Happy Rest Day

My body truly appreciates the rest on Friday. Even when I was not running, I was always exhausted at the end of the work week---I would fall asleep watching movies with Trina or have to go to bed early. Now, with running and work, Friday hits me particularly hard. This rest from training is essential.

Tomorrow I run a 6-miler at my target marathon pace, < 7:15 per mile. I plan to use this route. I will likely have to rise at 6:30 or 7:00 AM to get my run done because this weekend is SoCal Women's Sectionals in Claremont. I believe our first game starts at 9 and I will have little other time to run. I also have to open the Engineering Stockroom for E80 students at 12:30 PM because those poor engineers have weekend lab.

To recap the week, on Wednesday, I ran from my house to Mudd (1.5 - 2 miles) then lifted and rode the stationary bike, after which I ran home in time to see most of Lost and all of Top Chef. On Thursday, I ran a few miles warm-up before four 800s. I ran them all below 3:10, per the possibly flawed Yasso formula, with a lap of jogging between each and cooldown back to Mudd.

Running the marathon has become the focus of my life---I think much less about everything else. I need to become just as focused on finding a job in Seattle. April is halfway over and my departure looms. Perhaps I am ignoring everything else because nothing is going as well as my running---I have little confidence in this next bit of my life. We'll see what happens.