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Thursday 2nd February
Rest
Got home from work and was getting into the running gear, when I realised that it was a rest day on my plan. A bit disappointed but what ya gonnna do...
Friday 3rd February
5 hour LSR
As I had to babysit on Saturday evening, and couldn't do this Sunday due to other commitments, I had to take leave from work to do this today. In a way, it wasn't completely sensible to do this today as I'd done the hill sprints on Wednesday, but said nothing and decided to take the chance. Initially planned to do this at 24hour starting pace (10:15-20 min/mile).
Was raining consistently all morning. Parked up by the football pitches in the Phoenix Park so that the car was handy to pick up my drinks etc and proceeded to do laps of the pitches. The rain got heavier as I started running and I stupidly hadn't got my rain jacket on. After about an hour I was completely soaked through and put my jacket on over the soaking wet top. Turns out my jacket isn't really waterproof anyway so while it was another layer of clothing, it really didn't do much if anything to keep me warm or dry. My hands were frozen and I had to change my gloves 4 times as they were sopping wet with rain. Despite all of that, I enjoyed the run immensely and was full of beans today! I couldn't really take on my full quote of fluid (Tailwind) as my hands were too cold to hold the bottle but that didn't bother me at all as I had endless amounts of energy and the only problem was keeping the pace down. I couldn't really keep to the 24hour planned pace as it was a bit too cold to plod that slowly. Did 19 laps and really felt I had lots more left in the legs at the end of the run. Sped up a bit for the last few miles as it was getting very dark and I felt a little bit unsafe, as I could easily have been dragged into the bushes and never heard from again; it was very dark and very quiet and that could have been the end of Ososlo :(
Thrilled with that run and how easy it felt and love that loop for the long runs so might start doing the odd one here for a bit of diversity (plus the neighbours in Santry are realy starting to wonder about me out running around in circles, for hours on end, day after day, and it's getting a tad embarrassing!)Was frozen to the bone when I got home and got the life slowly back into the body with an hour long soak in the bath. Bliss.
30.5 miles @ 9:50
Saturday 4th February
am: 9 miles recovery @ 9:54
Well, I've never had chafing there before:eek:!!!!
The legs felt so good though, I felt like I'd had a rest day the previous day!
pm: 4.5 miles @ 10
This should have been an 8 mile run, but I had a very small window to do it in. It was only 4 hours since the earlier run and I had to be back to receive my charge for the evening (5 yo niece) so just did what I could manage.
Sunday 5th February
Up early (for me) for Junior Parkrun in Albert College. NJ (niece) was asking this morning me if other kids got nervous before Parkrun. Poor thing was worrying about how she'd do! Kept the Garmin well hidden
and ran the whole race with her. My sister was roped into marshalling and another sister ran with her partner's daughter who is the same age. It took NJ a while to get into her stride but when she did she was loving it. She'd sprint really fast for a few minutes, then walk a bit then speed up again. She loved passing people which proved difficult at times as (like in most 'races') kids and parents were walking 4/5 abreast across the path. She was buzzing during it and after it and can't wait to go again. She seems very competitive and was delighted to beat her little friend (I asked her at one point did she want to wait for her friend to catch up and she said 'No Aoife, I'm beating her, let's go faster') and wants to beat some of the faster boys and girls the next time. Training starts on Tuesday:D
1.2 miles @ 14:08
then...
am: 8 miles easy @ 9:57
Laps of local park. Felt very tired as I'd a very poor night's sleep last night and felt very sleepy.
pm: 6.6 miles @ 9:36
Brilliant run and could have gone a bit longer and faster but decided to ease off on the miles today a bit as it's my biggest week ever by about an hour and don't want to tempt fate as things are going so well!
Weekly total: 106 miles (highest to-date)
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5 hours of loops, you're really dedicated A, hats off to you
Have you a deferred entry to the Conn Ultra?
Thanks Neady! Dedication or just madness
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Yes, you're right, but I've decided not to do it this year. I'm just not prepared for the hills this year. Everything I do now is on the flat (similar profile to Belfast which is the only real goal race this year), bar the odd hill sprint, whereas last year I was doing a good bit of hillier work in training.
I really enjoyed that canal run in Longford last year (53k) so might go again... or I could just do the marathon in Longford, and put a bit more welly into it for a pb... without disrupting training too much. We'll see.0 -
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Monday 6 Feb
am: 10 miles @ 10:05
pm: 9 miles @ 9:40
Tuesday 7 Feb
am: 9.2 miles @ 9:58 inc 7 x 8 sec hill sprints
Phoenix Park for this one. Windy but enjoyable.
pm: 8 miles @ 9:26
Legs full of zip after hills earlier in the day.
