Best laid plans...

Well, I had a running plan all worked out.  But I definitely didn't achieve my goals.  I'm not horribly disappointed, to be honest.  I was sick, and I just didn't have the strength.

Friday, I went out and did mile loops around my house.  I felt ok, but I didn't want to overtax myself.  I did two miles in 24 minutes.  I figured that was a good recovery run.  After all, I had a lot to do that day.  Crashed around 1:30 or so, felt pretty horrible.  But our law school softball league was starting up and my team was scheduled to play two games.  I decided to go to the game and dress in case I felt better, but the plan was to not play.  Well, we didn't have enough players, so I played.  I definitely was a bit off, but I had a great time, and felt much better once I got out into the weather.

Then I went over to Light the Night, a 2 mile charity walk to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma society.  It was a nice event, a leisurely walk through the park.  I can't wait until my distances are up enough that I can run the paths in the park.  It's a 5.65 mile path around the whole thing and it's just a beautiful place.  But I'm not quite there yet.  Ideally, I'd be to a place where I'm running to the park, running the path, and running back.  But that'd be somewhere between 10 and 12 miles (I'm not sure of the exact distance from my house to the park).  That'll be a while.

I got up this morning and decided to try a mid-afternoon run.  My legs were super fatigued, but I thought maybe once I got going, I'd feel better.  Nope.  One mile and I was done.  It just wasn't there.  So my mileage for the week is low - only 7.5 miles.  Considering the goal was 13.75, that's a bit low.  I'm scheduled to run a 5K race next Saturday.  I figure I should be up to it, but if I don't improve my time from my last race, I won't be too disappointed.  They say it can take up to 2 weeks for your running to recover after you've been sick.

On another note, I got on the scale this morning and apparently lost over 2 pounds this week.  I'm not complaining - I got into running to lose weight in the first place.  But I figure it's just a side effect of the decongestants and being sick.  I expect to see the weight back next week.  Hopefully not all of it though.