This week was an example of a busy life and my own self-sabotage getting in the way of my training. Thursday was Halloween, so between my three kids and their various activities, not to mention the night spent trick or treating, I missed a couple of runs. I'd planned to make up my missed Thursday run on Friday night, but I ended up bingeing on leftover Halloween candy after supper and then my stomach felt awful all night. Sour Patch Kids and snack-size Oh Henry bars do not a good combo make, especially when consumed in obscene quantities. Lesson learned.
I also missed my Saturday run because after work, I went to the Canadian premiere of the British hit musical "Six, " a tongue-in-cheek modern retelling of the lives of Henry the Eight's six wives (10/10 highly recommend: I laughed my head off, and the music was incredible). Since I knew I was going to be busy all night, I could have woken up early and ran before work, but I was too lazy, my bed was too warm, and my cat was too cuddly, so that didn't happen. In years past, having an epic fail training week would have depressed me and possibly derailed my training even further, but now I've been through enough weeks like this and still survived to race well that I don't sweat it. The weather was a bit windy at the start of the week, about -7C, -15C with the windchill (5F), but it warmed up nicely for my run with the Hypo Half training group on Oct 30 to 6C (42F). We hit the River Valley trails behind the Kinsmen Sport Centre to Emily Murphy Park, and although there were a few icy patches, footing was generally good. That probably won't be the case much longer, so we really enjoyed this run. Week 4 (October 27-Nov2) Training: Training Schedule: Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 1 Nov 2 7 LSD OFF 4 Tempo 3 Tempo 3 Steady OFF 3 Steady What I ran: 8.8 LSD 5 Steady OFF 4.8 Tempo OFF OFF OFF Now, to get back on track next week!
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