I guess that about sums up getting older; we are always looking for more time.
Just rolling along……
