San Diego Track Club Boston Group - Week #2 Shelter Island
(last weekend - 12/5/15)
(last weekend - 12/5/15)
Weekly Check in
Not feeling all that great this past week - just putting in the miles when possible. IEEE Globecom was being held at the Hilton by the convention center and I was down there for one run on Monday. Sunday I ran the Paand it was cool but sluggish doing the Torrey Pines beach to dog beach at north Del Mar (sandy lane). On Monday at Globecom felt heavy/slow and running 4.2 flat miles @ 8:16/mile past the star of india and back. Felt even worse on Tuesday doing the 56 trail run in 55:26 (8:51/mile) and not feeling too red hot. I took Wednesday off, but on Thursday STILL felt fat/heavy/sluggish. Ran anyway - up from Torrey Pines lower park to north Del Mar (dog beach/Sandy Ln.). Took off Friday. Today went well for 12.4 miles...report below.
Morning weight/sleep:
I've been sleeping just less than 6 hours/night this week and going to be too late. There's been an activity every evening (Joshua Redman concert, Nutcracker, company dinner, etc) and that's pushed out sleep. I started the week at 167 and jumped to 170+ after the day off Wednesday. I'm at 171 today and higher in weight/BF than normal.
Today's Plan: 12 mile run with the track club group
Actual: 12.4 mile run
Conditions: cool, clear and beautiful running through balboa park, downtown, along the water
How it felt: I felt good the entire run - hills and all. Started out slowly and deliberately looked for the groups that would stick to an 8 min pace and not faster. With the hills we slowed down a bit and came in at 8:19 for the average pace. I'm not going very fast yet, but feel healthy. No aches/pains during the run.
