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Welcome to the Weekly Wrap link-up hosted by Holly and Wendy. Take a little time to visit them as well as some others in the link-up and share the love. ♥

So much and yet so little has happened since my last weekly wrap. I’ve been keeping things on the down low. Partly because my Mom always said, “If you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all” and partly because I’ve been pouting, feeling a little sorry for myself and I didn’t want to share negativity. But I’ll get to that…

Let’s start on a positive note…I went on an eight day Alaskan cruise, and Alaska is beautiful. I saw eagles, whales and almost a bear. We just missed the bear, but did see the trees swaying where he re-entered the brush. I really, really wanted to see a bear but I know he was there.

As I go through all the pictures and realize all that we did, I decided I’m going to save my Alaskan trip for another post. What I will say is I don’t think I am “cruise” vacationer if that makes any sense. While the cruise and all it’s staff were amazing, I prefer to be out and about rather than playing trivia, eating and drinking all day. To each his own, as they say.

Now let’s talk about running and my marathon training…ugh.

As you can probably guess I didn’t get a whole lot of running in on the cruise. On the first day I headed to the gym to run on the dreaded treadmill. The place was packed! I was shocked. Who were these people? Seriously! I have never worked out at a gym on vacation before, I tend to head outside for a run. I only waited a few minutes for a treadmill then sucked it up and got on. I have never ran (run?) on a treadmill before so I felt a little awkward (besides having the ship swaying) but I got through 4 long agonizing miles (and missed a whale while I was running too). I ran 2 other days, a 6 miler and a 3 miler and that’s all I could make myself do. The only good, was that my pace was 9:10. I think it helps having the ground moving. I have no proof because I felt weird taking a selfie so you’ll have to trust me on this.

I spent much of my vacation worrying about training…or lack there of… 🙁

When I got home I did a couple easy runs, 5 miles, then an (accidentally) short track workout (I only did half the workout because I read the schedule wrong… oops). I did a long run with fast middle miles, which turned out to be end miles because my legs were too tired to do the 5 easy finishing miles. Do you see where this is going?

That was Friday the 3rd, then I worked the weekend and hit the track on Monday. One mile warm up, 8 x 800’s with a recovery 400 after each, then a mile cool down. My achilles was a little sore but otherwise I felt strong…until that afternoon. My achilles was so sore and swollen I could hardly walk. Mind you, I had to put on heels to attend a funeral right after running, so I blame the heels. 😉 

Tuesday I couldn’t run, so I did what any runner training for the most important marathon of her life would do, I worried and pouted all day. 

Wednesday and Thursday were a little less pouty but I still couldn’t run. I could hardly walk. I decided to get over it and attempt to stay strong by doing some squats, planks and weights. I didn’t take any pictures or post anything on social media because I preferred to keep it quiet and suffer in silence. Maybe if I don’t talk about it, it would go away. Don’t make eye contact. LOL

Friday, Saturday and Sunday consisted of Ibuprofen and my achilles wrapped in ice, and trying to lay low while still living life. I can’t remember ever going this long without running and it’s been a struggle. I seriously don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t run anymore. Anyone else feel the same?

I’m hoping Monday brings a healed achilles and I can run an easy 4 (or 6) miles. I feel better just sharing this with runners who will understand my struggle. 

Thanks for listening!

Have you struggled with an injury before? How did you handle it? 

Have you ever been on a cruise? For it or against it?

Thanks for reading!

Keep running!

         Denise