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May 03, 2005
Slacking off
So I didn't lift again today...I still feel really tired, and I just wanted to come home and veg out in front of CSI reruns. Which is what I am quite contentedly doing right now. I didn't totally slack on the cross training--I still did 40 minutes on the elliptical--but after that I was done. I'm hoping that by tomorrow I'll finally feel recovered from the weekend; I took yesterday and today pretty easy, and I can sleep in tomorrow, so maybe I'll be rested for track. I've been joking about taking a sick day, but maybe I really am coming down with something; that would explain why I'm so tired.
My run this morning was kind of weird. Last night I decided that I'd wait to decide how far I was running this morning until I woke up and saw how I felt. As soon as I got out of bed (which was a laborious process in itself-I was quite unhappy when my alarm went off) I decided that I was only running 6. I felt sluggish and choppy when I started, so I was surprised to see that I hit my first landmark a few seconds faster than I usually do. I ran quickly the entire time--I reached the turnaround almost a minute sooner than normal for an easy run, and ran about a minute negative split. But I never felt smooth or particularly comfortable. I didn't feel like I was laboring, or pushing it, I just kind of felt off. Since I wasn't as slowly as I had thought, I entertained the thought of running farther, but wisely decided that would be stupid. Clearly I need some rest days, especially since I'm planning to do track tomorrow and that 8k on Thursday. Of course I can always cut the workout short tomorrow if I need to, and Thursday is more for fun than for time.
Well, the CSI folks area about to figure out who the bad guy is, so I'm signing off.
Posted by jessie at May 3, 2005 08:08 PM