August 22, 2011

So training has gone down hill way too fast :). I ran a 3.6 on Friday just to see how my foot would handle the run. I was planning on doing 10 on Saturday, but woke up to thunder and lightning and went back to bed. I really am wishing I wouldn't have done that now because I am a little freaked out. I was talking to my husband and I said you realize the half is next Saturday right? He got this surprised look on his face and said so you pretty much blew training this week huh? I was like uhh yeah! Seriously! Which it is just dumb to be worried because I seriously could still run a 13 in my sleep but I really wanted a PR and now I have set my goal at 1:50. That sounded a little over confident but really a 13 shouldn't be a big deal at this point but where I pretty much haven't ran in a week and a half it just makes me nervous but running is a mental game right so if I tell myself it will be easy it will right? Any way, my plan for the rest of my training totally depends on my half on Saturday. If I can come off my 7 today, my 8 on Wednesday, and the half on Saturday with little or no pain then I think I will try and push a 18 - 22 the following Saturday, if I come off hurting I think I will try and just run under 15 and pray that the 26 doesn't kill me. At this point, I would rather run and be a little slower than expected then not run. I am really open to every one's opinions, so if you are a runner or know somebody that knows somebody that runs I seriously would like to know what they would do. You see I have this trianing schedule and no where on it does it account for an injury so where do I go now that I am not on that training schedule?