Wednesday 8 Feb
Rest
Thursday 9 Feb
10 miles @ 9:35
Lovely post work run on my local night time loop.
Friday 10 Feb
10 miles @ 9:29
As above.
Saturday 11 Feb
am: 12 miles @ 9:42
Very windy and hard to remain relaxed and keep the effort consistently easy with the gusts nearly lifting me off my feet.
pm: 9 miles @ 9:29
Local night time loops. A van stops me during this and beckons me over. They say 'we're from Social Services'. First thing that came to mind was that they were going to question me about my mental state running in the same small circles night after night after night
, but turns out it was something very different altogether.
Sunday 12 Feb
am: 13.2 miles @ 9:46
Battling storms and hailstones and sleet which was tough but exhilarating at times!
pm: 9.2 miles @ 9:35
I was soaked from the morning run and it took me 4 hours to warm up again, only to have to head out again on the evening plod! It would have been SO easy to just tell myself I'd done plenty already for the week and leave it at that, but I asked myself how much Belfast means to me this year and how much do I really want to do well and improve on last year? I had the runners on and was out the door, before I had time to answer myself Delighted to be out once I got going and thoroughly enjoyed it!!!
Weekly total: 100 miles
16hrs 9 mins
Myself and the boss have revised my plan a bit so that I'm not doing really long runs every single weekend, but when I do them, they'll be super long. This will mean I should be able to handle bigger daily doubles most weeks, but I'll watch things carefully so as not to overdo it there either. It's all a fine balancing act! I still can't stop eating though with the extra miles. It's crazy! I just can't get full and am basically snacking all day long. I've never had such an appetite! Sleep is not so bad lately, so on the whole, all in all, I'm very happy with how things are going! I'm miles ahead (literally) of where I was this time last year so that should count for something, surely come July!!!0 -
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Hello A,
What is the benefit to such short hill sprints time wise? and will you do any other form of speedwork in the coming months?
Howaya, P! The short hill blasts are something to do with running economy, I believe!
I won't be doing much speedwork, no. It's too much of an injury risk to mix the high mileage and a lot of speedwork and the increase of mileage will serve me better than speedwork.
To do what I want to do in Belfast, I don't believe I need to be faster, but I do need to be a lot mentally and physically tougher and aerobically fitter, and my legs need to be much much more resilient to running on a tough surface for 24 hours as I feel that this was what let me down a bit last year in the early hours of Sunday morning. This year was never going to be about developing speed, but all about building my endurance up as much as possible without breaking down. To be honest, I thought 100 miles per week was going to be my peak mileage week, and as much as I'd be capable of, but now that I'm doing 100 comfortably enough, I know I'm capable of a lot more (when time allows) once it's done very carefully and without much if any speedwork.
I know I'm not that experienced in this whole super long ultra thing, but I have done 2 very long races now, and I came away from both races feeling that what let me down a bit, was not lack of speed, but lack of endurance and lacking a bit of leg strength. I'm fairly sure that the more hours on the road I can run per week between now and July, the easier it'll be for me on the day and the better I will do. As a wise Boardsie ultra runner once said 'More Miles Means More Improvement'
I'm following exactly what my coach is telling me, and I trust him implicitly that he knows what's best for me so gonna continue to do what I'm told. I am 'allowed' mix things up a bit if I get bored by doing the odd steady or progression run, or a very loose fartlek session. Boredom luckily has never been an issue for me. I know what I'm doing would drive many to the edge, but personally, I love it!
I've recently been thinking a bit about the future (not something I do a whole lot of!) and depending on how things go this year (Belfast and possibly Tralee 12 hr), I might consider a change of direction for a while and go back to 5k and then marathon training as I know I have an awful lot more to achieve on the speed front! I'll have a very good base built from which to work from:). But then again, if Belfast goes to plan, I'll probably just want to improve even more for my next 24hr assault. I've been looking at some of those events that are on in Athens this weekend, and I have strange draw towards some of the races that are longer than 24 hrs:eek: Anything could happen:D
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Ah, only 94 miles this week :rolleyes::D:cool:. I'll think that's about my total for the month to date and I think I'm great.
