My cold is much better now and I’m looking forward to a great week of training.
I’ve come to the realization that my training plan is going to be slightly dictated by the weather over the winter and might be a bit hit and miss. I don’t mind the cold but I really dislike those grey, wet winter days that can drag on for an age in the UK. They definitely effect my motivation to do anything other than hibernate so I am hoping that we don’t have too many of those type of days this winter.
I’m not sure that my swimming is getting any better or faster but I’ll keep plugging away, it’s still very early days and you can’t expect miracles to happen overnight. On the other hand though after 8 months of running I seem to be able to run 5km without my brain telling me to stop and walk for a “few seconds” every time I get to about 3.5km. This is a major break through and shows that running is just as much a mental battle as a physical one.
On Monday night we had a new Sweatshop beginners group start and had the customary photo taken. A few people have been chopped off the sides ……
The format of the run was different and the improvers were split into two groups, quicker than 10:30 and slower than 10:30. I’m right on the cut off so decided to see how I would go in the slower group. The pace at the start was too slow and I ended up running off the front of the group with a couple of others. I then think I ran too quickly to make up for the slow start ……… my pacing was all over the shop and when I got to the end I felt like I had worker really hard but my time wasn’t great! It just shows how a good even pace is important in achieving a good time.
Tuesday was a beautiful sunny and warm day so I made the most of it and went out on my road bike and did 27km. It couldn’t have been better.
Last night was the Sweatshop Halloween run.
My husband and I got into the spirit of things and got dressed up for the occasion, it obviously worked as I got a new PB for the route having run a nice steady pace for the 5km. My local Parkrun are also having a Halloween themed run at the weekend, hopefully the same magic will work there as well!