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A good week
By Spike (aka "Running for Beer") | November 5, 2007
Monday October 29th
3m Treadmill, around 9 min miling.
(approx 360kCal = slice fruit cake + a J2O drink)
Short run to keep ticking over from yesterday. Mostly around 9:30 pace with a few half laps (200m) at 6 min miling. Also threw in 100m or so at 5 min miling just to see what its like. Its beyond me how people can keep that sort of pace up – hats off to them.
Thursday November 1st
4m ave 9:43
(555 kCal = 2 bags monster munch + Starbucks tall frappuccino mocha with whip & syrup)
Ran reps of half mile easy, half mile pushing a bit (target of 4min or 8 min miling on the level).
Did 3:39, 5:29, 4:15, 3:25. The second was a pretty tough incline, but I should have got it done in under 5 mins. Could probably do with doing more reps really, but I find the schedule pretty tiring as it is. Maybe I should consider putting a soundproof fridge door on the kids bedroom so I get better sleep at night.
Saturday November 3rd
12m ave 10:53
(1729 kCal = 6 slices of spicy hot one pizza + small glass red wine)
Today I took the slightly flatter road route from Melbost to Barvas and back. I was vaguely aiming for something like 11 min miling, so was pretty pleased with the time. But this was with the weather being pretty kind to me. More worryingly, towards the end I started to feel some discomfort on the underside of my right foot (I was going to say balls, but thats not where it hurt at all). I very quickly get leg pain if I run on the left hand side of the road, so I always run on the right. I wonder if this is causing the problem as I have noticed my right foot recently has turned outward a bit more, a bit like a duck.
A the end of the run I felt very tired. Not really a problem today, but I’ve got further to run tomorrow.
Finished the day off with a couple of sparklers for the girls (being nearly bonfire night and all). They were really excited. They seemed a bit bemused by the purpose of sparklers, and a bit disappointed that they were only one colour, but seemed to enjoy it anyway. I think the idea was actually more enjoyable than the sparklers themselves, the spectacle being not a patch on the spectacular sunsets we often get here, which even the girls look at in awe.
Sunday November 4th
16.1m ave 12:09
(2020 kCal = 2 bottles wine + big mac + cheeseburger + fries)
I would have been aiming for 11:15 – 11:30 min miling, but with a niggling right leg I wasn’t sure I would even make the distance. In fact, at the half way point I nearly called it a day when I also got a bad feeling in my calfs. I decided to carry on and hope I won’t be regretting that decision over the next couple of days.
Took the more lumpy route from Melbost to Habost today. Its good to get a few inclines in. Some of them are quite drawn out – when you get to the top you then see there’s more to go, so its a good mental workout too.
There was a bit of wind and rain today as well. I knew my luck couldn’t hold out much longer. Still, I’m sure there’s much more challenging weather to come.
I felt thoroughly tired at the end of today’s run. The long work hours and broken nights don’t help, but I could probably help myself quite a bit with a better thought out diet. And whilst my hydration’s not bad, it could be much better. At one time I was drinking Chinese teas and Rooibos as my only hot beverages. I do enjoy these, and was drinking at least half a dozen Rooibos in the daytime and one or two large pots of tea in the evening. It did wonders for my hydration.
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