Keep Calm and Run On

Today was rough and threw me for a loop. Warming up I felt okay. We were doing mile repeats on the track. First one, Yesi and I ran 5:18. A little slower than what we wanted (5:16) but no biggie. It in control and I felt confident I could do at least one more. We started the second one and hit about 600 meters in and I hit a wall. My body felt so empty and completely drained. I stuck behind Yesi and the other group came up and I couldn't match. I stopped at the 1200 and just dead and shaky again. I was frustrated and confused why I felt so crappy. I finished to 10 miles, light headed and shaky. 

Came back and decided to skip the second run since I was still feeling shaky. I went and met with coach and decided to run with the heart rate monitor this week, maintain miles and try to recover. 

8 in the morning and 4 later. Better today. 

A.M. 30 minute tempo. I decided with coach to run my tempo with 170 heart rate. We had concluded last week's tempo backed with long run and a fast Sunday were a really bad combo for that Monday workout. I stuck to it but got dropped like a hot potato. I was frustrated to be behind and alone. But I wanted to  see how I would feel running tempo at how coach describes tempo runs. My lungs were working but my legs felt flippin awesome. I hit 30 minutes and didn't feel tired so I decided to do 40. About 36 minutes I had to work a little harder to maintain but it was very manageable and I was not nearly as dead or beat as last week (clearly, my average was 6:48). Now I just need to know which tempo coach is looking for in our workout. Finished to 11 and ran 4 later.  

A.M. Ran a little earlier. 8.5 miles and felt good.

P.M. 4 more 

Double run. 7.5 then 4 miles.

Today's long run went super well. I gave myself time to warm up and eased into quicker pace. Average was 7:45 but I was not as dead at the end as previous weeks.