I have been feeling quite sluggish on my runs this past week. I'm guessing this has to do with a combination of a hectic work schedule with late nights and some weekend work and a poor diet. When I am really busy at work, I tend to make poor food choices. I am well aware of this, but taking the time to go to the grocery store and then prepare a healthy meal or snack just seems like one more thing on my plate (no pun intended).
Scout and I ran on Saturday (10 miles) and Sunday (5 miles). Part of each of these runs we did a bit of tempo work, but the sluggishness put a damper on that for the most part. Yesterday (Tuesday) I ran 8 miles - 1 mile w/u and 1 mile c/d with 6 miles at tempo. The first 3 tempo miles were directly into a stiff wind and a bit up hill as I was running in a westerly direction. I struggled to maintain an 8:30 pace. The next 3 miles I had turned around, so an 8:00 pace was much easier to maintain over 3 miles. All in all this was difficult for me. I'm hoping a change in diet and work hours over the coming weeks will allow for an improvement in how I feel. I have 22 scheduled for Saturday, so I need to make some changes quickly.
Scout and I ran on Saturday (10 miles) and Sunday (5 miles). Part of each of these runs we did a bit of tempo work, but the sluggishness put a damper on that for the most part. Yesterday (Tuesday) I ran 8 miles - 1 mile w/u and 1 mile c/d with 6 miles at tempo. The first 3 tempo miles were directly into a stiff wind and a bit up hill as I was running in a westerly direction. I struggled to maintain an 8:30 pace. The next 3 miles I had turned around, so an 8:00 pace was much easier to maintain over 3 miles. All in all this was difficult for me. I'm hoping a change in diet and work hours over the coming weeks will allow for an improvement in how I feel. I have 22 scheduled for Saturday, so I need to make some changes quickly.
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