Week 7

have had a strange week this week. I had two evenings at work again which meant that my training was disrupted. Tuesday I got home after parents evening at 6:40, let the dog out and was back out again at 6:50 to do a quick interval session. Was more like fartlek really as this was supposed to be an easy interval week. Wednesday I did the harder tempo run. Thursday was the spring concert so I couldn't train and felt so wiped out by Friday I could have fallen asleep standing up. So I decided to give Friday night's medium run a miss in the hope of being fresher for Sunday's long run. Saturday I still felt really tired, but made sure that I ate a good meal because the late nights had also meant that for a few days I ate nothing but sandwiches, which I know is not ideal. Today I did my first ever 20 mile run. I had been dreading it because it seemed like such a long way and I have been told horror stories about the distance. But, I applied my positive mental thinking and viewed it as just 2 miles longer than last week which helped a lot. I had bought myself a camelbak yesterday and took a couple of gels out with me as well. And I did it! I finished in 3:03 and it actually felt easier than last week's 18 miles. I even feel like a proper runner today because I have my first blister Wondering if it might be caused by my running gait changing from wearing my orthotics. I wasn't wearing my orthotics today and wore my stability trainers instead. It wasn't even the distance because it came on by 8 miles. One thing I have noticed recently is a change in my stamina. Last summer when I did long runs, I started to struggle at 7 miles and was fine again by 8. Today I didn't start to struggle until 10 miles and was fine again by 11. Next week is Wakefield 10k and I am looking forward to testing the marathon training leads to pbs over shorter distances theory...