Training update: October

I can’t remember the last time I ran without any pain. No tugging in my calves, no aching in my feet or knees, nothing. This week has me feeling like my old self again (after six months I thought it would never happen. To say I had given up hope is a severe understatement). I had forgotten what it was like to return from a run and feel unstoppable, not falling apart. I was completely taken by surprise this week when I looked down at my watch on a short run and realized my average pace was what it was before I got injured, not to mention that I was running comfortably.

I am looking forward to this month and running strong.

I’m kicking off October with Bridge to Bridge in San Francisco. I’m using the 14k as an easy test run for my goal race, the Nike Women’s Half Marathon that’s only three weeks out! Yikes!

This week I’m amping up the midweek milage to make up for cutting back on my long run (I will end up running 7 point something miles instead of the 12 that’s on my calendar). I decided not to stress about peaking at 10 miles and focus on total milage for the week instead of sweating what I did or didn’t run this weekend. And since my longest run was only 9 miles before SeaWheeze, I feel pretty good about it.