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My kids and wife have had the cold for the last couple weeks, but until the last few days, I was fine. I’m hoping that the reason I’m struggling is because I’m not 100% healthy. E.g. today I woke up with a sore throat, but that’s the only symptom I’ve had so far…no sneezing or runny nose. I went out for an easy 4-5 mile run and about 0.25 miles into the run, I came pretty close to vomiting. I pushed on and took it half-mile at a time and eventually ran 4.5 miles
Yesterday was supposed to be an 8-mile run with 4 miles at tempo pace. It was tough and after about 3 miles I was starting to wonder if I should abandon the run. I took a few walking breaks and turned the speed workout into a fartlek. Like today, I ran it half-mile at a time. I’d run a quarter-mile at tempo pace and do a quarter-mile recovery walk/jog. I managed to repeat that until I did the 8-miles.
Sunday was a medium-long run of 12 miles. This is the longest I’ve ever run, but I’ve done that distance about 4 other times. I ran it an average 10:15 min/mile pace. It’s not my slowest for the distance, but the last time I ran 12 miles, I did it at a 9:55 min/mile pace.
I have an easy 8-mile run tomorrow. I’ll see how it goes. If I struggle through it, I may abandon my Saturday run and take an extra rest day.
I’m hoping I’m struggling because I have (or am getting) the cold.
Posted by derek in Training
