Getting back in the swing of things

For my mental and physical sanity, I really need to workout. Sometimes schedules and routines get readjusted or put on hold when circumstances are out of one's control. That's what happened to me last week. With Little H and I both sick, I didn't go to the gym or workout once. I was hoping for a quick recovery, but I'm still fighting this cold. It's getting better though, so I'm planning on getting back to the gym... even if I have to dial my workouts down a notch.

Now that I have the 5k's behind me, I'm training for a 10k (6.2 miles). I'm following Hal Higdon's 10k Training plan and I'm on week 4. Although I couldn't find a 10k run that coincided with the last week of the plan, I'm running in a 5-mile run at the end of the 7th week. I'll still finish the training schedule and run 6.2 miles at the end. Based on his plan, here's what my schedule should be* for this week:

• Monday ~ stretch & strength
  
• Tuesday ~ 3 mile run
• Wednesday ~ 35 min cross train
• Thursday ~ 2 mile run & strength
• Friday ~ rest
• Saturday ~ 50 min cross train
• Sunday ~ 4 mile run

*I took today off since I'm still nursing a cold. And Thursday afternoon I'm leaving the city for the weekend. Even though this isn't ideal, it's a good start. Another one of those circumstances that's out of my control.

Oh, and one more challenge to add to the days... Little H is now on solids. So the time it takes for us to get out the door after his morning nap is significantly increased since there's a lengthy feeding involved (usually one where he spits out his food and cries... there's very little eating going on. We're working on this).

We'll see how the week plays out.