To sleep or not too sleep

That was my dilemma this morning. Sleep won and that was a good decision.

In a perfect world I would have gotten up super early (that was the plan), did my run and gone to peak for my strength and conditioning. The motivating factor was that Peak was closing early. I needed the sleep and I think that was more important today.

My rest week has been really nice. I definitely had a lot more energy. For my one and only fast run this week on Wednesday I was really moving. I just had this feeling that I could just go and go and go. If only all the days were like that.

Why is that training weeks never coincide with quiet weeks at the office. Work was tiring this week and by Friday I was definitely ready for the long weekend. I felt like I was getting enough sleep each night but I was ready to hit the pillow fairly early each night. My week can be summarized by work, work out and sleep.

A few of my friends that I run with did a half Iron Distance triathlon today. They all did really well. A few technical glitches occurred but nothing that was caused by lack of training. It's nice to see all the hard work and dedication pay off.

I can’t say that I’ll be doing a triathlon any time soon. I’ve always be drawn to the simplicity of running. And since I have a few more small goals (insert qualify for Boston here) too accomplish with my running, I think I’ll stick too it for now.

On a technical note, I started running with a new pair of Mizuno Wave Niravna 2 shoes this week. I had them checked on the treadmill before I started to run with them. My old pair of New Balance 878 (version #?) wore out faster than ideal. When we looked at them on the treadmill I was leaning to the inside as I struck the ground and rolled with each step. With the video camera stills you could really see the pronation.

Confession time. I was dressed and ready to go out the door to night for my one hour zone 1 run when the rain really started to come down. Guess what didn’t happen. Today was what it was. I’m not going to dwell on it or worry about it.

Tomorrow starts a regular week again. Wednesday has another 4-5 x 2 min on the track. I’m psych’d to see what I can do. Yes maybe that’s a form of insanity but that’s me.