Aug 12th
2018
Last blog
entry I left with me running a sluggish 6 mile jog. Things picked up the rest
of the week running another 2 X 7 miles and a encouraging 14 miles in 2 hours
on Sunday replete with new trainers and a more enjoyable running vibe. I was
having a bowl of fresh soup nearly every day that week so that might have
helped. I don’t know.
The running
slump is a hard one to figure out but I reasoned if I can run 14 miles I probably
should be ok to get enough training done to get to the start line in October 28th. That would be a massive achievement for the moment. I am running off my original sub 4 plan I used in 2010 but it isn't inspiring me too much.
This week
was another poor one – 40 minute recovery jog on the Monday with 8 miles at
8.15 pace on Wednesday followed by 2 days of no running with 40 minutes on Saturday and aborted 8 mile
jog on Sunday turning into 4 miles around town. One of the local runners in the
town asked me if I had blown a gasket. I wasn’t too sure myself. The reason for
the non running days was that I had no motivation at all. Nada, zero. I was
shattered on those days barely able to get around Killarney national park and
Ballyheigue beach with Aoiffe and Iseult.
We will plough on
