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Last week, my family and I were on our annual trip to Orlando to visit family. In recent years, I always have been marathon training during this trip and this year was no exception. Lucky for me, I am doing a summer marathon which means my training week was one of my "easy" weeks on the Hanson plan. No speed work, no tempo runs, just racking up miles.
Unfortunately, the minute I got off the plane in FL, I knew I was getting sick. I ended up having a cold. Every cold I get is usually of the sinus variety but this one was different. My sinuses and nose felt fine but my chest and throat were awful. At one point during one of the many fits of coughing I had, my husband half-jokingly asked if I had croup.
Coughing spells meant no sleep. Given that my worst two days were days we were at Disney World parks, it was all I could do to get through those days. I wasn't exactly going to get a run in in addition.
Which means, that I had more off days than I wanted. Ah well. I still have 13 training weeks ahead of me.
Last week, my family and I were on our annual trip to Orlando to visit family. In recent years, I always have been marathon training during this trip and this year was no exception. Lucky for me, I am doing a summer marathon which means my training week was one of my "easy" weeks on the Hanson plan. No speed work, no tempo runs, just racking up miles.
Unfortunately, the minute I got off the plane in FL, I knew I was getting sick. I ended up having a cold. Every cold I get is usually of the sinus variety but this one was different. My sinuses and nose felt fine but my chest and throat were awful. At one point during one of the many fits of coughing I had, my husband half-jokingly asked if I had croup.
Coughing spells meant no sleep. Given that my worst two days were days we were at Disney World parks, it was all I could do to get through those days. I wasn't exactly going to get a run in in addition.
Which means, that I had more off days than I wanted. Ah well. I still have 13 training weeks ahead of me.
Sunday, March 11
Plan Says: Off.
What I did: We had an 8:40 AM flight but I wanted to get a run in before I left so that I would have one less day to worry about getting miles in. It was SO SO COLD and SO SO DARK and I didn't sleep well due to daylight savings time but I got it in.
4.0 miles, 32:47 (8:11 avg pace)
Monday, March 12
Plan Says: 5 miles easy
What I did: 5.21 miles, 39:16 (7:32 avg pace). My only run on Disney property this trip.
Tuesday, March 13
Plan Says: Off
What I did: Off. We went to Hollywood Studios this day and I felt like death. Thankfully my in-laws kept me doped up on cold medicine. According to my iPhone, we walked 5.6 miles through this park.
Wednesday, March 14
Plan Says: easy 4 miles
What I did: We were at my in-laws condo this day, so no parks, and I went for an early morning run. 6.2 miles, 49:55 (8:03 avg pace)
Thursday, March 15
Plan Says: easy 5 miles
What I did: OFF. We had early morning alarms set for Magic Kingdom and I had brought zero reflective items. Still wasn't feeling great! We walked 7.5 miles through the park according to my iPhone.
Friday, March 16
Plan Says: easy 4 miles
What I did: Off. This was the low point of my cold. We went to Epcot this day and I was dying. I had gotten no sleep the night before due to coughing and I had a headache. Another 6.6 miles of walking through the parks though!
Saturday, March 17
Plan says: easy 6 miles
What I did: 9.25 miles, 1:14:06 (8:01 avg pace)
No parks were in the plan for this day and I felt like I was going to try to get in as many miles as I could. Generally this was a nice run. I explored new-to-me routes around my in-laws condo and I didn't feel too tired, although my legs were sore.
Weekly Total
Plan says: 24 miles
What I did: 24.67 miles
After several weeks of 30ish miles, I was hoping to be in the high 30s this week but felt my plan of getting in some miles, but also taking extra rest days was unavoidable since I was not sleeping well. I was bummed to have had such terrible sleep on vacation since the weeks leading up to vacation were not exactly stellar in the sleep department.
The week ahead has my first speed and tempo runs so I will need to start getting some zzzs to keep up!
The week ahead has my first speed and tempo runs so I will need to start getting some zzzs to keep up!
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