A friend of mine took part in the 'last man standing' event last weekend and I was wondering if you'd heard of it or would ever have any interest ? Essentially a loopy run (4.2 miles) on the hour every hour until you're timed out or everyone else has given up/gone home/fallen asleep.0 -
But you are great:DBungy Girl wrote: »Ah, only 94 miles this week :rolleyes::D:cool:. I'll think that's about my total for the month to date and I think I'm great.
haha, I kinda lose all perspective with the mileage these days. I feel lazy and useless unless I hit 100 now. Crazy!
Yeah, I heard of it recently and a mate of mine (v.shy Boardsie ultra runnerBungy Girl wrote: »A friend of mine took part in the 'last man standing' event last weekend and I was wondering if you'd heard of it or would ever have any interest ? Essentially a loopy run (4.2 miles) on the hour every hour until you're timed out or everyone else has given up/gone home/fallen asleep. ) wanted me to do it with him, but I couldn't afford the trip. It does sound interesting alright and it's something I might do in the future. Did your friend enjoy it? 0 -
Bungy Girl wrote: »Ah, only 94 miles this week :rolleyes::D:cool:. I'll think that's about my total for the month to date and I think I'm great.
A friend of mine took part in the 'last man standing' event last weekend and I was wondering if you'd heard of it or would ever have any interest ? Essentially a loopy run (4.2 miles) on the hour every hour until you're timed out or everyone else has given up/gone home/fallen asleep.
I believe the official name is 'last ONE standing'
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outforarun wrote: »Thought it might have been you lapping anti-clockwise late this afternoon. Saw on Strava afterwards that it was. Will give you a shout out if I spot you again. Fairly epic run by you. Must be kind of hypnotic running that many loops for that many hours.
Hey! Think I know who you are now from my Strava flybys on Friday. Yes, please do say hi the next time! It'd be super to meet you! I guess it's kinda hypnotic alright, but in a good way 0 -
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Good to see you popping up here! Don't suppose we'll get a log update soon??? Hope all is going really well! And thank you!
Hehe 'fraid not. I'm not even keeping a private log these days: scribbling on my schedule after each session/run is as far as it gets. All is going well thanks. I must stop reading your log tho, I don't think I do 37 miles in a WEEK lately never mind a day 0 -
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I was just sending these links onto a mate and remembered that I posted about this documentary here the other day so I may as well put them on this thread. Anybody with an interest in running will love this doc.
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Ah now, Barkley marathons, ok bit of an effort, but have you guys seen the Montane Spine?
https://www.facebook.com/TheSpineRace/
I was glued to the tracker over 4-5 days at the end of January when it was on. The little videos are brilliant, with a deadly soundtrack. I was always looking forward to the next one:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/TheSpineRace/videos/?ref=page_internal
Quite a few of this year's episodes have Enduro in them, he has won it a couple of times and has the course record. He had a fractured rib this year and had to withdraw (see episode 6). The woman who won this year is Irish living in Yorkshire.
Massively inspiring stuff.
No, I am not planning on doing it. But aim to get myself out into the hills a bit more often.
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Monday 27 February
am: 13.4 miles @ 9:45
Easy local. Very windy and cold. I find my eyes are watering a ridiculous amount during cold windy weather running lately. I wear glasses and a cap to protect them a bit, but they’re very sensitive and tears stream down my face for most of the run. Very annoying. If anyone has any advice…
pm: 10 miles @ 9:28
As per usual, always feel much fresher and livelier, and run much quicker for the same effort on the evening run!
Tuesday 28 February
am: 12.2 miles @ 9:56
Sometimes when the weather is this bad, I really wish I owned a treadmill. However, the one and only time I have been on one (getting gait analysis for my first pair of runners in Runways a few years back) I fell off it. They had to do some other kind of standing test on my feet to recommend suitable runners as I just couldn’t run on it for the life of me. It was SO embarrassing. The assistant called her boss and they were all there trying to hold the laughter back (I’m sure they weren’t really, but I felt very self-conscious and paranoid:o) as they were watching me attempt to run on the bloody thing and they had never seen the like before. If I could have easily escaped, and run out of the shop without the damn runners, I would gladly have done so and probably now be doing much more useful things with my time than running around in circles day after day, week after week!
