Second Week Recap!

So…second week of blogging and a race to boot! But let’s backup and start at the beginning of the week…

Monday: My mom came into town this week and  I decided to take it easy and hope I wouldn’t suffer on my race the upcoming weekend. We hung out and chatted the night away.

Tuesday: My mom and I stayed up late to watch the election returns, so no workout or thought about workout.

Wednesday: My mom left in the morning and after work I sat down for “just a few moments”….and ended up waking up at around 8:30 pm. I decided just to roll over and continue to sleep, figuring my body needed sleep more than a run.

Thursday: After three days of not working out, I figured I should do something before my longest race to date…so I set out for a 3 mile race. As soon as I was well into it, I realized that my foot pod wasn’t working L I did what I thought was 3 miles, but it was closer to 2.5 when I checked it on Google Maps. Oh well! I wasn’t feeling the run at all and was struggling the whole time just to keep moving. I was hoping that this wouldn’t repeat itself on Saturday!

Friday: Rest day and packet pick up. After work I rushed to pick up the packet with the horror stories of the Hot Chocolate in the back of my mind. I was just hoping to be able to run in and run out to make it home for dinner plans and I made it with time to spare! The pick-up was super easy!

Saturday: Chicago Perfect 10 – overall the race was great! I was hoping to finish between 1:25 and 1:30 and came in right at 1:27:30! I did the run 2 mins/walk 1 min thing and was able to run for longer stretches on the second half. I still felt I started off to fast, but need to download my times off my Garmin to really know. Overall it was a great race and I will most likely come do it again (one of the few races that I have done this year that I will do again!) I’ll be posting a full recap later this week so stay tuned in! After the race, I ran some errands and then fell asleep early!

Sunday: Rest Day – After hearing Elie Wiesel speak, I walked around Chicago a bit and enjoyed the warm weather.

 

Plans for this week

I am not as sore as I was after the 7k I did earlier this fall so I hope to be able to bounce back and continue with training for my last three races of the year (TD5K, Santa Hustle 5K and Jingle Bell 10K). Also, to get a race recap of the Perfect 10 up within a few days.

Exciting news: I signed up for the Pile On The Miles organized by Run Eat Repeat! And I think you should too! ;) http://runeatrepeat.com/2012/10/23/pile-on-the-miles-2012/!

Stay tuned for a recap of the Chicago Perfect 10!