Week 3
Training Summary:
Total runs done: 2-ish (I say –ish because one run lasted
only ½ of a mile)
Total miles: 4.75
Cross-training: 1 Kettlebell circuit, swam 1400 yards, lots
of foam rolling and stretching
Challenges this week:
-Shin Splints. Like
many new runners, I’ve developed shin splints.
I feel like they came out of nowhere.
Last week, my legs felt great and all of the sudden this week, they fell
apart and just walking through Target hurt like a mofo. So, I’m resting for a bit, lots of ice, lots
of Advil. With resting comes feelings of
guilt, like I’m giving up or I should be tougher and work through the pain. I don’t like being sidelined. It also brings about feelings of doubt like can
I really succeed at this whole half marathon thing? Is my training plan right
for me?
Successes this
week:
-Uhmmm, I’m
sure there was something?
I have my
first 5k race this coming Saturday; so naturally, I’m worried about it with the
current state of my legs. I’ll be changing
up my training for Week 4 to give my legs a few more days to recover before
Saturday. There will definitely be less mileage
done this week.
I leave you
with this quote. Runner’s World posted
this on Facebook yesterday: “Anyone can train hard. Do you have the discipline
to recover?” Timely advice, RW…
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