#Sub5orBust: Week 13 Training Update (January 13 - January 20, 2020)

Monday, 1/13 → Rest

Tuesday, 1/14 → 5 mile run (treadmill) + stretch

Wednesday, 1/15 → Rest

Thursday, 1/16 → Rest

Friday, 1/17 → 3 mile (treadmill) + phase 3 lift + stretch

Saturday, 1/18 → 4 mile run (treadmill) + phase 3 lift + stretch
Sunday, 1/19 → 4 mile run (treadmill) + phase 3 lift + stretch + therapy gun
Monday, 1/20 → 14 mile run (treadmill) + stretch

I'M SO DANG TIRED, Y'ALL 😩

I know I'm in taper but I am SOOOOOOOOO FREAKING TIRED. It was a struggle to get myself out of bed all week last week. All I wanted to do was sleep. I'm going to choose to believe that this is my body's way of telling me that I'm doing a good job of doing the hard work of training and I need to do a better job of doing the easy work of resting. That's logical, right? 😂

Because of my tiredness I did flip around my scheduled runs a bit. Of course, I was supposed to run 14 over the weekend, but I wanted to take advantage of my days off this weekend and sleep in as much as I could. On Sunday I woke up when my watch went off at 7 (it starts pestering me to move at 7am every morning) but knowing just how tired and sore my body was, I chose to get some more sleep instead. I ended up sleeping until 10 FREAKING AM which I haven't done in a long ass time. It honestly felt so good and I know that my body needed it so much. So, instead of pushing myself to fit in the 14 miler on Sunday, I switched in my Monday workout (which is from the week 14 schedule) and then did my 14 miler on my day off yesterday. Easy peasy!

It has been truly January the last few days. I'm not a runner who will suck it up and run in single-digit weather for more than 2 or 3 miles, so yesterday - with a real feel of 5-degrees outside - I sentenced myself to 14 miles on the treadmill. It's never fun to run for that long of a distance, no matter how much Netflix or YouTube you have queued up. I've been watching a lot of runDisney vlogs from Marathon Weekend and getting so excited for our trip for Princess Weekend. I watched a few of those in addition to ultra marathoner vlogs (which always keeps me inspired). I also fueled the way I have been fueling on my long runs for the past two weeks, but for whatever reason the Clif Blocks did not sit right in my tummy yesterday. I think it might because I ate a breakfast sandwich *right* before running, but there's always a number of factors. I'm hoping it was just a fluke!

Post-long run scene of the crime.

(For those who are curious, the treadmills at Planet Fitness only allow you to exercise at 60min intervals, so it looks like I didn't go too far. Trust me, I did! 😂)

This week -- because I did my 4 mile run & phase 3 lift on Sunday -- I only have a 7 mile run tomorrow, a 35 minute run & lift on Friday, then I'm thinking I want to do my 10 mile long run on Saturday so I can just be lazy on Sunday. Friday will be my final lift day which is exciting! So proud of myself that I stuck with both my running and lifting plan during this cycle (with a few exceptions) and I'm hopeful that it will make a huge difference on race day.

19 days til I toe the line in New Orleans!