35 mile week with travel - plan and do it! Equinox

Monday Rest
Tuesday RUN 4.5 (really maybe 4) with an 8:04.9 1 mile TT!
Wednesday RUN 7 miles looped part of AA
Thursday RUN 5+2 miles, second run with LA; and MARRIAGE with LA
Friday 
Saturday
Sunday 15 miles in 2:41, then 1.2 miles easy in 14 mins
SUM 35.5 miles

Monday was recovery from travel day, and Tuesday LA and I went to Pioneer HS to find the track. While he rested I did the 1 mile time trial - 8:04.9! I might could have gone under 8 minutes, it wasn't a full track it was a turf soccer field. On the way home we found the real track, but this was a great run. 

Tuesday meeting with Coach P, I'm doing good and recognizing when I'm making mistakes, and my homework is to find something else to do instead of PB or CC. Or anything like that, for that matter. I'm now 2 months in almost, and still so much to do. The whole M3 is still a mess of random standing, I keep thinking "next week will be easier and have more time". UGH, NO it won't!

Wednesday I ran Scio - Main - Huron - Stadium and was hoping for 8 miles, but I had to get to work. This run felt great, I started to slow around mile 6 - no water or anything yet - and afterwards it felt good. It was 10-10:40m/m throughout.  

Writing this on Wednesday, and trying to plan the long run this weekend of 14 miles. I'll be at my parent's house, and I mapped out 2 options to run while there. I'm more excited about the canal path one. Coach said that for this run, I need to commit to it, plan it and DO IT. And think about the next weekend, with more of the same as I might travel again. That's a 38 mile week! Then I rest. And get married :)

Thursday run with the sooooo-close-to-full moon hanging low in the west. It's full early tomorrow morning. The first loop was around the HS and back, then LA joined for 2 miles. I was hoping for 2.5-3 miles with him, but nope. And I didn't have all morning to get this. That 0.5 mile that I "needed" will bother me! But I had an extra 0.5 mile last week, can I share it to this week? 

Friday - sleep in and REST. 

Saturday - I got up to help mom with her wedding decorations, I hadn't included that in my plans. Then it was cold, windy, rainy, and even snowy. It caused me anxiety to do so, but I skipped the run!

Sunday I RAN! Gorgeous day, worth the wait. I went to the I&M path with no real plan, and no water bottle as I forgot to pack my tiny belt bottle. Out and back, then out and back again. I walked a short bit at the end of most miles, and sometimes I really didn't need to. Even more surprising, I ran this on a few bites of pork and 3 egg whites! I listened to Deena Kastor's audiobook and was hooked and stuck on it. Great book finished it Monday morning! Lots of positivity thinking and mental shift.

I did 15 miles on the I&M then back home I ran 1.2 more with LA. I stuck to the goal of only 2 meals this day - one big meal after the run (so full and satisfied) then a small snack I almost didn't need once we arrived back to Michigan. 

EQUINOX at 11:33am Sunday, right after my run. Goals for spring - sit when eating! stop being distracted, and mind shift. COMMIT to the changes, stop toeing the water.