Also, if I had a treadmill, I don’t think I’d ever stop running (if I learned how to run on one properly). The lure of it there in the next room would be too great during all those damn sleepless nights. I’d be up early trying to squeeze in a few miles, and a few before bed too, no doubt. So on balance, it’s probably better that I don’t have one:D
pm: 9.8 @ 9:42
As is always the case, once I'm actually out in the elements for about 10 minutes, no matter how bad it is, I'm loving it and am wondering how the hell people run for any length of time on a treadmill! I know I'm running around in small loops on most of my runs, but at least there's some kind of environmental stimulation going on around me! Pete Kostelnick does 60 miles runs on a treadmill:eek::eek::eek:
February total: 423 miles (first time in the 400’s)
Wednesday 1st March
am: 10 miles @ 10, inc 8 x 8 sec hill sprints
I felt like shight this morning despite having the first decent night’s sleep in about a week. Legs really heavy, but rhr very low at 45bpm and didn’t feel ill or anything, just tired legs! Did a few miles warmup and felt OK and as usual, things improved as I got through the sprints. I had the option when finished the sprints of just doing a mile back to the car to finish the run quickly, or to backtrack my steps and do a long 5 mile jog back to where I started. I chose the latter option which I felt proud of myself for doing. I started feeling much better on the cooldown. Went home and went to bed for an hour, and had one of those ‘cheeky little afternoon naps’ ;-) I find I'm not usually great at sleeping during the day (surprise surprise:rolleyes:) but did actually nod off for a bit. Nice!
pm: 6.2 miles @ 9:29
Felt A-mazing on the evening run. Dunno what was up with me this morning. Played it safe regardless, and just did a short evening run but ran the last few miles a tad steadier. Maybe it was the nap!
Thursday 2nd March
Rest
‘Slept’ really badly last night. Exhausted hitting the hay, read for an hour, dropped off into a lovely sleepy stupor, then wakened again after a few mins, dropped off again, wakened again, stayed awake so started to read, dropped off…. And this cycle repeated itself for most of the night. Gggrrr.. Today was a planned rest day. I really need to start relaxing a bit more on rest days and to try to avoid thinking and reading and planning my running. I need the psychological break as much as the physical one I think!
Went out on the town Thurs night for the first time since Christmas and well, I’m a cheap date these days as I was plssed after 3 drinks and felt sick the next morning…
Friday 3rd March
10 easy @ 9:48
Post work jog. Stomach a bit off tonight from previous night's endeavors. Nice jog all the same.
Saturday 4th March
am: 14.3 @ 9:47
14 local loops. Stomach still not 100%.
pm: 10 @ 9:35
Feeling fanbloomintastic. Had a 90 minute sleep in the afternoon which seemed to work like magic. Maybe the secret is all in the naps!
Sunday 5th March
am: 14 @ 9:48
A few miles into this and I meet my Sunday morning running friend. He started running with me a few Sundays ago and we had a nice chat. He used to post here but doesn't much any more, I think, but didn't tell me his username but knows everyone around this place. He's a good bit faster than me and his easy pace at the moment is around 8 min/mile (just getting back into it), so he plodded a bit with me at 9ish pace which was too fast for me for chatting so I was a bit whacked after the few miles with him. I slowed it right down when he left. Lovely bloke and nice to chat and he told me that my very obvious passion for running and beaming smile when he sees me running in the park has inspired him a lot to get back into it. Nice to hear that from a fast runner.
pm: 9.5 miles easy @ 9:25
A bit tired heading out but perked up no end a few miles in and was flying by the end. A great end to the biggest week ever for me.
Weekly total: 120 miles
19hrs 28 mins
I have this idea in my head that I'd like to run one week of 24 hours before Belfast, but that's probably totally ridiculous to even consider:eek::D:) Not sure what I'll peak at but I'm currently listening very closely to my body so as not to overdo things. I have absolutely no aches or niggles or any hot spots, so delighted about that and seem to be able to handle it all physically (so far...), so need to ensure I'm listening just as closely to the mental side of things so as not to overdo it, but feel I have it fairly well balanced right now. The day off each week is a great idea and helps to keep things in check, so I'll be sticking to this religiously going forward. Weight is definitely going down slowly but steadily all the time but still at very healthy levels, but the good news is that I get to eat even more now 0 -
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hillsiderunner wrote: »Ah now, Barkley marathons, ok bit of an effort, but have you guys seen the Montane Spine?
Would be no bother to Ososlo of course!
Agreed, immensely inspiring stuff! You must be joking if you think that'd be no bother to me! I'd be WAY out of my depth. For some reason Neady springs to mind for such a challenge!
