Notes
Well, this run confirmed a few thoughts I've been having all week.
Most significantly, I am going to be done playing ultimate and soccer for the next few weeks. I haven't really felt good on a run since last Saturday when I raced the 1500. A week ago I was going to bed feeling extremely fit, and now just 7 days later I feel so unfit its ridiculous. I'm completely aware of the fact that realistically I am not less fit than I was last Saturday, but mentally its still been a tough week. Sundays during this part of the spring mean I'm supposed to play an ultimate game for an hour, and then a soccer game for an hour. Both are extremely fun but also extremely tiring. Its essentially 2 straight hours of sprinting up and down the field. Especially because there are rules about having a certain number of females on the field at a time, so I play every minute of every game or our teams have to play down a man.
Well, last week on raced on saturday and did a long run on sunday, and then played 2 hours of intramurals. I think I dug myself into a huge hole. In fact, I know I did. I realize I've been sick and obviously racing is going to be tiring, but it has taken me so much longer than normal to recover. I have some big goals for the spring, and a few important races coming up, and I am tired of trying to figure out how to fit my training into making sure I can play games on Sunday, instead of the other way around. I like the play, but it caused my training to go downhill this week, and that's not the first time this spring or this school year that thats happened. I want and need to focus my energy elsewhere.