Healthy!

It's taken me much longer than I'd have anticipated to get over the cold.

Ran Striders 10k at Lane Cove and took a few more seconds off my 2012 10k time and then ran a further 5k with Alison and felt pretty ordinary.  The next day I tried to run the 15k on my schedule but had to walk after only 7k of very slow running; my heart started racing and skipping beats which made me cough.  Same issue as I had years ago.  I walked till my HR returned to normal and then ran again, only to have to stop again repeatedly to try and settle the HR.  At 11k I wrote the run off and walked home.

Recovery week 

Monday rest day

Tuesday had a session on my program but didn't feel up to it so decided to run Wednesday morning.

Wednesday didn't feel up to a run in the morning so decided I'd run before Primal.  Left work late, got caught in traffic and only just made it to Primal in time.  Conditioning workout with Elliot included some 100m sprints.  Felt dizzy and weak and generally blah so didn't run after the session either.

Thursday Ran to RunClub from work.  Felt better than the last few days but not great.  Session was a killer but loved it!
drills
run throughs
16 mins of 'rolling hills'
core work
5 mins of 'rolling 100m'
5 mins of hill reps
800m on track
stretch

Felt great afterwards!  Thighs hurt to walk after all the squats at Primal yesterday so I might not be able to walk tomorrow!

Running up that hill and that hill, oh, and that hill...

forgive me readers (both of you) for I haven't blogged in a while.

Sunday 29 July

I headed to Cronulla with 13 v-stars and we did a session on the sand dunes which basically just consisted of running up and down every dune we could see... sometimes more than once.  Tough session but a stunning day and great company.  Some photos on the V-Stars meetup page 

Monday 30 July

Headed to Primal early so I could do my run beforehand.  Dave put 6km on my program so Lou and I set off however I got an attack of the gingerbread men (i.e. the runs) so I had to race to the toilet.  With stopping at lights and stopping for the toilet we ran out of time and had to pick up the pace to make it back to the Primal Den for the session.  According to Mapmyrun app we completed 4.73k total.  

Primal session with Tarek

Tuesday 31 July

Had 1k easy, 3k hard, 1k easy on the program but ended up doing 5.29 total.

Wednesday 1 August

Primal with Ray.  I nearly backed up with a second session but decided I'd give it another week before I step this strength training up.

Thursday 2 August, Friday 3 August

1hour yoga in the morning Thursday and had a 10k run on the schedule.  Had large dose of bad attitude hit me that day and didn't run.  I told myself I'd run before work on Friday but didn't.  I did do 1hour of yoga.

Saturday 4 August

Lane Cove Striders 10k.  Woke up with the gingerbread men... not sure why.  Nerves?  Something I ate?  Anyway, had to go 4 times between waking and the start of the race then had the urge to go again about 2km in.  Managed to hold of till about 7k and then cramping tummy sent me running for the bushes (no toilets on the course).  

I was about to head off again when a second bout of cramping sent me back into the woods.  

I ran hard to try and catch the people who'd overtaken me while I was indisposed and managed to catch one.  Disappointed in my 68:xx for the race but couldn't be helped.

Sunday 5 August

Bay Run 7km - I had 5k on my program but I was 12k short for the week and Lou talked me into running The Bay Run race.  Felt good all the way and enjoyed my run.  Was able to pick it up in the last few kms and pick off people one by one.  Not often I am in an event where I can do that!  44:xx for the race.

Monday 6 August

Had 8k on the program.  Difficulty sleeping last night meant difficulty getting out of bed this morning meant no run before work.  I was meeting a colleague for a 'drink' after work so running 8k before Primal was out of the question.  I did manage to get 2km in before the session as a warmup though.

Travel, juggling and a 'fun' with fruit

How did I go while away in Brisbane?


Wednesday am: meditation, yoga at BML studio
Wednesday pm:
Meditation, journalling

Thursday am: meditation, run
Conference
Thursday pm: yoga called this my rest day
Dinner
Meditation 

Friday am:
Yoga, meditation, run 
Conference
Friday pm: Train to Sunshine Coast
Meditation, yoga 

Saturday 
Yoga assisted by Buddy, run, meditation am and pm

Sunday
Meditation am and pm, yoga

Monday am: Meditation, run
Bus to Brisbane
Fly to sydney
Monday pm:
Yoga at studio
Meditation. 


So I didn't manage to keep up everything, but I did more than if I'd had no plan.  


Since then I've kept up the daily meditation x 2 daily, the yoga x 6 per week but this week a 3 day fruit cleanse left me with 3 day headache so running fell by the wayside.  I trained with Primal on Thursday morning (day 3 of the fast) and it was a dizzying experience!  I don't recommend fruit only as training food.


The TM crew did a practice run on the City2Surf course yesterday morning and, despite a day of real food, I still felt pretty ordinary.  For breakfast I had a pear and a banana and in hindsight I probably should have had some complex carbs.  I felt light headed and weak right from the start of the course.  I couldn't keep the others in sight so from Edgecliff I ran by myself and didn't see the others till Bondi.  This caused all manner of negative thoughts about my running, whether I should quit the team, holding people back, despair about my lack of speed etc. etc.  


I ate two mandarins going up HBH as I was feeling very dizzy.  I could barely run even slight inclines and walked all the uphills.  Toward the end I struggled to run along Campbell Pde so had to walk/run that. I had well and truly emptied the tank!


Lesson learned, so I had a big bowl of quinoa with banana, cinnamon, raisins and almond milk for breakfast this morning.  I'm meeting Lou, Nat and Zac at Audley for a 'run' up the honeymoon stairs and back.

Let's Just Call it a Recovery Week

Wednesday - nuthin'  still recovering from the head cold
Thursday - yoga
Friday - nuthin' cos I was slack.
Saturday - 8 x Clovelly Circuit which was a short swim across the bay (sea very choppy today) and a run around the bay.  This totalled .81km per circuit according to Map My Run so I estimate I did about 6.5km run/swim in 1 hour.

Tomorrow I have planned to go kayaking however the group is ever decreasing so might be out there by myself at this rate!

ah-choo!

Cold

A cold put paid to Runclub tonight.

Weighed in and lost 200g since last week.