My heart is apparently OK. I started running again after a week off, and things have not gotten better. Back to my physician’s office tomorrow.
I did manage one good run last week, so there’s that.
Weight Check: 162.1 pounds, down 2.9 from last week. OK, one good run and some weight loss. So the week wasn’t completely crappy.
| Day | Scheduled | Total Miles |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | 3 miles easy | 3.11 |
| Friday | 4 miles easy | 4.01 |
| Saturday | 13 miles easy | 12.01 |
Total: 19.13 miles
Sigh.
Since I hadn’t run all week, and I got the green light to resume running on Wednesday, I did a rare Thursday run. The weather wasn’t quite as hot as a few weeks ago but still humid. My legs felt surprisingly good. I expected a little bit of rust, but they held up pretty well, and they were definitely well rested. I was just really happy to be back out there running again. I ran with a smile on my face for the first time since I was in Portland. (Spoiler alert: It didn’t last long.)
Friday was still OK, I guess. The weather was pretty uncomfortable. My legs felt a little off at first. Maybe there was a delay in the rust showing up. After a mile or so, they felt better. I kept the effort easy, but did manage to improve my pace on each mile.
Saturday was a long run. I’ve been struggling on my long runs. The trend continued.
I went to a different greenway due to an event at my usual spot. I also brought a hand held water bottle to make up for there being a lot fewer water fountains. The weather wasn’t great to start with, and then with no clouds it warmed up really fast.
I had Gu at 4.3 and 8.5 miles. I drank some of my water at every mile.
My legs felt OK for a while, then after 9 miles I really started feeling fatigue. I walked the second half of mile 10, slowly jogged mile 11, and mile 12 was mostly walking, and I realized I wouldn’t be able to go any further. I did go out a little too fast. There’s a downhill path from the parking lot to the actual greenway that I ran down at the very beginning, plus I had to speed up a little to get around some other people. Still, I hit a wall a lot earlier than I’d like, and clearly something is still wrong.
Once again, wait and see.