Ah, thanks, R! Great to see things seem to be going well for you now. Fingers etc crossed for you that you get a good spell of uninterrupted training in.Great training you are doing at the moment A. Don't know how you fit it all in!
As Dubgal says it's great watching in all from the outside. I'm all out of superlatives at this stage !
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Love these weekly updates Those long runs are eye watering.
Do you think you're feet will swell as the day goes on in Belfast? Could be worth starting off with you're regular fit runners and increasing size as the day wears on? So you have enough support all day and your toes aren't jingling about the place when they're in a bigger sized runner for the first few hours. Just a thought.0 -
Love these weekly updates Those long runs are eye watering.
Do you think you're feet will swell as the day goes on in Belfast? Could be worth starting off with you're regular fit runners and increasing size as the day wears on? So you have enough support all day and your toes aren't jingling about the place when they're in a bigger sized runner for the first few hours. Just a thought.
Thanks, Neady! I'm determined to continue logging in the build up to Belfast this year as I didn't last year and have nothing to look back on:( I have the stats alright, but it's not the same as logging in a narrative form.
I don't think the feet swelled necessarily last year, and they certainly didn't appear to, it was maybe just the very slight friction of the nails and the top of the toe box after so many hours. I wore the 7s for the full 12 hours in Tralee and they felt great so I think I'll do the same again. The toes don't really feel like they're jingling around the place really. I'll do a very long run soon in the 7s and then make the final call. Thanks for the feedback though as it's good to get another opinion on this. I might change my mind again, and wear the smaller ones for the first 8 hours or something before the problem has time to manifest itself. It's definitely worth considering.
At the end of the day though, they didn't cause me any pain during the race, and if I lose them all again in the aftermath, it's no big deal really, and if I achieve a good pb, I won't give a toss at all I'm sure and would probably sacrifice a few toes too if I had to 0 -
Monday March 13th & Tuesday March 14th
Rest. Personal stuff to deal with and thought the mini break would do me good as haven’t taken more than one day off per week since the start of the year. I felt ridiculously guilty for taking the full 2 days though and spent a large percentage of the time trying to figure out how I'd get my planned 115 miles done for the week in only 5 days of running. #getagrip #letitgo
Wednesday March 15th
am: 10.4 miles @ 10:02 (inc hill sprints)
Fab day and got a bit sunburnt! Feeling very lethargic after the 2 days off! Thought I’d be an unstoppable force this morning, but quite the opposite!
pm: 11 miles @ 9:47
Felt much more normal on evening run.
Thursday March 16th
10 miles @ 9:42
Great to have a bit of brightness for a few miles after work in the local park, and then moved to night time shorter loop when darkness came.
Friday March 17th
am: 15.4 miles @ 9:43
Lovely, jubbley and took on some Tailwind, for practice as much as anything. It’s my definite choice for Belfast now. I won’t be taking anything else on, as solids and me just don’t work for running, so this seems to have everything I need in one inoffensive drink and Ucan just reminds me of Belfast 2016 pain too much, so psychologically, I think it's good to have something different this time around! If I can get 200 cals of it into me per hour, for the full 24 hours, I’ll be laughing (along with running well, hopefully:))!
I felt a little sore spot on my heel during the run and took the shoe off to check my foot. There turned out to be a very worn spot on the shoe (usual size 6.5), where the heel was rubbing against it, and a tiny blister was starting to form. The beauty of running short loops near home, is that I was able to pop back a few minutes after I noticed it and change my shoes and didn't have to run another few miles and make the blister worse. Binned the shoes, which do have well over the 500 miles on them anyway. Blister didn't get any worse thankfully.
pm: 10 miles @ 9:37
Very windy but enjoyable as I took it nice and handy.
Saturday March 18th
am: 10.5 miles @ 9:57
Tired today and legs very heavy, as I probably did a bit too much yesterday, but with the day off work I decided to make hay, but maybe made a little too much! Cut this one a bit shorter.
pm: 6 miles @ 10
Still tired. Didn't sleep all night Saturday night, and it wasn't 'cause I was partying:rolleyes:
Sunday March 19th
am: 15 miles @ 9:41
Back to normal today and feeling full of zip despite the insomnia the previous night. More Tailwind practice on this run.
pm: 7 miles @ 9:53
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The Black Oil wrote: »What's your am routine/rising time, btw? I'm a morning person, don't mind that aspect. Not that I'd keep up with the bar you've set.
