For being the first week after the time change, I didn’t wake up as late as I expected. I’m still in the recovery phase from the marathon.
Monday: 5 miles. Started in the park with some form and mobility drills, and then ran once around the park before heading out into the subdivision next to it. Kept this mostly easy, despite having two carb-laden dinners on Saturday and Sunday evening, my legs felt heavy… probably from working on my basement bathroom over the weekend. 5.03 miles in 44:35 (8:53 min/mile pace).
Tuesday: 5 miles. Rainy morning, so I kept it in the park and had generally a good run. The rain wasn’t too bad, and I didn’t push the pace. 5.13 miles in 45:11 (8:48 min/mile pace).
Wednesday: Rest.
Thursday: 7 miles + 8 strides. Another rainy morning, but not too bad temperature-wise. Ran a loop around the park and embarked into the neighboring subdivision. As I was going up a hill just past the first mile, I felt pain in my back. It was not an ‘ignorable’ pain, so I took it down to a walk and ended up walking back. Made it to 1.94 miles. 😖
Friday: I could barely get out of bed, so running was out of the question.
As the weekend progressed, my back did start feeling better (courtesy of rest and Vitamin S – Sodium Naproxen), but next week will miss a few days as it comes back to healthy. Overall, I ran 12 miles out of the intended 27.