In college, I always felt that I had to fight for academics to take precedent over athletics. Not the normal college experience, despite going to a school where athletics wasn't exactly a top priority to the institution.
Now, I am finding myself in the opposite extreme, where a career takes precedent over running. The hardest thing for me to learn was to be flexible. I have always been used to controlling my schedule. If I was efficient, planned out my work schedule, and got work done then I would have time for what I needed to do. But I can be as efficient as humanly possible and it won't stop an assignment from coming in the door 20 minutes before I'm supposed to meet up for a track workout, or sleeping through a run because I had to work on an emergency project till 2am the night before.
I've had to learn the consequences of not getting up out of laziness in the morning (then being in the office till late and missing a run). I've discovered how to do an 8-miler during lunch and not appear too desheveled for the rest of the day after a quick clean up in the women's bathroom. I've accepted that tempo runs on the treadmill suck, but sometimes there are no other options when the work day wraps up at 8pm.
Life has been busy, but lately I've managed ok.
April 12-18 - 40 miles
w/o #1: Tempo cutdown - Treadmill
w/o #2: Fartleck 6x (3min on 2 min off)
April 19-25 - 45 miles
w/o #1 - First attempt at Hills. Ouch.
w/o #2 - 4 x mile w/ 400m recovery
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Once again, THANK YOU!! for helping me up the hill!! It was that not only did you hit the pavement just for Suz and me, but that you spent (how long??) looking and waiting for us! You are super busy and yet you managed to fit in a run with me - I count myself very, very lucky! Thank you!
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