You really lose some…
I ran at @usatf indoor champs yesterday. Suffice to say it wasn’t an ideal race. I’m not reading too much into one result, but I am using it as the starting point for a weekly training update. I’ll post a progress update on my IG each week on Sundays (or Monday if it’s a holiday weekend 😊). There have been a lot of changes over the past 4 months and I don’t want to make people text me or wait for race interviews to hear how it’s going. Also, I’m learning a lot and want to share things. ⠀ ⠀
To begin… Lessons from last week:
– You can never fully control getting sick, but I could use a self-evaluation on hygiene and nutrition, to make sure I am doing everything in my power to stay healthy.
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– And this is just another reminder that adaptive planning is usually better than stubborn adherence to numbers. Whenever I hold too tightly to mileage counting it bites me in the bum. Last week even though I missed a workout, I kept up high mileage through a fever. I was trying to maintain fitness with an eye toward World Champs. But in retrospect, slogging through slow miles does nothing in the week before a major race. And it’s a pointless use of energy that could be going toward getting healthy.
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Of course I can never know if that would have made a difference. But I’m going to say this is my reminder for any future unforeseen circumstances this year… when something throws you off your plan for the week, in most situations, it’s better to re-adjust the plan. Cramming miles at the end of the week puts unneeded stress on the body that doesn’t know the difference between 67 and 70 anyway.
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And in vein of practicing gratitude, I’m grateful that I was given this lesson (again!!😑) with only a bruised ego, not injured body. ⠀ ⠀
To end on a positive note, it’s inspiring seeing @shelbo800 and @steeple_squigs crush their events at US indoors. I hate not being there yet, but it reminds me to trust the process. It’s been great getting to know them and @mariellehalll better over the past week in ABQ. Now, it’s back to Portland and sea level. 🙃
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