Just as we were going to bed on Sunday night, this weeks training email arrived .......
Yes, I know I shouldn't be checking emails/social media/ the price of stuff in my Amazon shopping basket, let alone having my phone in the bedroom but unfortunately I can't help it.
At least I went to sleep knowing that there was hill training, a 9 miler and a 5k run in store.
Tuesday was a running day, but which session to do?
Normally I'd have gone for the 9 miler ....... but I had to collect something from Hatherleigh at 1pm and so time constraints ruled.
Hill training then on my favourite hill .....
......... of course I should have been champing at the bit, but actually I really didn't want to do it ...... it was cold and windy and my va va voom had deserted me but .......
I got on with it!
About five minutes into my ten minute warm up I really needed a wee, but the trouble with the TT is there aren't any hedges to nip behind and all the gateway's were quagmires. Ok Sarah ..... think about something else, take your mind off it ..... and so into the 5 x 20 strides...... not my best effort as I didn't seem to be able to get out of first gear but don't dwell on it ..... get on with the hill reps!
After running hard uphill for 1 minutes and then trotting back to the start I decided that I'd just have to squat and hope for the best, however it was a bit breezy and I didn't really want wet legs so I ran hard up hill for 2 minutes and then went to drop my drawers ..... but a bloody lycra lout hovered into view. Oh bugger ...... just keep running .....
Once we'd exchanged plesantries and he was out of sight I did it ....... phew! What a relief!
I'd be lying if I said I then ran better because actually I still couldn't seem to get out of first gear BUT ....... I did the hill training! One down two to go!
Now my plan for the 9 miler was to go to Petrockstowe and run to half a mile past Yarde and then back incorporating the long drawn out hill I hate. However the OB had to stay behind as the boiler was being serviced and the Puffing Billy to Bideford route is slightly more populated which I prefer when I'm on my own but infact in hindsight it worked against me!
The instructions were vary the pace so one mile hard, the next easy .....
I set off and would you believe almost immediately I needed a bloody wee ..... well absolutely no chance to squat on this highly populated bit of the TT so I just had to cross my legs!!! (Makes it difficult to run!)
I was also back to feeling like I couldn't get out of first gear again ... but the first mile was race pace so what do I know?
I wasn't going to show you the workout details but rather than bore you with a step by step narrative you can see for yourself that I didn't manage the race pace/easy thing...... one gear and one speed Sarah it seems!!!
Going into mile six the plantar facilities in my left foot decided to make itself known .........
It got short shrift ... I wasn't going to walk the four miles back. Luckily it got the message after a mile of niggling!
Then two miles from home I could feel the blister on my right foot rubbing, despite the Vaseline and padding......
All I could think was 'bollocks, bollocks, bollocks .........
I don't want any set backs!'
The result was I ran 9 miles and gained four blisters, one of which burst.
So no Parkrun for me yesterday, which was going to be the 5k session.
The question ' is it socks, shoes or trench foot?' and 'how many miles have your shoes done?'
Now back in January when we all signed up to the Bideford 10k Coach Steph mentioned that our running shoes should be changed every 300-500 miles. I felt smug because of course I'd only just got mine and the OB worked out that I'd need to change them in September and of course not taking into account that they'd be redundant for 3 months whilst I was ill.
Initially I've put it down to socks but after Belinda's prompt I got the calculator out and went through my runs
The answer is 387 miles.
Looks like a trip to HTP Sport is on the cards for new running shoes!
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