Week ending the 13th March
Flying into the New Year. I only realised last night that it
was 12 months since I ran the Tralee marathon as a training run and then tacked
another 13 miles on the next day. All this was in preparation for the Connemara
ultra. I was eating up the miles in training and while the ultra proved tough
at the end it was the training that allowed to stick it out and bounce back
into the training cycle for the Frankfurt marathon. Alas at the time of writing
it looks unlikely I will be running any more marathons in October. A couple of
personal commitments have arisen which make it unlikely I will be chasing a PB
in October. I hope it doesn’t mean a end to running but perhaps a fresh opportunity
to concentrate on other races.
That however all depends on whether I get my mileage up to
acceptable levels. The week just gone was a good solid running week. All these were easy
relaxed paced efforts somewhere in the 8.10 to 8.20 pace range. The HR was very
high on Tuesday but settled in the 150 range after that. Still high but not too
alarming all the same. 3 mile walk on Monday, 6.5 miles on Tuesday, 6 miles
Thursday, 6 miles Saturday and 10 miles on Sunday.
What is a problem at the moment are my eating habit’s. I am
generally eating a lot of biscuits and sweets and crisps. Pretty dire so I will
have to put a brake on that. Another side issue was I was carrying a stomach
bug on Saturday and Sunday. I had a social engagement in Bandon on the Saturday
night and while a good time was had by all I was feeling the effects of it the
next day.I didn’t drink but the bag of chips I had down there did for me.
The big race of the upcoming week is the Mallow 10. If I do
run it will be a relaxed enough affair again.
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