Sunday, April 12, 2015

Week whatever out of ?? ambiguous training for something or not

This week...Eh...

Monday: REST

Tuesday: Progressive 4 miles followed by 6 miles on the stationary bike

Wednesday: REST

Thursday: REST

Friday: 3 Miles

Saturday: 4 Miles with the pup, followed by a half assed speed sesh of 2 miles.

Sunday: 5 Miles, 36:50. Finally a speed sesh! Alternated one song fast, one song at 8:00 pace. (Speed songs were at 6:48, 6:48, 6:39, 6:39, 6:31)

6 miles cycling
18 miles running

Tuesday morning I woke up and my neck was hurting a lot. I must have slept funny since I do not recall any specific trauma. My neck was quite uncomfortable during work Tuesday and even more so during my run Tuesday evening. Wednesday and Thursday I was going out of my mind with the pain in my neck, and aleve wasnt helping it at all. I could barely function at work so running was absolutely out of the question.  A few epsom bath soaks later, Friday I woke up feeling much better.

Saturday I ran with CB then went shopping. I bought some nice stuff to wear in Paris and Copenhagen as well as springtime here, whenever it gets a bit warmer.

Sunday I did a moderate speed sesh since my neck was still a tad janky & because CB wasnt feeling well. I called the vet to see if I could take him in, but they were only accepting dogs with flu symptoms (which he does not have thankfully) but I have to keep an eye on him and hopefully not have to find another vet. He does seem much better now (Sunday evening) than earlier Sunday.
                                         
Me and my bear. I love him so much.
Monday I got to see some wonderful ladies for a nice chat and dinner. It was awesome catching up with Anne, Emmers and Erin.
Tuesday I voted. CB said he voted many times earlier in the day while I was at work.
Sunday I bottled my Russian Imperial Stout which has been fermenting for 2 months! I had to open one of my old IPAs for the bottle (because I only have 12 total!), and surprisingly it tasted much better than it did in January. I also bottled one bottle of the Belgian stout I made 3 weeks ago. The rest of the Belgian stout will be seconday fermented with coffee. I just need to cold brew some first.I think this Belgian stout is going to be amazing.
Looking forward:

Since there are no "good" 5ks that fit in my schedule before my vacation, I am unsure if I want to continue focusing on 5k prep- or maybe change it up and start running longer since the weather is nice. I'd love to smash my stagnant half marathon PR this year (it's been nearly 2 years since my last 13.1!!!).On top of that, I am really enjoying running/cycling/lifting weights and my continued PT exercises and am not really excited to race. At least right now.. I'm sure that will change soon. I want quality performance over quantity races this year and know post vacation, I'll be itching to take advantage of the good weather and let my legs fly.

Up next:

Throw back posts of my trip to Europe 2002, because my daad found some photo cds I had of half of my pics from the trip. And because I found my journal from that trip. And because I am super excited to return to Europe after 13 years!!!


-Xaar

6 comments:

  1. I would love to be packed in your suitcase and go to Europe again too. Glad CB seems to be feeling better and your neck too. I have had a bit of a zing in mine this week. What is up with that?

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    1. I wish I could take you! I promise to take loads of photos :)

      Stupid neck pain. Must be the weather or something??

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  2. Nice speed sesh - way to finish strong! Glad to hear that your neck is okay and that CB is doing good. I set my 5k and half marathon PRs within 2 weeks of each other, and I think you could as well. Yum stout and yay to your Europe trip!

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    1. Haha thanks. This week sucked. But they can't all be roses and rainbow pooping unicorns ;) I'll take your word for it and now I'll expect a nice half PR in early June as well as another 5k PR!

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    2. Isn't life great when it's mostly rainbow pooping unicorns? Ha, ha. Anyway, which half in early June are you looking at?

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  3. It was so great to see you last week!!!

    Sorry to hear about the neck discomfort. I've had that happen to me a couple of times, too, and the discomfort is no joke. Glad the epsom salt helped!

    LOL at CB voting many times during the day while you were at work. =D

    Can't wait to see the throwback pics from 2002!!!

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