Monday 17th September
4 miles in 38 minutes. Around 9.26
pace. HR 131. Felt a bit stiff before I started but better now. Will take it
easy on the speedwork.
Tuesday 18th September
10.5 miles in 1.26.45. Ran at a
medium pace. No club training for next few weeks so made up for it with morning
medium long run. Happy enough with the way it went but I wonder if the PF is
back these days. Right foot slightly uncomfortable after standing right on top
a piece of lose brickwork on the side of the road. Really felt it and landed on
the side of the ankle. Ouch!!! Got home no bother but felt the throbbing all
day and night
Wednesday 19th
Right foot still feeling sore. Pain is
under the foot on the right side of the arch. I assume the pain is only just
bruising caused by my rock stepping incident. Did the whole R.I.C.E thing and
took two v strong paracetamol. Hopefully will be a lot better Thursday morning.
Fingers crossed it’s only bruising and not PF or even worse a stress fracture.
Had to miss out on my proposed 11 mile run up in Mayfield. I had hoped to do 50
miles this week as a cutback week so it now looks like the cutback will be more
pronounced. The rest isn’t a bad thing as next two weeks will see a increase to
60 miles plus. Well at least that’s the plan.....
Thursday 20th September
Went out running at 6.50 am with some
amount of trepidation. But after the first uphill mile It was obvious the foot was going to be ok. Did ten miles in
total in 1hr18mins32seconds/7.51 pace. Ran the last 3 miles in around 7.37,
7.28, 7.23. Even though it’s a cutback week I was hoping to get 50 miles up on
the legs but may to settle for less this week
Friday 21st September
A surprisingly tough day in work
followed by a 100 minute commute home (yes a 100 minutes!!!) for the 4th
day running had me finished when I came in the door. Not a chance of getting
out the door for a run until the throbbing headache went away by which time it
was time to do the weekly shopping. By 8.00pm it was time to forget about making
up lost mileage and settle down to a bar of Wispa and a bag of Tayto’s and a
episode of “Breaking Bad”. Roll on bedtime...
Saturday 22nd September
Went out for a run at around 9.15 am.
Their was a definite chill in the air and while it was a nice sunny morning it
is obvious Autumn/Winter temperatures are creeping in. September is usually the
most beautiful month of the year to be running on country roads and today was
no different. Lovely brown, golden leaves on the trees and on the ground with the smell of cut grass everywhere.
Anyway snapping out of my Wordsworth moment I found it hard for the first 2
miles to get into the run. The legs were defo a bit heavy so I made sure to keep it
easy. All the time I was trying not to think about the local half marathon
being held to-morrow but was finding it difficult. “What pace will I do?”, “At
mile 10 what state will I be in?”, “What’s a good time?/What’s a bad time” etc
etc. My fighting words of last week are becoming more cautious by the day.
6 miles at 8.15 pace. 49mins 30
seconds. Hr 144.
Good luck tomorrow Cathal. Just relax and don't be ruled by the watch.
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