Week Two - Completed
A bit of a round up is required here again. I've just been so busy. Daniel and I haven't stopped at all over the weekend, so the time I thought I'd have to talk here about my training simply evaporated in the midst of a million and one jobs. Still, we achieved quite a lot too.
Anyway, that's not really the point right now. Where do I need to go back to? Probably as far as Wednesday evening! I went to step again while April was at her swim training. No Chris this time because she wasn't feeling too well. I enjoyed the class and came out of it feeling I'd had a very good workout. The class leader seems to have speeded the music up in the last few weeks, fast and furious foot work needed at times.
Then Thursday was my official rest day, a busy day, but not a training day. I ended up taking a rest on Friday too, I just felt absolutely shattered. My eyes were all gritty and sore and I felt worn out. Exercise didn't seem like such a good plan in the face of that. I guess that listening to my body is the right way to go, there's no point pushing it too much and ending up feeling grotty.
Saturday was much better. I needed to do the long run for week 2 and I got up feeling much more like myself and feeling capable of doing so. The run still wasn't really all that long, still just a total of 7 miles. Mind you, it'll start stacking up quite soon, so I shan't complain. At least it wasn't hills this time. This time the prescription was for a 5k at a good pace and then the rest of the run more how I will be training when I get into the longer distances. So, first of all I did my three mile route, and managed it in 29:25. I was pleased with that, especially as it involves coming back up our hill. Then I went back out, having picked up my water bottle which I'd had attached to railings outside the house (I didn't trust myself to come back out again if I had to go in to get it!). Then I did my four mile loop, alternating between 9 minutes running and one minute walking. It felt odd to do that but I need to train myself to get used to it as it's the main point of the training schedule and to carry me through the race itself too. Anyway, it didn't seem to make much difference to my time really, which is what the book says will happen. I did the whole seven miles in 1:11:23, which I was pretty pleased with. It was quite pleasant to be out there really too,despite the foggy morning. Mind you, once I'd been running for a bit, I had my own fog anyway. My glasses fogged up quite badly and pretty quickly.
Distance: 34.4 miles
Time: 6:09:58
Calories: 3258
Yesterday morning was tri club swim training which I enjoyed very much. We did some drills that I hadn't done before. We did windmill arms and then a treadmill visualisation technique. It's really good to be made to think about your stroke and what your arms are doing. I came out of it feeling great and really glad that I'd gone.
Then this morning I have been out for my first run of week three. Week three! Already! Anyway, I just did my short loop today, 2.4 miles. I went out feeling fine, but very quickly felt very tired. I felt very slow and heavy coming back up the hill. All this resulted in a rather slow time, but I don't care. I was out there, I did it, that's the important bit. They don't all have to be brilliant runs.
Distance: 36.8 miles
Time: 6:38:31
Calories: 3477
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