This week was supposed to be an easy week and it certainly started off like that but it doesn’t feel as if it has finished like that!
Monday – unplanned rest – exhausted
Tuesday – 5 miles and 1/2 hr weight training (TRX)
Wednesday – 3 miles, can’t remember if I did any cross training as well!
Thursday – 5 miles and Body Attack
Friday – 30 mins cross training and 1/2 hr weight training (circuit)
Saturday – 10 mile road run, Nitsdale Road and Pollock Park, 1.31.52 9.11m/m ave pace.
I know this is still a slower pace than I want but I’m going in the right direction and that’s what matters. I really hadn’t thought I was going to have good run at all as my legs were heavy after lots of leg work in the gym last night and I had spent my morning looking after Evan and Rebecca so Susan and Christopher could run so had kind of lost the love for it and was just enjoying playing with the kids. However within about 10 mins of going out I was loving it and and pushed much harder than I should have probably after last weekend. It seemed to be going by so fast too after last wekeend’s long run which was a nice feeling. I’ll do that route again at end of February and aim for under the hour and a half. Ended up in at their house again watching the athletics and Rebecca was fascinated by the runners and triple jumpers. She had just been out doing her running too! She’s not even two yet! Friday night she was looking through Runner’s World and apparently Auntie Caroline was in the magazine!
Sunday – 13 miles – Drovers to Tyndrum
I ran with Susan and Claire who is the fourth member of their Fling relay team. My legs were super tired today particularly from after Crianlarich Forest to after Auchteryre. I was just trying to keep going thinking I will have to get used to sore legs for race day and pleased I picked it up again a bit after Auchteryre. We were doing the children changeover again today. Christopher and Keir took the kids swimming in Callendar while we ran then we got them lunch in the Green Welly and drove up to Bridge of Orchy and gave them their first outing on the WHW on the hill going up to Victoria Bridge while the boys ran back to the Drovers from Tyndrum. They loved it. Evan loved thinking he was going a big hill walk and Rebecca was just constantly running…and falling over!
The boys got lost just after they started..they went up behind the railway station at the hostel and ended up doing 15.70 miles. They’re claiming the route is not nearly as well marked as going north. They averaged 9.50m/m…I can only dream!
36 miles total for week 4
Summary of January
I noticed JK has done a four week review and I’m going to steal that idea and do the same as it fits with my OCD of following weeks at a time. That has probably been my most consistent four weeks of training ever!
Week 1 – 40 miles
Week 2 – 40 miles
Week 3 – 50 miles
Week 4 – 36 miles
Total – 166 miles
I’m really pleased with this as it’s the motivation to get out there and get on with it has always been my problem. It’s helped going back to the club and running with Susan and that I don’t want to let myself down or the people who have been helping me. I’m totally focused on the race and hope to keep it that way. This week was a hard week at work too as the HT was off most of the week ill so it was me in charge but I managed to keep running too and I think enjoyed my weekend even more as I really felt I had earned it!!!
I’ve also lost 8 pounds in this four weeks so really pleased with that. I’ve not been perfect either, I’ve had some really bad days but the increase in exercise has really helped. I’m also doing it very sensibly so far and not starving myself at all. Still got a long way to go but hoping to lose another 8 pounds in the next four weeks too. Also hoping to build up the miles a little more in the next 4 weeks and especially the speed. I have used December and January just to get out, get back in good habits and run a consistent number of miles, now I want to work a bit harder at the speed of those miles.
I’ve actually cleaned the house too this weekend! The only thing about the increase in mileage is the increase in clothes washing!
