First off I want to start by saying Happy Memorial Day! I want to think all the brave men and women who have served and fought for our country.
“A hero is someone who who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” Joseph Campbell
Well our Sunday didn’t start out quite as we had hoped. Wes woke up on Saturday night in immense pain. He has suffered from kidney stones since we were in college and spent all night curled up on the floor in pain. I felt terrible, because when kidney stones kick him there really is nothing you can do until you pass them.
I woke up complete stuffed up with a terrible sinus headache. I think the change in weather was to blame, but I’ll take that over the kidney stones.
We took a little longer getting moving once the morning started. Wes wanted to make sure he wasn’t in pain before he started out on a run. I swear nothing can stop that man from running!
While we waited for him to feel better I did start on cleaning out and packing the ever famous shoe closet.
Just in the shoes we have here (I know there are a few floating around the house) he has a total of 37 pairs. To his defense, he did allow me to donate 4 pairs and he actually hasn’t bought any new shoes in 6 months.
However, I believe him allowing me to donate 4 pairs now makes him feel like he needs to buy 4 new pairs. Oh well. Ha!
Note: The chucks are from my brother’s wedding last June, he doesn’t actually run in them!
After he started feeling better we both set out to get our runs in. I had my last workout of the week scheduled which called for “30 minutes hard hills.”
The only problem about the training plan that I’m following is that it doesn’t go into great detail about what that means. I do the best I can at coming up with something I think fits.
I found a small loop near our house that starts out with a hill that goes for roughly 250-300 meters. It’s a pretty steep and gradual hill.
I started with a 1 mile warm up to get my legs moving.
I then ran the hill with hard effort and then did the rest of the loop and recovery for 30 minutes. I lost count but I think I ran the hill 6-7 times for a total of 3.52 miles.
I finished with a 1 mile cool down back to the house.
It was a warm day and my sinuses were acting up still, but overall it went pretty well! This was one of those good running weeks. My legs felt recovered each day and I felt like I was on point. They don’t happen all the time, but I will gladly take it!
This week I officially begin “week 3” of my training plan. I repeated weeks 1 and 2 to lengthen the time of the original plan. Here is a break down of what the week calls for:
I’m off this morning to make it happen. I alway switch my Monday/Tuesday and Wednesday/Thursday days, and even though we will be having family come into down starting Saturday I am hoping to be able to get up early enough to still get everything in!
On another note…
I don’t know if any other female runners out there have ever dealt with hair issues, but I know I have! The fact that I wear my hair up 80% of the time and straighten it leaves me often having issues with getting my hair to grow like I want it to and drying out.
I recently started trying Biotin. I know that you can get it in many foods but since my hair has seemed to be breaking too much lately I decided to start supplementing it on top of my diet. I started about 2 weeks ago.
I am actually really blown away at how much my hair has grown since then. I notice it because I really need to dye my roots! My hair feels stronger, breaks less and just looks and feels healthier. The great thing about Biotin too is that it is relatively inexpensive.
Just something I thought i’d share!
Since it is Monday and there really isn’t a whole lot of motivation in this post, I will leave you with this awesome quote I saw this weekend.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day!
What does your running schedule look like this week
Any memorial day plans? We will spend most of the day running, cleaning and packing. That is pretty much my life for the rest of the week..
This week I’m starting the Hanson’s Marathon Method beginner plan (after a few days to recover). For Memorial Day we’re to the beach and then to a conservation center for bald eagles.
For your allergies, have you ever tried Zyrtec? (I think the generic is centrizine, which j buy because it’s a few dollars cheaper.) I have terrible allergies, and Zyrtec makes a huge difference!
This is honestly the first summer I have dealt with allergies. I have no idea why they are starting all the sudden.
Sounds like you are going to have an amazing day! ENJOY!
I heard this allergy season is super bad because of the bad winter. My allergist said everything is blooming at once and releasing extra pollen because of the stress.
Maybe that is it then! My sinuses have been going CRAZY!
Wes is a warrior! Seriously I watched my dad deal with kidney stones when I was a kid so saw first hand the kind of pain they bring. Glad it was relatively quick.
Seems like you are getting used to the workouts and they are really paying off! I did hills this morning and also planning a short tempo and a track session this week with less overall mileage though.
He is suffering again with it this morning – hasn’t passed yet 🙁
I am slowly starting to get used to it that is for sure. It is a nice change of pace!
Wow, that is a lot of shoes! I hope he gets over his kidney stones soon. I heard they are far from fun. Nice job on the workout. Today I ran 6.3 miles (normally just do 5). It was so nice and quiet out there and I was just loving it. The other 2 runs this week will probably by 5 ish miles. Enjoy your Memorial Day!
Yikes! Was about to say glad Wes is feeling better, but I see your comment above … hang in there, Wes!
Thanks he is trying 🙂
I hope both you and Wes feels better!
Today, I have plans to have a picnic at a vineyard, and then go hiking in the area.
Sounds WONDERFUL! Have fun!
WOW! If I ever get a remark that I don’t need more running shoes when I want to buy another pair (I currently got 2 pairs), I’ll just show them this photo. 😀
haha there you go 🙂 Glad I could help!
Poor wes! Has he tried apple cider vinegar and lemon drink yet? Hope he feels better soon. And I can totally relate to the shoes. Oh and I love Biotin
He has! I think he has tried everything at this point 🙂