Distance ran in training - 97.1
Distance ran this week - 24.8
The slow cranking up of the milage continues
After yesterdays fartlek session i decided to up the milage today. I went round my hilly 10K course and tacked an extra 2K on to the end which gave me the 7.5 miles, my longest run so far in training. The down side today was the weather again, wet and windy. I managed to start off in reasonable weather but of course as soon as i reached the long uphill slog, 3K constantly uphill, thats when the rain started again, nice n heavy it was too and the wind picked up, right in the face. What it meant was that when I hit the 10K mark I was a minute slower than last time but I wasn't too disappointed. That time last week was totally out of the blue and to pass 10K todat at 52.40 was still a very reasonable time.
The last 2 K were a real struggle though and my time really slowed down so that 12K was completed in 1hr 4mins, an average of 5.20 mins / Km, still not too bad but that equates to 8.35mins / mile. I really want to get that down to 8mins / mile but I still have almost 8 and a half months to go so no cause to worry just yet!!
I have also changed my diet. I have let things slip recently, eating crap (for me) cause I thought i could get away with it with all this training but 4 pounds has crept on so bread has gone and the grazing also has to stop. Also theres a bit of vanity in there too to be honest cause its less than 4 weeks til holidays and we all want to look our best on the beach, dont we???!!!
Shortish, fastish run tomorrow, probably a 4 miler. Will try to get a run in on friday then maybe Saturday will be a rest day, we will see.
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