The novelty of last week has totally worn off! This, my 2nd week back at work, feels a lot harder. The days go slower and reality is setting in.
Beautiful days here in Snowdonia. But cold.
Being out in the cold all day has lots of side effects:
- hungry all the time
- needing a piss all the time (just me?)
- getting home knackered
I am really hanging on for the weekend. On Friday night/Sat morning, Jim decides to wake up at 3.30am and scream the house down for no apparent reason. I have to get up early on Saturday to get my run done, it nearly kills me. I sit in the car with the heater on and call friends, play on my phone, procrastinate. I drag myself out and do 1 mile. It is awful. Shoulders tense and rolling. Heavy legs. I stop. I watch a YouTube video of Usain Bolt and Serena Williams training. I don’t know why. It just popped up on the homepage. But it helps. I manage another 4 miles.
Clawing my way back to fitness I wonder if it is only a belief that my body can push through this that sets me apart from a non-runner starting for the first time. Is there really any muscle memory or latent talent there? Or is it just stubborn self-belief that pulls me through?
| 27/11/2017 | AM | PM |
| Monday | REST | 5 TM |
| Tuesday | REST | half session. 4 x 600m (6min recovery) in 1.48. 3 miles total |
| Felt easier than thought it would. Left knee achey, but ok | ||
| Wednesday | REST | REST |
| Thursday | REST | 5 TM |
| hard hard hard | ||
| Friday | REST | 5 TM |
| not QUITE as hard | ||
| Saturday | 5 | REST |
| so hard | ||
| Sunday | 3 | REST |
| Yes. You read that right. 3 miles! | ||
| TOTAL: | 26 miles | TM = treadmill |
Yes, it looks cold but beautiful! I appreciate that it might not be such fun to work outdoors in the freezing cold!