Olympic Training: Week One.

Well, dang.

I had such high hopes for Week One!

Monday, Dec. 31, was supposed to bring with it the King Street Mile. Unfortunately, a massive server breakage at work made it impossible for me to leave the team in the lurch. I just couldn't do it. My boss told me I could, if I wanted to, but I knew I'd spend the hour pre-race worrying myself sick about what I was missing back at the office, and then I'd fuss and fume all the way through the race just dying to get back here. So I didn't go. And I feel like it was the right decision given the circumstances.

Though I really had developed a taste for a mile-long sprint. :)

Tuesday, New Year's Day, was a rest day. We spent the morning doctoring up Mike's pinkeye and then hiked on Roosevelt Island in the afternoon. Not a bad way to kick off the new year! (Except for the pinkeye part, which we could've done without. ;))

On Wednesday, I woke up with a headache, so no swimmy. I did lift weights, however, so it wasn't a total wash. ;)

On Thursday, I made up for lost time and did both my short run and my short bike! :)

On Friday, I battled that same old tired headache, so I lifted weights and called it a day.

Saturday, however, brought with it a reprieve from the oncoming head cold, so I went out and ran for 40 minutes at a decent pace. It felt SO GOOD to run my old marathon training routes again!

And then, yesterday, the cold came on in full force. I bowled last night, but not well, and couldn't bring myself to bike for 80 minutes. I felt like rest would be a better use of my time. I hope that proves itself to be true, because currently I'm still not feeling well and am impatiently awaiting the start to my new training week, which kicks off this afternoon with a weights session and then carries over tomorrow morning with a short run.

In the meantime, hot tea is my friend. :)

:)