Week 2 in Review

Wow, it was a crazy week and I didn't have much time to post.  But here's what my second week looked like.

If you remember from last week, I pretty much burnt myself out and decided to do only 3 main running workouts this week on top of P90X.  I did these as scheduled -- Monday was 3 miles with speed intervals sandwiched in the middle, Wednesday was a 7-mile long run, and on Saturday I met with my running group at the Y.

My long run on Wednesday went very well.  I realized this after the fact, however, because during the run, I ended up missing a mile marker and was VERY depressed that it was taking me almost 20 minutes to do Mile 4 (which actually ended up being Miles 4 AND 5).  After that "whoopsie", I realized I was doing pretty well and ended the run in a little over an hour.  I felt good afterward too, not burned out but I still felt like I worked hard.

On Saturday, due to the remnants of the monster snowstorm we had, we did a fun run with the running group, where we did sprint relays.  We worked hard, but I found myself on Sunday wondering if I'd done enough for the week.  So I strapped on my shoes and did about 2.5 miles easy down the street and back, and finished that off with my X Stretch DVD -- which left me feeling satisfied with my work this week.

So how do I feel?  So far, so good...AND my pants are fitting MUCH better, thank goodness.  I think the most important thing I have to do is listen to my body and supplement my running as needed, focusing at the very minimum of getting 3 solid runs in a week.  Combine this with P90X, and I'm confident I'm going to be fighting fit for the marathon in May.

For the upcoming week, I'm going to stick with my 3 miles on Monday.  My long run on Wednesday is a step back this week -- only 5 miles in order to allow time for muscle recovery (I jump up to 9 next week -- yikes!).  However, I'm subbing for the running group on Saturday, so I really can't count on that as a hard workout, so I'm planning to run about 2 miles on Friday and then gauge how I feel on Sunday and either run or rest as needed.

2 weeks down, 18 more to go...