I got up
nice and early this morning and headed out for a short, easy cycle just before
6am. It was wonderfully quiet on the
roads, so much so I even dared to brave riding around the roundabouts... check
me out!! I am still averaging only 12.5mph but am still hopeful this will improve with practice.
Once home, I
jumped in the shower then headed for the pool.
I am so pleased as I managed 66 lengths – 4 x 250m, 1 x 350m, and 1 x
300m with 1-2 minutes rest between each set.
I actually felt reasonably comfortable and didn’t feel like I was about
to cough up a lung... that is progress right there!! Towards the end of the session my form
started to suffer as I got tired and I got cramp in my hand from the effort of
pulling myself through the water. I may
not be fast but at least I didn’t drown.
I find the progress I have made in the last couple of months is quite
incredible considering I couldn’t even swim for 1 length at the start.
I was
starving by the time I finished my swim so after a quick stop at the
supermarket, I headed home for a big bowl of porridge to refuel before I headed
out for a run.
I have had
to shuffle my training sessions slightly to accommodate a party on Saturday
night followed by the inevitable hangover on Sunday! Therefore I decided to do my longer run
today. I headed out about 11:30 and was
very glad that the weather was still quite overcast, although it was very
muggy. I ran 7 easy miles and actually
managed to keep a relatively even pace... sort of. I averaged 10:05mm which was right on target
(10-10:30mm). Mile 4 was slower as it
was predominantly uphill, and mile 7 was faster and predominately downhill. The run felt good, I wasn’t out of breath and
definitely could have kept going longer at the end. I was soooo hot by the end, I had sweated at
least half of body weight out... so much so that even my shorts were
saturated. Unfortunately, this caused me
to look like I had wet myself... not attractive and slightly embarrassing – it looked
like I’d pulled a Paula Radcliffe! This
is why I normally only wear black... covers a multitude of sins!
When nature calls...
I am still
planning on doing my tempo run tomorrow morning and so want to be fully recovered
so when I -got home I dutifully stretched and iced and later hopped on the foam
roller.
The rest of
the day was spent being domestic goddess extraordinaire... the kind of wifey my
husband can normally only dream of!!
Every inch of my house has been scrubbed, wiped and mopped and tidied. As a result of my hard work I am fairly sure
my lungs are going to stop working shortly after inhaling all the furniture polish,
cleaning products and room spray I have bandied about the place all day and my
skin will probably fall off as I am pretty much covered in bleach from head to
toe – I always knew housework was bad for you!!
To reward
myself for all my hard work today, we headed to the pub for dinner. I chose a very sensible (but delicious)
salmon nicoise salad then washed it down with some icy cold beers in the beer
garden – this is what summer days are made for!
mmmmm... beer
Tasty salad
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