One month of my runnbatical is complete!
How’s it going you ask?
Coming along nicely!
Let’s review my objectives:
Physical and mental break from running. Check!
I’ve succeeded in keeping the Garmin off my wrist, have done zero speedwork and have run a race ‘by feel’, although I feel like it’s time to at least order a new Garmin strap. Lots of my aerobic activity has been on my bike.
Zero weight gain through the holidays Check!
I’m actually -1 pound (probably because Thanksgiving dinner was a little um, charred, but who’s complaining?).
Build strength, especially in the hips, glutes and hamstrings. Check!
I am a squatting, lunging, hamstring curling, stretchy-band toting fool these days.
Gain Flexibility Fail.
This one is tough. I suspect my increased stretching has jacked with my ornery piriformis even more, causing more buttular pain/fatigue than when I was in marathon training. My new strategy is to back off some of the stretching and continue my focus on strengthening.
