So… after 2 days of running, I lost 4 days. Not a great way to start my training. The first day I was out the night before with some friends. It wouldn’t have been so bad, but Jack was up twice that night. The second time was at 3am and he was up for over an hour. I had 2 options at point: Watch an hour of TV until 5:15 when I would have normally gotten up, or bag the gym. I decided to bag the gym. Of course, the next day was Friday and we were leaving for VT. So, I missed Friday because we were packing and loading the car all morning to get on the road as early as possible and then Saturday and Sunday we were in VT. I suppose I could have run outside in VT, but it was 30 degrees and rainy. With 4 days gone I woke up this morning to hit the gym.
I sat outside the gym until the guy decided to show up at 5:59 (the gym opens at 6). That should have been an omen. I got on the treadmill and started to go. I felt great at first, but then things fell apart. I got a headache; I was nauseas; my knee started to hurt after the first mile. It was not a good day. Through it all I finished the 2 miles… but it was not pretty. I will need to not take 4 days off again. At least until I’m back in a little bit of shape.
Day -153
Woke up at 5:20am
Gym at 5:50am (sat outside until 5:59am when the guy showed up)
Ran 2 miles in 25.20 min for a average mile of 12.40.
Time to go: [fergcorp_cdt_single date=”March 20, 2011, 6:35 am est”]