{"id":3563,"date":"2012-09-05T10:59:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T17:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/?p=3563"},"modified":"2012-09-05T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T17:59:12","slug":"an-off-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/2012\/09\/05\/an-off-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"An Off (Mon)day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t posted this in a while&#8230; a workout record! Lately (i.e., for the past couple of years), I&#8217;ve been posting to DailyMile mostly out of convenience; But today I&#8217;m feeling extra verbose so here goes \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>I had a 10mi training run on Monday and I only felt good the first 5 out of the 9 miles completed. Those final 4 miles were tough and my pace was reduced to a run\/walk (mostly walk!) as I felt severely fatigued and was in a brain fog. Generally, when I get into that mood during a run, I go through a checklist:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Weather &#8212; It was sunny but the cool ocean breeze made up for it. I didn&#8217;t feel uncomfortably hot (unlike my recent 5k in Pasadena or my half marathon in Chicago back in July); the weather on Monday was warm, but I thought, tolerable.<\/li>\n<li>Nutrition &#8212; I had my water and 3 packets of ClifShot gel, which I consumed every 30 minutes (as usual) for the final hour and a half. Didn&#8217;t feel hungry or parched, either. I did only have an energy bar for breakfast (and not my normal protein shake).<\/li>\n<li>Motivation &#8212; The nagging question &#8220;Why am I doing this?&#8221; almost always just hits me during LA Marathon training (LOL), and not for my &#8220;shorter&#8221; training runs. Still, I had to remind myself that I <em>want<\/em> to PR my half marathon in October &#8212; the Nike Women&#8217;s Marathon in San Francisco &#8212; or at least best last year&#8217;s time.<\/li>\n<li>Legs &#8212; Felt no pain in my legs, knees, or foot. They did feel slightly heavy, and I was conscious of my landing\/foot-strike (was running unshod, as usual).<\/li>\n<li>Lungs &#8212; I was breathing fine (not\u00a0laboured)<\/li>\n<li>Sleep &#8212; I thought I felt rested. Despite sleeping at 1:30 AM, I had at least 6 and a half hours of sleep and that&#8217;s normal. LOL I&#8217;ve had less sleep before and did OK at my race\/run.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I suppose I haven&#8217;t had a &#8220;bad&#8221; run in a while (or not this bad anyway) that I&#8217;m over-thinking it! ROFL. I&#8217;m not quite certain why I was bothered by it, either.\u00a0In hindsight, I&#8217;m sure it was a combination of factors; the largest one being my fitness level (which I overestimated &#8212; LOL), the second-half sluggishness thanks to what I ate over the weekend (Las Vegas Buffets!), and as much as I didn&#8217;t want to accept it, I was just plain tired&#8211; having driven back from Las Vegas the previous afternoon\/evening.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever.. I&#8217;ll chalk that up to an off-day and end this post on a positive note&#8230; I am always grateful of where I run and appreciate the beautiful scenery&#8230; Below is my favourite view of Bluff Cove overlooking the City of Angels. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2012\/09\/bluff-cove-2012-09-03-13.24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3574\" title=\"Labor Day - Bluff Cove\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2012\/09\/bluff-cove-2012-09-03-13.24.jpg\" alt=\"Labor Day - Bluff Cove\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2012\/09\/bluff-cove-2012-09-03-13.24.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2012\/09\/bluff-cove-2012-09-03-13.24-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2012\/09\/bluff-cove-2012-09-03-13.24-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2012\/09\/bluff-cove-2012-09-03-13.24-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t posted this in a while&#8230; a workout record! 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