So remember that long run I was supposed to do last Sunday? Yeah, that didn’t happen. Let it be known that NyQuil is evil when you need to be somewhat productive the next day. But again, given that I was really trying to get rid of that damn cold ASAP, a long run may not have done me any favors. The one downside to winter training-seems like it takes longer to shake out illness than it does in warmer temps.
So I threw myself back into it this past week. Coach T took a little mercy on me on Tuesday and had me do 600s as a “rust-buster” type workout instead of the 1000s that the others were doing. Which was perfect, my lungs did not feel up to 1000s. My original plan was to try and run before work as there was the annual Flyers Chinese New Year celebration, and given that it was the Year of the Dragon (my year!) I sorta had to go 🙂 The snooze button won out but I was still able to get my workout done, and me and my workout-mates made it to the festivities in time (well…maybe a little fashionably late!)
Happy Year of the Dragon! Words to live by...and others that I can hope are reality?
And then in the middle of the week, the word was out that a certain coveted jacket was available on the Adidas site. And of course inquiring minds had wanted to know for a while…what will the colors be? Will it be embroidered or not? And the answer is…
Once again, a departure from the traditional Boston blue/yellow, but I’m really loving this color! 🙂 I can’t wait to get mine…though I know I won’t be able to wear it til the afternoon of April 16th…bad luck!!
So I guess making sure I will be able to wear said jacket was what got me out the door on a rainy Thursday evening for a tempo which I felt I came up short on, but all things considered, was just glad to get it in. And even though I got a late start today due to not being able to tear myself away from the Australian Open final, still banged out 17 and change miles (including not 1, but 2 loops of the Harlem Hills.) Though dear god, if I am as tired after 17 miles in 11 weeks as I was today, the Newton hills are gonna be a world of hurt.
Busy week this upcoming week with final preps for the Flyers awards gala Saturday. I expect to see lots of Flyers (myself included!) out running long runs Saturday…if last year was any indication, a long run will definitely not happen on Sunday. In fact, I predict Flyer attendance at the Gridron Classic will be quite low…
training hard, hardly training... 