The Midweek Grumpy Blog

 

Today I have done what i think is my first ever double run day.  I did a slow 4 miles at 6am (my supposed recovery run – which is possibly a bit hilly to be called a recovery run) and then at 6pm I stepped on to the treadmill to do an Interval session.

I have often done a double training day where I might run and do body pump or swim but the phenomenon of a double run day is normally left to those people I see as being running gods, at least compared to me they are!

But today, due in most part to my commitment on Jantastic to do 5 weekly runs I had to do a double run day. I missed a session yesterday as I wasn't feeling too well so decided to rest. But i’m sure that many of my running friends would not bother mucking two sets of kits for the wee bit of mileage I did but hey ho!

Following on from Tom marathon evening talk I have decided to keep mixing my interval session up so that my body doesn’t get used to it but this means I can’t compare my weekly sessions to check progress so thought I’d try drop the data into a graph (see above) to plot how I’m doing!  Now i was trying to do a type of pyramid session but it looks more like a game of snakes and ladders to me!

I didn’t sleep well Saturday, Sunday or Monday, I am feeling a bit grumpy this week and lacking . . . . . well  just something . . . .  . . . . . . . . .

After a chat with Liz, i have been looking at what might be disturbing my sleep pattern,  I’m trying and failing to cut back on coffee, i'm kept awake by thoughts of a personal letter that  I had write, the reaction I was expecting (and got), worrying that my cupboards and fridge are nearly bare, that my petrol guage is nealy on red whilst my bank account IS red, there is still a week to payday,  (Peter you know how you say I only call when I am hungry or have man troubles, well expect a call!), my house is already in a marathon mess, and I cannot keep on top of the laundry, I am grumpy with the kids, the cat, TSR and myself 

But what is really on my mind is a sense that I am not running as fast or as strong as I was this time last year and I know Sunday will be the test of that. Last year at the Brass Monkey half marathon I got a PB which I later broke at Liverpool, but I’m just not feeling it! My training is reasonably consistent, though I have dropped some cross training this week, partly because I haven’t felt a 100% and partly because I want to try save something for Sunday. But if I’m honest I know its those few extra pounds I’m carrying that are slowing me down, or maybe it’s just because I’m a year older?

Well I have decided to prepare as well as i can in the time i have left before Sunday, I need   

1)    FRIDAY – Rest - which means no spin in the morning L

2)   SATURDAY - Easy parkrun – no body pump L
3)   SATURDAY - Afternoon - the house work can wait - I might even have an afternoon nap!

4)   Plenty of good food – Italian would go down a treat Saturday evening (hint hint)

5)   Plenty of sleep  . . . . .

so night night!