Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard

Well my attempt to get back to the plan didn't go too well! I did a few runs in early December but then it all went wrong. Work was crazy busy, I was up to my eyes sorting stuff for Christmas and basically I didn't feel like running. This is my third year running and the third time this has happened! I think I just need to hibernate for December. Anyway I managed to get out today and feel so much better. I can't wait for the kids to go back to school and I can get back to a routine.
Looking back over 2016, I'm happy enough. I did over 1800 km for the year so over 1000 miles. I also got my sub 4 marathon which was my only real goal. This year I'm going to stick to the shorter distances and maybe some mountain runs.

Sun 8: 45 mins easy, 7.1 km@6:20 HR 165

I hadn't realised I'd neglected my log for so long. The main reason for no logging is no running (well very little). I seem to have caught every bug going since Christmas so between that and life getting in the way I just haven't been running.

Yesterday, a friend convinced me to do marley parkrun with her. It was only after I realised how much fitness I've lost since October. I did the 5km at an average pace of 6:20 min/km with a HR of 187 (going up to 202 at the end which is very close to my max HR). As a comparison, back at the beginning of October I did marley parkrun in the last stages of a 33km run. I did it at 6:13 with a HR of 161. I was actually shocked how rubbish I felt yesterday.
I think I need to go back to the start and just get out and run for 45 mins or so a few days a week. I just wish I could find the motivation to do it.

RayCun wrote: »

That's a trick question, right?

There's training Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings, and Saturday mornings, are they all out?

Yeah, I reckoned you were biased!

Evenings are all full unfortunately, that's why I tend to run early in the morning. I work late Wednesday to Friday and oh works late Monday and Tuesday. Saturday is kung-fu for oh and ds so I have dd.

It took me a while to find this thread! I think I've finally found my mojo again and am back running. It took a while, but I did three runs this week and am raring for more. I've lost a lot of fitness but I guess I have to start somewhere.

So I did a park run today to gauge where I was. Did it in 27:27 which is over 3 minutes slower than my previous pb but not too bad considering I've done a total of 91km since January
I've decided I'm going to focus on the 5km for now and try and get it down. Once I've done a bit of base building I'll try the p&l 5k plan.

I'm going to try and get to park run more often. Today was the first time to run the new route at tymon which I like better than the old one. I also got to meet Nop98 who was being a tourist. When I finished I jogged slowly back to the car while chuckling to myself that yaboya can do a sub 20 minute 5k as a cool down whereas I had to take a walk break during my 1.5k cool down! Sure it's something to aim for

Well that return didn't go so well! Can't believe it's 4 months since I posted last. I've been lurking but only actually back running in the last couple of weeks. Thankfully I can now draw a line under a load of craziness and stress which had been preventing me getting out. As the cherry on the cake, I'm now only working two days a week so I've no excuse not to run!

I've been trying to get into the habit of getting out straight after I drop the kids to school which is working so far. As before, I'm going to do a bit of base building and then start a 5k plan.

Monday 2:about 5.5 k @6:30min/km I stupidly forgot to turn my watch back on after stopping at lights so wasn't sure about the distance.

Hannibal_Smith wrote: »

We nearly crossed paths on Thurs...but you went straight instead of turning at the Stadium. I was on a sneaky run, you'd think that would make me move faster, but no :pac: .

Best of luck getting back in to it!

I didn't see you! I did see you one morning during the week though in old bawn as I drove past!