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It is+1 to this. Could you tell us how you fit this all in and have time to work, eat and sleep? oh and log and spend time with people, spending time with people is important Maybe..... :)The Black Oil wrote: »What's your am routine/rising time, btw? I'm a morning person, don't mind that aspect. Not that I'd keep up with the bar you've set.
I'm very poor at managing my time, and am actually working on this with my coach from this week, as I was finding lately, that running was taking over my life, and real life stuff was starting to slip and suffer a bit, and I cannot let running take over completely:o. I have a ridiculously addictive personality, and even compared to past addictions, running is by far, the biggest addiction yet. A lot healthier than the previous ones, but I guess it could get to a stage where it's not healthy anymore... if I let it.
So, I'm trying to regain a bit of control.
I'm going to start my runs earlier, and do the second one later (bright nights will help) so that there's a bigger gap in my day for the real life bits.
I'm not an early riser, at all, at all at all, so instead of starting the first run at 11.30-12 which I was doing, I'm starting at 10ish now and will start doing the second run at 7 (on days off work). That's the plan anyway. The problem is my insomnia though. If I'm awake most of the night, and I'm not working the next day, then I just have to make the most of a lie in and get a few hours' kip (I generally sleep best from 5am onwards) so this messes things up big time... Ideally, I'd like to start the first run at 9am and will do if sleeping patterns imrove:rolleyes:
I'm only working 2-3 days out of 7 at the moment so I don't have the pressures most people have of a full-time job, so I can be a bit more flexible than most with my schedule, but it does need more structure as other things need attention that I've been neglecting.
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Monday March 20th
am: 13 miles @ 9:47
pm: 11 miles @ 9:42
Tuesday March 21
Went out to do my morning run and mentally felt awful. Today I had to NOT run. My head was not in the game at all so did an about turn and went home, and tried to put all running related stuff out of my head for the day. It worked out quite well actually, as had a meeting tonight which turned out to be extremely eventful and very stressful, and lasted for 5.5 hours with cops eventually being called to sort it out at 1am when things got very hairy... Crazy **** night… but I did forget about running for a bit!
Wednesday March 22nd
Was wrecked today, emotionally and physically and had had no sleep the previous night, and a few drinks were had in the wee small hours. After a full day in work, I was fit for nothing more than collapsing on the couch when I got home.
Thursday March 23rd
13 easy @ 9:26
Felt fantastic tonight and a nice state of equilibrium reached, both physically, emotionally and mentally
Friday March 24th
Due to OH's birthday celebrations tonight, and the shenanigans earlier in the week, I had to buy myself a little bit of running time, so took leave from work today to squeeze some decent miles in.
am: 13 @ 9:26
Lovely
pm: 10 @ 9:31
Was jogging along in my local park when a familiar looking fella comes running towards me. T’was only himself, Murph_D ambling happily along in the sunshine. Hadn’t seen him in a couple of years. We had an enjoyable little jog and a lovely chat over a couple of laps. Great to meet you again, Sir! Hope Saturday went well, Doc!
Saturday March 25th
am: 13 miles easy @ 9:41
Hungover
pm: 6 miles @ 9:44
Slightly less hungover
Sunday March 26th
am: 6 easy @ 9:45
This was at 8am (old money) which is extremely early for me to run! I know it’s not considered early for most people, but I just feel awful in the mornings and avoid early morning running if at all possible, but had no choice today. Felt horrible. UGH, and had loads of pressure on me to finish quickly so not the most enjoyable run ever.
pm: 8 miles @ 9:47
Spent 5 hours on my feet assisting my ma with her shopping and had a glass of wine at lunch, so was not feeling full of the joys on this run. Cut it short and that was a poor end to a less than wonderful week.
90.4 miles weekly total
So, a bit of a messed up week, with only 5 days of running yet again. Real life impacted a lot on running but I tried not to stress about it or try to make up for any of the missed runs which I’ve been warned not to do. This week is going much better, so far, with far less disruption and I’m up to 60 miles already. Alcohol is completely out the window now, and I mean it this time
In other (very good) news, I’m now getting supported/sponsored by Tailwind Nutrition UK http://www.tailwindnutrition.co.uk/0 -
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Delighted that Tailwind have got on board to support you A and you'll do them proud. You've already been singing their praises here so it's only fitting that they help you out in this way.
Thanks for the detailed reply on your time management too, I had been wondering how you were fitting it all in. You're doing great.
p.s. in terms of spending time with people. The way I hang out with my friends is by cycling/gymming/running or heading up the mountains with them 0 -
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