Too Tired to Trot

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Since the clocks went back a month ago, my sleep patterns have been totally irregular.  I’ve been falling asleep around 9 p.m. only to wake up between hours of 12:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. and I remain wide awake for a few hours unable to fall back to sleep.   Then, around 4:00 a.m., my body is ready for my morning nap.  With this awful disruptive sleep pattern, it’s been a real struggle to find the motivation to run.  Needless to say, this has been a week full of rest.

 

I had pre-registered to run in the Annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning, but with my lack of a decent night’s sleep, I simply did not have the mental or physical strength to deal with another race.  After dealing with the crowd and my heat exhaustion of the Women’s Half Marathon last Sunday, I simply couldn’t face it again for Thursday’s 10K Turkey Trot.  So, I blew off the race and didn’t regret it one bit.

6 miles

1:02:52

Ave Pace 10:08

 

However, I did manage to run 6 miles a little later that morning and it was lovely.  The streets were peaceful, not a car on the road.  The weather was beautiful and so were all the wonderful aromas of Thanksgiving throughout my neighborhood.  I could smell exactly what items were on each neighbor’s Thanksgiving menu as I ran past their houses.  With whiffs of baking bread and roasting turkeys combined with a quiet gorgeous morning, I was truly thankful for my Thanksgiving morning run.

 

On Saturday, Tiffany and I ran 10 miles.  With the Holiday Halfathon only 3 weeks away, we weren’t quite sure how to train for another half-marathon so close to our last one.  We figured 10 miles offered a much needed step back and a good base to train back up to a half marathon.  Since we were both pretty sore from the half marathon, we took the 10 miles easy and didn’t push ourselves too hard.

10 miles

2:01:05

Ave Pace 12:06

 

And, Saturday was the last time I ran.  With my awful sleep patterns, all I want to do is stay in bed.  Hopefully, I’ll run tomorrow.  *yawn* We’ll see.

About the author

Denise
From start to finish, Denise is Run DMT, a Tampa Bay homeschooling mom on the run trying to maintain an easy pace through it all between races and raising three beautiful, brilliant adultish kids (ages 23, 19, 14). In 2007, I discovered a passion for running and in February 2015, I completed my tenth marathon. I continue to train for a variety of races and even host annual 5K. In 2023, I became a certified group fitness instructor and teach P.E. in my homeschool co-op.

5 comments

  4. TBrown says:

    Long distance running increases your sense of smell and hearing several-fold. (Or so say the Marathon Monks of Mt. Hiei in Japan) .
    Although it is probably easier to smell food on Thanksgiving day.

    It was my first trot this year and it was a lot of fun!

    You may be overtraining. Try focusing on running 60 or 75 minutes instead of distance and if you are running too fast to carry on a conversation, you are probably training too fast and too far. Enjoy your runs, don’t make them painful.

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