Be still my beating heart

barryoneill50 wrote: »

I hope you don't mind me saying, but days without eating, really? Surely not a good idea.

ha ha no I don't do that anymore;) Past life! I'm just saying I can if I HAVE to!

Friday 18 July
35 mins recovery
Felt good this evening and all day. No dizzy spells and feeling strong. Hopefully whatever was up with me lately is gone.
Roasting hot for this but enjoyable and even though I wanted to extend it, I kept it sensible tonight as I want to be fresh for my 10 miles with 10k pace work either tomorrow or Sunday. Nice having the option of doing it either day.

New mission: To lose 4 lbs in a few weeks to be a lighter weight for 5k racing. I need to help myself every possible way to get faster and according to a calculator posted on another thread, if I can lose 4 lbs, I can take potentially 40+ seconds off my 5k time!!! Not to be sniffed at!!! Maybe it won't make any difference in the world but I'm wiling to give it a go as there's nothing to lose (except 4 lbs:D)

I'll be doing it very sensibly of course. I've been eating really healthily lately anyways, but maybe my portions are a bit too big. I'll start cutting down from tomorrow. Every proper diet starts tomorrow
I've said I'd do this before but I got lazy and need to focus more too keep things in check from now on so I'm putting it down here to keep me honest.

Starting weight: 8 stone 9 lbs / 121lbs / 54.8kgs
Target weight: 8 stone 5 lbs / 117bs / 53kgs
How I'll do it: Smaller portions for meals and snacks. Do more of my running in the morning on empty.

TRR wrote: »

I can see the logic with part A, part B not so much. If you're interested in fat burn I would have thought pace would be more important than the time of the day you run!

I thought running on empty encourages more fat burn?
I'd only be doing my easy runs or recovery runs on empty. Not sessions. Should I be attempting to do the faster stuff on empty? Never did that. I'd be afraid I'd run out of steam!

Saturday 19 July
4 miles easy
Did this in the middle of the day so kept it very handy as it was scorching. The suncream I had on sweated off very quickly. Great to see lots of lithe serious looking runners warming up in the local park with the event in Morton today. Spotted a few celebs. I always end up running a bit faster than I should for easy runs when there are very fast runners gliding past me with ease but tried not to go too mad with my sub-10 min/miles:D
Really enjoyable despite the heat and had to really hold back from going further and faster as I was feeling full of beans, but needed to save the energies for Sunday's workout.

As I didn't hear back from you in my response to your original pm Billy, I take it you accept my point that there are no chips, and we're friends again

Sunday 20 July
10 miles w/10 mins @10k, 3 min rec, 6 x 45 sec @ 5k
Felt rotten during the warm up (breathing all over the place, lungs complaining and sweating like mad all over). Was wishing I had done this yesterday when I was feeling so good. Warm up miles were barely under 11 min/miles (I always run them by feel), so not a good sign for the session ahead. Sleep wasn't great but not the worst last night (5 hrs). I was really in a quandary during the warm up as whether I should listen to my body and call it a day or just to htfu as perhaps I was just being a 'pussy' :pac:

5.5 miles easy and then into the 10k pace section. Decided not to look at the watch as I knew it was going to be slow and if I looked at it I'd be disheartened so just ran by effort. A bit slower than I hoped alright but really did put in a good 10k effort.
Paces were 8:14 & 7:53 (1:46) for the 10 mins. I can honestly say that I didn't feel any worse doing the faster 10 mins than I did during the warm up. Weird. 3 mins recovery were grand. 45 sec strides were enjoyable. All were around 7:50 pace. Felt very sick after the last one though. Had to stop completely for about a minute after the intervals to just feel normal again. Felt like getting sick and a bit cold. Classic dehydration symptoms. Ate and drank really well yesterday and had lots of water this morning and a banana and a wholemeal muffin and 2 eggs before the run so it so was well fuelled and my hydration should have been perfect. Even threw 2 nuun into the water I had before bed last night. It was 1 o'clock when I started the session so slap bang in the middle of the heat of the day and I was sweating profusely throughout. Maybe I need to bring a drink with me on these runs, but I hate carrying anything for faster workouts. It's grand for the slower stuff but a nuisance when trying to run faster paces.
Cool down was very slow. Had a banana straight after. Felt ok after a bit but still don't feel 100% really. I bit wasted or something. Damn hot weather. Hate it! Salt crystals all over my arms and face and neck afterwards.
Scales this morning said I'm down a pound since Friday! I know it's probably just water loss but new regime is going well. To allay any concerns: I'm not aiming to starve myself or anything stupid like that as I know I need to eat well to run well. It's just about portion control and smaller/less snacks throughout the day.
38 miles weekly total
965 miles yearly total

Murph_D wrote: »

I'd say yes, absolutely you should have some water handy during interval sessions - it's easy enough when you're doing them in a park or somewhere and can leave a bottle somewhere (preferably off the ground just in case there are any dogs about!) Well done though on toughing it out.

Thanks MurphD. I must start doing that alright. Could have made a bit off a difference today.
Well done you on that super pb this morning!!! Enjoying following your training.

AuldManKing wrote: »

our coach makes us bring water to Santry and sip during intervals - he also tells us to drink well during the day, before our session.
Something I hadn't done before, but feel the benefit of now.

Try hiding water at some point on the run, where you know you'll stop a few times??

Thanks! Yes I'll bring some with me and hide it from now on for the harder effort running.

I hydrate really really well in general all day every day, but think I sweat so much I need to replace as I run. It's fine when it's the slow stuff but I'm a bit of a sweaty betty when running faster!