This was my 6th day in a row of running and I was pretty tired. I completed the run, the first of week 6 which actually sees me have a little respite after 5 weeks of increasing mileage. There are no quality runs at all this week by this I mean no long run and no tempo or speed work. The total mileage this week is consequently down and I hope to feel the beneficial effects of this and complete a few more push ups which have suffered over the last week as I haven't done as many.
My 7 miles today were completed in 1hr 1min and 43 seconds. It was cold breezy and we had a mixture of sleet and snow showers.
Last week I bought from Amazon a copy of Rosie Swale-Pope book and I am just a few chapters into this. Her husband died of prostate cancer and to remind people to go to doctors for check ups she decided to run around the world as by staying at home doing the weeding in her backgarden no one would have noticed.
So in October 2003 she set off from her home in Tenby, Wales on a solo run around the World. A five year journey over 20,000 miles using 53 pairs of running shoes and storey to tell. Sheer madness yes but also very inspiring and truely a journey of a lifetime that most of us will never do or even contemplate doing.Sleeping alone in the middle of a Siberian forest with temperatures down to -60 is not everybodies cup of tea.
You are probably glad that this week offers a little more in the hopes of a rest per-say. I did my longest run ever yesterday at a surprising pace. Check it out when you get a chance. A book on a runner from Wales. I will definitely check that out and probably order when I get paid on Thursday. Saved the link to this post in my bookmarks. The story seems rather interesting. Thanks for the mention.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kenley I am sticking to my training programme but unlike you have yet to see any real big improvements in times maybe I am just impatient!
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