Week 57: Day 2

cardio:

• trail/road run (@ 6:30am) = 3.2 miles, time = 35:41, pace @ 11:09
• bike ride (@ 9am) = 3 miles

I felt ok during the run this morning. No hypersensitive anything.

I was going to do my bike ride at 10am, but figured it might be slightly warmer than 9am. I was more motivated to ride a bike at 9am anyway. I felt ok riding a bike somewhat shortly after my run since my run wasn't strenuous enough. If I ran 5+ miles, I would rethink riding a bike in the same morning. I like to idea of "evening" out my leg muscles. Running uses the hamstrings while bicycling uses the quads.

Week 57: Day 1

cardio:

• karate (@ 7pm) = 1 hour

I think I'm getting better. I hope I'll feel ok for the run tomorrow morning.

Week 56: Day 7

cardio:

• trail/road run (@ 6:30am) = 3.15 miles, time = 35:27, pace @ 11:17

Total Weekly Mileage: 7.60
Total Monthly Mileage: 12.45
Total Shoe Mileage: 15.95
Total Year Mileage: 435.33

Since I got sick on Wednesday, my running schedule got derailed. I desparately needed to sleep. While I'm not 100% better, I do feel better than Wednesday and Thursday.

I figured I would feel ok for a run this morning and try to "run off" any remaining cold that I had. I don't exactly feel any different now. I actually felt ok during the first half, but my nose, lungs, and throat went into hypersensitive mode when I was faced with running into the wind during the second half of the run. I don't know what it was about running into the wind that made everything burn so much.

Week 56: Day 3

cardio:

• karate (@ 7pm) = 1 hour

So we did have a second karate class except I didn't participate. Since I got sick from walking my dog in the rain today, the second class involved grappling and that meant getting in each other's personal space and directly breathing on them.

My dog won't do her business in the house or in the yard...the only way she would was by being walked. So in the rain, we went so she could do her business.

Week 56: Day 2

cardio:

• trail/road run (@ 6:30am) = 4.45 miles, time = 49:14, pace @ 11:04

It was mostly overcast when I went running this morning, but I had a glimpse of the sunrise with the red and orange-y color in the sky which made my morning and run more enjoyable. It didn't look like it would rain, but now that I got my run out of the way this morning, it really looks like it'll rain.

Week 56: Day 1

cardio:

• bike ride (@ 10am) = 3 miles
• karate (@ 7pm) = 1 hour

It was a nice day for a bike ride, so I took it out to do some errands. Tomorrow may be a different story because I hear that it may rain. I hope it doesn't rain in the morning so I can go out for a run.

Week 55: Day 7

cardio:

• trail/road run (@ 6:25am) = 4.85 miles, time = 53:04, pace @ 10:56

Total Weekly Mileage: 15.89
Total September Mileage: 38.50
Total October Mileage: 4.85
Total Shoe Mileage: 8.35
Total Yearly Mileage: 427.73

I usually can handle a mild dehydration because afterall, I don't drink water when I'm sleeping and I can only drink so much in the morning before I head out for a run. I think because I was pretty busy yesterday that I didn't hydrate myself very well that I had more than mildly dehydrated for my run that I got a headache halfway through my run. Strangely, it went away during the second half of my run because I didn't notice it anymore and it was bearable when I did notice it. I didn't bring water with me or stop for a drink while passing through a park during my run. I know that I was more than mildly dehyrdrated, but I probably wasn't too dehydrated if that was the case.