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April 21, 2006
Not Feelin' So Hot
I've had a string of workouts where I felt good and felt like I was getting fit, and I also had one good race so far this spring. But today, I wasn't feelin' so hot. At all. I'm not entirely sure why things felt so bad out there. Plausible lame excuses: 1) I know I got a little carried away during my warm-up run, I was distracted by the beautiful, sunny day such that I arrived at the track with 4.5+ miles steady as a warm-up, a little much and a little fast for me. 2) I just switched back over to working the night shift, and I know I'm a little low on sleep. 3) I did this workout at 6300 feet elevation, whereas I've done all the other workouts at about 5300 feet elevation. Just tossing around ideas, but I'm not really sure. I all I know is that I felt like poo and performed like poo.
The plan was 5x1200 with 600 jog recovery at 5k pace. After the warm-up, I did strides and drills, then launched into the workout. 800 meters in the first interval, and I knew it was going to be a bad day. I ended up running 3x1200 with 600 jog recovery at 5:01, 5:03, and 5:01. Then I threw in the towel, that's all I had to give today! After 3 intervals, I felt as beat as I should at the end of a workout. I ran a few miles cool-down, and I'm calling today a putrid 10 miles.
It was momentarliy heartbreaking, but I'm not going to beat myself up over it at this point. As long as the next workout goes okay, I'm just going to call this an off day.
Posted by Meghan at April 21, 2006 3:56 PM
Comments
Meghan...you are really being way too hard on yourself. You nailed the reasons probably. I vote for #2 and #3. #1...nahhhh. Add #4, the body is a mystery and you have off days--this was one of them. Plus you did SOMETHING. When I have a bad workout or I slow down, I come to peace with at least I am doing something. Don't fret too much over this. Unrelated, thank you for the compliments on my blog.
Posted by: duncan at April 21, 2006 5:50 PM
We all have off days sometimes. I am sure you'll be feeling good again soon - and I also vote for the elevation excuse - you know how hard it was to adjust to 5000 feet, and after that (meaning when the elevation does get higher) it's exponentially harder.
Posted by: barb at April 22, 2006 1:31 PM
Yeah - bad workouts suck - but since we all know we are going to have one every now and again, it's nice to get it out of the way so you'll have a nice string of good workouts now! :) I hope you are feeling better today!
Congrats on the new washer and dryer! I remember that being one of the most exciting things for O and I when we moved in our first apartment that actually had them. Luckily though we've never had to install them ourselves as they were already in place (including when we bought our house).
Posted by: Beth at April 22, 2006 3:17 PM