Be still my beating heart

Sunday 2nd February
8.31 miles at 10:06 min/mile

Very sore and stiff neck and shoulders from long day of work yesterday so did the full Wharton AIS routine and did the bits for upper body a few times and feel they are really helping me. Had another long day of work today so did some more of the exercises intermittently throughout the day any time I took a short break.

Wanted to go a bit longer today to build back up the longer weekend run so had in mind about 8-9 miles as long as no trouble from the glute and I must say everything felt FABULOUS:D

Started really slowly and to break up the monotony of the plodding I decided to pick it up from miles 5-8 to 9.30 min/mile, so a bit more effort than easy but certainly nothing taxing. No complaints from the body so am delighted! Work beckoned at the 8 mile mark so had to call it a day but there would have been no problem in the world extending this run to 10+ miles.
Really feel I'm back on track now and looking forward to doing some speed work again next week;)

35 miles for the week so almost back to where I was!

SamforMayo wrote: »

Good all feels well, are you abandoning the hills for now? Did you pick a new target race?

Thanks.
Yes I'll stay on the flat for a while. My bum will thank me for that knowledge I'm sure:D
Starting an exciting 5k 15 week training plan this week with lots of new types of training I haven't done before over the weeks. All with a view to a target 5k race in June with maybe some tune-up races in the meantime.

SamforMayo wrote: »

Looking forward to following that, are you sure 15 weeks is enough?????:rolleyes: (only joking)

ha ha when you're as slow as me you need all the weeks you can get:P

SamforMayo wrote: »

Ososlo wrote: »

ha ha when you're as slow as
I think all you really need is a good confidence boosting race. Any 10 km or HM s targeted?

just concentrating on getting faster over 5k distance first. No 10k or HMs planned yet but probably in the summer/autumn.

Monday 3 March
am
45 mins at easy effort. Pace=

Fabulous sunny morning. Out with the shorts and teeshirt only to discover my tan (fake) goes from ankle to knee and then stops:o Couldn't go out with a 2-tone leg so that was a shame... Nice to run with some real sunshine for a change.

pm
45 mins at easy effort. Pace=
Nice little trot around my area. Think I might have spotted a fellow boardsie who I know lives in the area and I saw a pic of him on his blog but don't wanna be accused of being a stalker so kept schtum;) He was going at a nice pace and overtook me handily;)

Tomorrow is my first session since I started back after injury so I can't wait for that. There'll be a lot less paces being recorded from now on as I've been advised not to wear the watch at all:eek: That might be one step too far for me at the moment but I'm going to at least just display time and distance and not upload the stats on a daily basis. Maybe like once a week or something.
My training has been Stazzadvised
There are some fun but complicated looking sessions on the plan so I might need to bring notes with me:D I'm very excited!
8+ miles for the day.

statss wrote: »

was he good looking? that would rule a lot of suspects out....

He would be of a very pleasant disposition I would say

SamforMayo wrote: »

On a totally un running related topic why did you only fake tan half your leg?

:D LOL
Well you see, I normally wear running bottoms that come to the knee so only have to have from the knee down tanned. It's too costly to tan the whole leg! There's a recession on you know!

SamforMayo wrote: »

Ah the recession! I believe it over in Dublin according to the news so as the weather improves you might be able to extend the tanning:D

Ah great news. I hadn't heard that. We'll have full leg coverage for Spring so:D I might even extend it to both legs:D:D

belcarra wrote: »

Well that's put a nail in my coffin I guess...!

7:15pm or so, just past Crowne Plaza going in direction of Ballymun gate? If so, great calf muscles:)

belcarra wrote: »

Sounds about right, especially the calf muscles bit!:pac::o

ha ha yeah well jealous of those ultra-defined calfs!!!!!!

Blonde ponytail, purple top, going very slowly:o
I'll say hi next time (if I can keep up with you!)

Cleanman wrote: »

5k training - yay, welcome. Although, according to some around these parts, 100 mile weeks are a necessity!!

ha don't tempt me Cleanman. I'd happily run 100 miles a week if that's what it takes:eek: and the body allowed it!

Wednesday 5 March
am
35 mins recovery run
Delighted with myself that I ran 95% of this on grass and trail in my local park:D I HATE running on grass normally, but I think now that this is 'cause it just slows me down so much but now that I'm not clock watching, I just enjoyed it for what it was, a nice recovery tour around the park. Nicest recovery run I've ever done I think. Going to incorporate a grassy run into my weekly schedule for sure, especially when I can't get to the beach. AIS before the run. Foam roll after.

pm
45 mins easy run
Working from home all week which I love but the temptation is always there to go for two runs to break up the day and it's a lovely way to get away from my work which can be taxing enough on the body. Being one never able to resist temptation I headed off again but kept it very easy.
AIS before the run and a little foam rolling.

So next on the schedule is a progression run which I've never done before and it's to be done without the watch. I'll probably wear it but just display the time and run 10 mins easy and increase the effort each 10 mins. I won't know what pace I'm doing so I hope I don't go too easy on myself.
Also starting the Myrtl routine tomorrow which I'll do before the progression run. Should be fun:D
7+ miles for the day