So first the blisters .....
No problem I now have shares in Compeed plasters .......
Oh and new running shoes! Although I've only run in them once!
Apparently purple is the new pink!!!!
Then I struggled with my training sessions, not helped by this continuous wet and windy weather .... horizontal rain and gale force winds really don't do it for me .......
No problem, there's always tomorrow ......
....... except of course there isn't when the day job and business get in the way .....
So I'm a bit behind.
'Well how far behind?' I hear you ask ...... errr
ummm sort of 2x interval training and a 5k run.
'So it's only Saturday surely you can fit two in (including Parkrun) before coach Steph sends the next training plan'
Ok, in theory no problem, but ........
I'll just rewind a bit though
Since my last blog post and the hill training involving angry chainsaw man I've managed a 5k run down the lane and back with the doggens which should have been easy peasey, unfortunately the whole way I felt like I was going to break down like an old nag! Three days later a 6 mile session on the TT which should have involved a negative split but I just about managed to crawl around ........ my body seemed to be on a go slow! Not helped by the wind and horizontal rain or a dry/chesty cough that I've developed. (A contradiction I know)
On Wednesday it was windy but dry so when the OB asked my plans I announced that it was going to be an 8 miler from the Puffing Billy to the river bridge and back! I didn't mention that the tops of my legs ached and that really I wanted to stay at home, although he did say 'you're not looking forward to this'
'No I know it sounds silly but actually I'm getting nervous about it. I know I can do it but at the moment I feel like I'm going to break down like an old nag'
As I set off there was a shout of 'Hello Sarah' from the cycle hire place ....... so a lovely surprise and quick chat with Ali who was buying a bike there and off I went!
Of course I then wanted a wee ..... do you know I get so mad with this ......I always go (about 3 times before we leave the house) and still want to go at our destination. As you know this is the busy bit of the TT but in the end I nipped up some steps that lead to path alongside the river and had a squat! Relief ...
My legs ached, it was a struggle, the ache moved down my legs, more so in my left leg ..... by mile 6 (bearing in mind I should be running faster than at the start) I could hardly run. The worst pain ran down the front of my left leg and at the knee shot around the back and down it.
In the end I had to stop and tried stretching ......yay!
It worked .... briefly
So it was stop, stretch, hobble, stop, stretch hobble to the end! I wasn't going to walk even if it killed me and despite the little voice in my head ' with your third wake-up call you may not be so lucky'
Stubborn I know!
Then came the analysis ...... we decided I must be dehydrated ..... this conclusion was from the fact that I'd done three milk recordings back to back and so don't drink too much due to not being able to go to the loo (other than in with the cows or behind a hedge when noone is looking.
To make up for it I've now been drinking gallons of water .........
The result?
Well apart from constantly having to wee, my legs don't ache so much but I still have a cough and this morning a sore throat and what felt like the beginnings of a cold .......
The thing is I don't suffer from colds!
OB - Old bloke
TT - Tarka Trail
Update ...... since the last post when the OB complained to DCC about angry chainsaw man, they completed their enquiries on 23rd December and apparently could find no record of contractors working on this part of the TT so closed the case! The OB has made a complaint about this so it's now going further up the line!
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