Week 3 was a recovery week and it couldn't have come at a better time. I spent much of the week sidelined due to an injury; my Achilles Tendon flared up again after my long run last Sunday.
I ended up skipping Tuesday's workout entirely. I popped in a movie and spent the evening with my feet propped up on the the couch. I replaced Wednesday's 4 mile run with cross training; I rode a stationary bike for 45 minutes which is about how long it would take me to run that far. I also worked on my swimming in a lap pool, but since I was working on form it wasn't sustained aerobic exercise so I'm not counting it towards marathon training.
My ankle felt much better on Thursday, so I decided to try to run again. I walked a full 10 minutes to warm up, then started out very slow--like under 5 mph slow. I started speeding up slowly throughout the run and finished the 3 miles in 34:30. That's pretty far off my best time, but the last thing I wanted was to reinjure myself.
This weekend I was helping my sister move, so I skipped Saturday's workout entirely. It just wasn't a priority with everything going on. I ran my 5 mile long run on the treadmill when I got back tonight, and it was a very pleasant run! I had the AC going, some fans on, and Pandora blaring. I'm not the biggest fan of indoor running, but this was one of my favorite treadmill runs. I took it easy again, but I hit my groove and enjoyed just running without worrying about collapsing from heat stroke. I followed it up with a chocolate milk recovery drink to cap off a perfect run!
Thanks for reading!
Nick
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