Run run run week of October 4th through October 11th

[GLC1968]

Oak, based on that run if you do your race by RPE, you'll probably set blazing new PR's!

Welcome back, Colby!

I was having some serious stomach distress yesterday (actually, it was lower intestinal distress) and I really, didn't want to run and find myself in the middle of town with no public bathroom in sight. I opted to wait and do my run at home on the treadmill, just in case. I'd forgotten how boring the treamill is! I did manage to get the 3 miles done though. This will be my first 12 mile week, so I'm curious to see how my body handles it.

[colby]

Thanks for the kind welcome, everyone.

I found the most basic sleep schedule reacclimation not too bad, because we did basically as Oak said. We ended up getting SO messed up that we just started over. For a few days, though, I still feel like I'm not sure when I should be eating or what I should be doing, it was like half of me knew it was the middle of the day and the other half thought it was the middle of the night. I just keep sticking with it and each day gets easier. The sun, exercise, and eating schedules all help. It totally reminds me of the run part of a triathlon (of course, because everything connects to a triathlon!) - just keep running even though you feel like mush and eventually your brain/legs will catch up.

I can tell my body's not quite there because today's 1/2 mile repeats were awful. Intensity was okay, but speed was not okay. I can run entire half marathons faster than my 1/2 miles were today. I just continued on the grind until I got all 6 of them done. It feels good to run.

I am switching back and forth between my well-worn KSOs and the Bikila. The Bikila feel maybe 1/2-1 size too long but I can't go any smaller, they also feel narrow. I have to undo all the velcro, I don't need the strap at all, I may need to switch to mens sizing. I can definitely tell the difference in how things feel on the ground between the two shoes. I like that the Bikila don't get my feet wet as fast and have that nice interior lining, but they need to be broken in at the very least and may not be right for my feet.

As an aside, I hope to upload my Italian cycling adventure photos somewhere other than Facebook soon to share with you all. I did not get a chance to run, but there were a lot of roads we rode where I thought "this would make for an awesome run." Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time in most of our evenings for me to go back out and run.