Two Weeks to Go

This week had been another tough week for running, one in which I got my three runs in, but by no means the distance I had intended.  I seem to be suffering both from general tiredness overhanging from last week's craziness, but also anticipation anxiety for a meeting I have on Monday (and all the preparation for it). 

Tuesday's interval session went really well, and I managed to get my third interval up to pace - will stick at three for next week rather than adding a fourth, so I can push a bit harder instead.  My final Monday run before Coniston will be an easy jog rather than a speed sesh though, just to keep the legs moving but without wearing myself out.

I woke up on Thursday aching all over (including my jaw!) - which was either a sign of sleeping badly (and tensing) or that I was about to start with a fluey cold - therefore I decided I was going to spend the afternoon napping to make up for lost sleep on previous weeks rather than doing a long run.  Having agreed to work on Saturday, I knew this meant effectively cancelling my long run of the week (and having to use my final Jantastic joker), but I definitely needed the rest.

Following a good night's sleep, and a relatively easy day at work yesterday, I decided to head out with Runkeeper going (rather than watching my Garmin) and just run.  Turned out I ran, and ran, and ran! Was still feeling strong when I got near the 5 mile mark, but was having some issues with rubbing, and decided to hop on a bus while I could rather than endure the stinging.  I'd still managed about 4 more miles than I had intended! And at a much faster pace too -  would have easily managed a sub-1 hour 10k ...

Early start this morning (after an early night, and 9 hours sleep!) to get my final 1 mile in to tick off that last run of 3 for the week.  Been almost a rest week, and I deffo think I need to build them into my training plans in future rather than doggedly pushing further each week - another training lessons learned.  Just two more weeks until Coniston - and my race pack has now arrived too, so it's all feeling rather real! However, after managing a good pace for my 'anti-CBAs' run - I'm feeling a bit happier about my predicted time of 2.20 - who knows, it might just be doable!