Wednesday and Summer Series is in mid-summer hibernation.
I think the excesses of Christmas caught up with me overnight, felt pretty crappy Wed morning (literally, sorry for the detail!) and did not feel like running at all. As the day progressed things improved and decided to head out to the bay to run with the MTG.
Pretty cruisy start but then discovered they were running hill reps up (the infamous) Lilyfield Rd, ouch I did hill reps on Tuesday. Went out way too hot on the first rep (77 sec), levelled out for the next four at around 88 and then died badly with the last 2 at 98. Was supposed to do 8 but pulled the pin at 7 as things were done and I was feeling a little shaky (think it was low blood sugar after my gut problems from the morning and the limited diet through the day as a result).
Paced back to the start ok and felt a lot better after downing a pepsi on the way home.
The blister on my right heel is now really S****ing me and is painful to walk on, let alone run. Decided to cut it and drain it to try and let it dry out, did the same for the LHS and it has healed up nicely.
So with gut and heel problems tied in with a critical day at work and it was pretty easy to opt out of the scheduled recovery run today.
Feel a lot better tonight, finished off the EOY work stuff (YIPPEE!) but the heel is still a problem after being cooped up in business shoes all day.
Will try for a longer (15-20km) run tomorrow to round out the week/month/year. Scheduled rest day on Saturday, not going up for FAT ASS, then the STaR on Sunday at Cherrybrook, which from memory has some nasty hills in it!
A recap of the running year in tomorrows blog, something to look forward to....
2 comments:
Good to see you're making the effort to train through this hectic time of year. And doing so if your list of ailments makes it all the more commendable. 2 hill reps session in one week. There's some strength training for you to prepare you for Cherrybrook on Sunday. What distance are you running? Are you planning on doing the Full Monty?
Thanks Horrie,
I have to say I am so pleased with my running in December after coming off a real bad November and a dark injury cloud hovering. I would not recommend 2 hill sessions in one week especially back to back. Man that lactic on Wednesday accumulated quickly, felt like the old grand piano was dropped on my back as Blue Dog just cruised by.
Yes full monty on Sunday is the plan, heel pending, I'll do 6:10 and yes there are some buggers of hills in this one.....
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