Week ending
26th March
Continuing where
I left off on Monday , I went back running on Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday all
early in the morning with a disappointed aborted effort on Saturday. Wednesday
I ran 7.5 miles with 8 X 3 minute efforts in the middle. I ran using the
stopwatch so all distances were approximate. This was run at 5.50 am back home
by 7.05 and then into work for a pretty straightforward day. Thursday morning
was a strong effort, 8 miles again with the last 4 miles run at 7.45, 7.28,
7.27 and 7.35 pace. I felt good in work and when I came home to my Daddy role I
was feeling fresh. It appeared the morning runs were working well for me.
However by Friday evenings I was beginning to feel the effort practically
nodding off during supervised study that evening. The students thought this was
hilarious.
I then met Derm and Tim for the Ireland –
Wales soccer game and drove home that night at 11. 30 pm. The plan was then to
drive back up to Cork the next day after minding Iseult during the night
(Aoiffe’s night off) and give Nana Chris a bit of time with her while I went
for a 13 mile run. This was a foolish plan ignoring the rule that you can’t without
a decent amount of sleep. I had painted myself into a corner and I was
shattered Saturday when I got up to Cork. I simply handed Iseult to Nana and
went upstairs for a 2 hour snoozefest. I still wasn’t great all day with my
stomach rebelling against me a few times in the day too. (eating too much
chocolate lately ).Sunday morning I was a lot better , not withstanding Iseult’s
new sleep transition and managed a 8.5 mile jog at 7 am before heading down to
Mallow to help with their plans for the 10 mile race. As I say I would have preferred
a longer effort but it was the best I could manage.
32 miles for
the week. Monday 8.5 miles with strides. Tuesday 7.5 miles, Thursday 8miles, Sunday
8.5 miles.
Below a
photo receiving stewarding instructions from club chairman Ger Buckley. I
actually hadn’t a clue where I was supposed to be going !!!! Thankfully all figured out in the end.
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