A Bad Week
Sometimes I just start a week on a down note and it goes downhill from there. This week is just one of those weeks. The mileage is down, the intesity is down, and the motivation is way down. In the past when this strikes, I usually just go with it, let myself take an easy week and vow to come back strong the following week. I guess that's my plan right now. I realize that it's rather convenient that this down week comes during the hottest and most humid week of the year so far in Chicago. Pure coincidence. I swear.
Today I tried to give myself a break and run indoors at the gym. Somehow my body just knows that it disgustingly humid outside though. I tried to do a 5 mile tempo run at 5:45 pace, and while everything felt OK for the run, I just felt horrible for the two poor souls who were stuck running next to me on the treadmills. I was sweating like a pig and was having a very difficult time containing it to my little 4X10 treadmill area. I stopped after 20 minutes of tempo running because I was grossing myself out.
So I'll limp through the rest of this week and start fresh on monday. While this week hasn't been a total wash, it certainly isn't anything to write home about. Doing this for one week will be fine, but it has to stop after this.
posted by Greg @ 2:39 PM
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4 Comments:
Know the feeling! I final gave in to my bad week and slowed down for a few days, then dropped mileage and finally today things got back into the normal swing.
The heat index being 3 digits really does suck the life right out of most runs!
I've felt the same way for most of this week, but I have not problem blaming it on the heat. This weather really takes away the desire to run hard or long.
IF the humidity and heat in Chi-town are like DC you have more than enough reasons to expect a down week.
Greg-
I have had a couple of health things going on the last couple of weeks and combined with the heat and humidity my desire and motivation to run have been somewhat lacking. I think I pretty much posted the same words about lack of motivation and running through it in my blog last week.
I hope the "low" week gave you some rest you needed and the motivation comes back.
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