One month done! Can't believe I'm 4 weeks in. It feels like I've been running forever but only 8 weeks left and that means this day 8 weeks I will be still running/finished/dead. If my training continues to go as well as this week though I should be okay. Well as you know I didn't end last week with my recovery run which was bad but I was very tired and head did hurt in the morning. This lead me to just recover in my bed instead :) Nice to go out and enjoy a night out during training though! I decided not to make up this run but to continue my week away. And that lead to missing my first session on Tuesday which was supposed to be a 3.5mile run. This was due to lab commitments and it was too dark when I finally got home. No choice in missing this run (I know I should have done it in the morning, lazy). But the rest of the week went well! Roll on week 5....I could regret saying this!
Session 1: 3.5 miles (Tuesday), Wednesday. This run was nice and easy. Ended up doing 3.86miles (felt bad about missing the day before). After 2 days rest I can't complain about this run at all! Felt great afterwards and ready for the day!
Session 2: CT, Wednesday. So at 4pm I went to the gym and did a half hour interval increase session on the cross trainer and then another 15minutes on the treadmill. I know I prob shouldn't have run the same day I was CT'ing but didn't feel tired at all. Running on the treadmill was great too! Would have gone for another run in the evening but knew I should prob calm down! :)
Session 3: 3miles, Thursday. This was a 3.1mile tempo run. First mile was to be slow warm up, then race pace for a mile and then slow final warm down mile. It was hard to try and slow down at the start and the fast part of the run was really fun. Was able to keep that up for about 2.5miles. Felt really good and was hard to slow down at the end. I think I just went at normal pace nearly. Was a quick run in the end with a 9.16mile/min pace.
Session 4: 7 miles, Saturday. Long run day! So this run was really great! I started off a bit later, just before 9am after some porridge for fuel. Knew it was going to be a hot day so thought it best to start early. As usual the start was a little tight and hard. The hills really don't help! But I had new running gear (>.<) so that was really fun! Lots of runners and cyclists out again and was going really well up until I got off the canal route. I got a little lost after that, thinking I was going the right route from my planning online but I wasn't. I ended up going down by Portebello market and finding my way about thanks to the number 7 bus route! It wasn't a bad route just different to what I thought I'd do. I ended up running around the little wormwood scrubs as well to make up mileage and ended up with an 8.42mile run! Kept my pace up and all which was great! I was wrecked coming to the end of the run but felt fantastic!
Session 5: 3mile, Sunday. This was a recovery run from yesterday which started sore. My shoulders and calves were sore which only lasted a mile but reminds me I need to stretch all through the day. I don't think I rehydrated very well after yesterday either. I was very thirsty during yesterdays run. But ran along the canal with Char to get a 3.62mile done!
Overall a great week for running even with the poor start! Got all my mileage in, and more. And feel only a little tired from it now. Great to see improvements along my runs though! Who would have thought I could run over 8miles! :)
Total miles: 23.17miles
Total time: 224mins 43 seconds
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