Week
beginning 19th June
New job for
the summer. Stay at home Dad.
Aoiffe is back in work and as I am off for the
summer, it’s my job to pick up the reins and be daddy day care. I have only
been at it 2 weeks and I think I am getting the hang of it, Iseult is patient
enough with me anyway. I tell you thing though if more men did the whole say at
home Dad thing (S.A.H.D.T) I reckon the world’s population would half in a
hundred years, so slow would the rush be to have kids. Even the simple notions
of getting to the shops to get a bottle or bread is like a planned military expedition
never mind making the journey to see public health nurses, physio’s, chemist’s,
Nana, Granny and so on. I have had to postpone a number of social outings (baby
free) with friends as I am wrecked. Iseult is a pet though,
she still has a few hurdles to surmount but she’s getting there.
The day
itself is pretty regimented. Iseult wakes at 7.15 am, breakfast, change
clothes, tummytime, nap, snack, play time, buggy time, nap, lunch, playtime,
nap, snack, reading time and bed time 12 hours later. That doesn’t include the
prepping of dinners, breakfast, lunches, changing nappies, changing bins,
making dinner for myself and Aoiffe, errands around town, cleaning the house
etc. The days of vegging on the couch watching boxsets is gone for a long time.
Ok ok I know women have been doing the baby thing for thousands of year but it’s a hard job. On
top of that you are always wondering , am I doing this right? Iseult as I say
is a very tolerant baby. Hopefully she will continue to offer me plenty of
smiles.
So how does
running fit into all this? The answer is that at the moment the routine is a
bit all over the place. I am logging 40 miles a week and I try to get the
running done early in the morning rather than leaving it too late. That has
meant a couple of 5 am rises during the week and also a couple of skipped workouts due to appointments for Iseult but
hopefully once Aoiffe settles into a more regular work routine I can plan a
more sensible schedule. I also
started joining Mallow ac for the long
runs on the Sunday (15.7 miles last Sunday), there was only so much running
solo around Charleville I could take. The club sessions on a Tuesday have taken
a hit though caught between Iseult duties and early AM scheduled workouts. One
such workout was this morning was a 8 mile run with a 5 mile tempo at 7.10
pace. I was up at 5 am in order to avoid
the heat and also because I knew I wouldnt get down to the club in time
tonight. That’s a shame as I do enjoy running with the club in Mallow. I do try
to support the club sessions by doing the Doneraile workouts on a Saturday and
now the Sunday long runs.
My personal form
since last Wednesday has been poor enough. Donating a pint of blood really saps
the legs for a while and is especially noticeable on the hills,. Last Friday
evening was a case in point where I struggled to run 8 miles at what should
have been a manageable 7.40 pace and again on the hill repeats session on the
Saturday in Doneraile. Outside of all that I can see that despite what ever extra speedwork or new sessions I do the pace isn't improving a lot, perhaps it's a case of enjoying it for what it is,
Hopefully the legs will start picking up now again this week. In
terms of schedules I am sticking as much as possible to the old Pftzinger 18
week/55 mile plan, it generally works for me. As to what “works out” will
actually mean in terms of hours:minutes:seconds, time will tell……
Mileage for
week ended June 11th and June 18th– 40 miles each. Long runs 13
miles and 15.7 miles.
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