Heres what my past few weeks have looked like. I had been at a little over 50 mpw. I had a vasectomy a week and a half ago. The doctor told me to take a week off from running and then i could go back to normal
sunday half marathon. 1:22:45
monday off
tuesday off
wednesday 6 easy
thursday 6 easy
friday 11 easy then had a Vasectomy
saturday off
sunday off
monday off
tuesday off
wednesday off
thursday off
friday worked in the garden and then 6 easy
saturday worked in the garden and then 6 easy
sunday worked in the garden and then attempted MP workout
I live in portland oregon and this was one of the first nice weekends. The weather had been like 60 and rainy, but this weekend was about 80. Saturday night, we went to a drive in movie theater and i ate a bunch of candy and other junk. Sunday morning we walked around the zoo and we drove through mcdonalds before hand. I basically ate junk food all weekend, which isn't normal for me. Then i worked in the garden. I let myself get fairly dehydrated. I was drinking a little bit of water but in the afternoon my pee was pretty dark. I drank a bunch of water at that point, but i think it was too late. Then at about 6:00, it was time for my workout. Im starting a marathon training cycle. The workout called for:
4 easy,8 MP, 1T, 1E as one 14 mile run.
Knowing its warm out (80 degrees) and im already dehydrated, i took some Gatorade to the loop that i run on. The loop has posts in the ground. Every time id go around, id grab the bottle and take a drink and set it on the next post. 4 miles easy @ 8:00 m/m, I felt fine. Then i started the MP. I was calling 6:45 my MP. First mile felt fine, but each mile got progressively harder. It felt like my legs were absolutely dead and my pace was slipping. By the 4th mile at the pace, I was slowing down and It was taking almost everything i had to hold close to pace. It felt like a race. I decided i was doing more harm than good and decided to just shut it down. I decided it must just be because i was dehydrated and not to look too far in to it. Last night i absolutely could not fall asleep. I thought id sleep like a rock and i layed awake almost all night. Not thinking about anything, nothing stressing me out, but i absolutely could not fall asleep.