Do not, I repeat, do not do a long run after spending the previous evening drinking huge amounts of alcohol! I don't drink very often at all so when I do it goes straight to my head. So a long run on Sunday after an evening out was tough going. Went with Rick again. It's really great having someone to train with. We push each other on. We did 9.6 miles in 1:18 (avg 8:08 pace). I kept getting told off for upping the pace though. I hadn't even realised I was doing it. Apparently I really speed up when I hit the top of a hill. Must be relief or something...
Rest of the week was good training too. Tuesday at run club was just a nice social run - 7.75 miles avg 8:51. It was nice to do a long run and just chat to people. Thursday I did Stonegate Road avg half marathon pace. It is such a tough hill, but I know I need to do it and do actually enjoy it now.
Saturday was Santa Dash 5k at HPTT. What a laugh! Everyone looked daft and even though the weather was absolutely awful it was great fun. Little madam had fun laughing at Rick in his fishing net tights and was jogging around with him. That was before she slipped in the mud and landed on her backside... Dave was coaching two boys I used to teach and they finished in a great time of 26 mins. We went for breakfast in the uni afterwards where St Gemma's had put porridge and drinks on for us. Saturday evening I was feeling a bit fed up so did another 5 miler and felt much better afterwards.
Today I just did a short run as tomorrow it will be intervals or fartlek depending on the weather so I didn't want to do 2 hard sessions on the trot.
Rest of the week was good training too. Tuesday at run club was just a nice social run - 7.75 miles avg 8:51. It was nice to do a long run and just chat to people. Thursday I did Stonegate Road avg half marathon pace. It is such a tough hill, but I know I need to do it and do actually enjoy it now.
Saturday was Santa Dash 5k at HPTT. What a laugh! Everyone looked daft and even though the weather was absolutely awful it was great fun. Little madam had fun laughing at Rick in his fishing net tights and was jogging around with him. That was before she slipped in the mud and landed on her backside... Dave was coaching two boys I used to teach and they finished in a great time of 26 mins. We went for breakfast in the uni afterwards where St Gemma's had put porridge and drinks on for us. Saturday evening I was feeling a bit fed up so did another 5 miler and felt much better afterwards.
Today I just did a short run as tomorrow it will be intervals or fartlek depending on the weather so I didn't want to do 2 hard sessions on the trot.
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