The last two weeks have been a sad excuse for my running abilities. Saturday I ditched my long run completely. The Saturday before I only did six miles, of which I walked multiple times after just two miles. The Saturday before that I only did 11 and was suppose to do 16. Okay that makes the last three weeks a sad excuse. But I did get a PR in a half marathon 1:39:52 July 10th. This put me with an expected marathon time of 3:30. Except I think that expectation is slowly going away. I have been sleeping about 3-5 hours a night for the last three weeks. I gave up on my tasks and starting sleeping this week and everything is making a great turn around.
Yesterday I met up with Junior at the FAU track for my 8 sets of 20 second strides after a two mile warm up and finished with a two mile cool down. The workout felt easy, and this morning my body feels great. I am ready for a 10 mile run after work today and even did my Monday easy run. Things are turning around for the better, and I hope my body can make up for the three weeks of improper training and still hit the 3:30 I would like to see.
