February was purported to be my “peak month” of coaching for the Los Angeles Marathon. Nonetheless, I can’t appear to catch a break with marathon coaching over the last two cycles, and I discovered myself sick from the second by means of nearly the fourth week of February. Extra on that later.
Miles Run: 267 milesRange of Paces: 6:27-12:30-untimedRest Days: 4Longest Run: 20.2 milesShortest Run: 4 milesRaces:USA Womens Half Marathon in Key West RecapRedondo Seashore Tremendous Bowl Sunday 10K (44:02)Surf Metropolis Marathon Recap
Ideas:
Whew, February began off so effectively. I ran the primary 20 miles of the Surf Metropolis Marathon at a 7:37 tempo and was slowly dropping down the tempo. I typically surprise, ought to I’ve simply completed the marathon? And I don’t know. On one hand, I might have run below 3:25 that day and I felt good. Then again, how lengthy would it not have taken me to recuperate? Would I’ve gotten even sicker than I did?
Shortly after Surf Metropolis, I started having abdomen points. My abdomen didn’t really feel nice. I wouldn’t have random abdomen pains and points. These lasted two weeks and through that point, I made a decision to go to the physician since “it’s not regular.” They did a bunch of lab assessments, and I’m purported to get the outcomes later this week. I assumed I used to be getting higher about two weeks later. Throughout my abdomen points, I ran the Redondo Seashore 10k and shocked myself with an honest run at a 7-minute tempo. That night time I began to get extra extreme abdomen ache, nevertheless it appeared to die down. After two weeks, I started getting full physique aches. They had been so achy I assumed I broke a bone in my shin. It damage. The subsequent 4 days had been the identical, and I might often get up respectable, and it might hit round 10 am, leaving me fatigued and simply laying round the home. I hadn’t examined constructive for something, and I additionally hadn’t had any form of fever.
Lastly, at my second physician’s appointment, my physician let me know I doubtless had the most recent pressure of COVID. I can’t bear in mind the final time I acquired fairly sick in two years. Possibly as a baby? And I acquired sick in November after which once more in February. Is it as a result of I work again in an workplace? Am I simply extra vulnerable to illness? I’ll admit it’s irritating.
Now, I don’t really feel 100%. I really feel congested, and whereas I’m hoping it clears up by the Los Angeles Marathon on March seventeenth, I don’t have excessive hopes contemplating none of my congestion has cleared up in lower than 6 weeks. So we’ll see. I’m staying constructive. My final twenty-miler did go effectively, in order that was an excellent confidence booster.
Now we’re within the windy season for the desert, which makes operating really feel exhausting at some factors.
So far as swimming, I acquired in additional than I assumed, particularly with nearly two weeks off. I’ve discovered swimming to be tremendous enjoyable after work, so I get pleasure from doing it when the timing works out.
Posts from the Month:
Shoe Evaluations:
Brooks Glycerin 21 Evaluation
New Steadiness Vongo V6 Evaluation
New Steadiness FuelCell Tremendous Comp Elite v4
Topo Atmos Shoe Evaluation
Hoka Cielo X1 Evaluation
Gear Evaluation:
Core Physique Temperature Sensor Evaluation
Suunto Wing Headphones Evaluation
Questions for you:
How was your month of coaching?
What’s your aim race?
