I don’t actually feel like I am marathon training at the moment. I’m not following a plan and I feel like I’ve got so used to running 5 times a week over the last few months that 4 feels like I’m barely running at all!
Mon: Rest Day 3 mile Walk
Tues: 45 min Spin + 3 mile Walk
Weds: 4 mile Run + Lower Body Weights + 3.6 mile Walk
Thurs: Total Body Blast Circuits + 6 mile Run + 1.6 mile Walk
Fri: Upper Body Weights + 7 mile Walk
Sat: Run Hackney 5k + 5 mile Walk
Sun: Run Hackney Half Marathon + 2 mile Walk
This week has been all about the races! 2 medals in one weekend! Loving the bling! Will post race recaps on them later in the week, but they were both extremely hot races- I think running anything over 10k in Summer should be banned- it’s far too hot!
Earlier in the week I didn’t think I would be able to run at all as the knee pain was still persisting. Spinning thankfully didn’t make it any worse, and I got a great massage on Tuesday. My masseuse reassured me and pointed to the fact that it was probably just overuse and said I should stop running back to back days for a while…oops! Thankfully the pain seemed to go away after 2 running rest days and it hasn’t been as bad since! Although I then got a burning pain in my calves for my two midweek runs. I’ve never felt anything like that before, but again that seems to have disappeared to0 weird niggles at the moment!
Photo credit to Sharon
I haven’t been spinning as much this week as I simply haven’t had time, annoying as I have a 30 day pass to make the most of, but to be honest I’ve already had my moneys worth out of it, so I’m not too concerned. I am enjoying the classes though and would like to have gone to another this week but I wanted to rest up for the weekend runs too.
I’ve continued with my weights and circuit workout from the fat burn revolution. I am onto my last week of Phase 1 next week, I did the whole 4 weeks again to build up some strength post-ultra, I am slightly dreading phase 2 which I did one week of before the ultra and it destroyed me!
I’ve been doing a lot of walking this week, so my legs are hating on me right now. I need to get them up the wall and recovered for the next two days which I shall be spending at Wimbledon, I’ve been almost every year for the last 5-6 years so I’m really excited, especially now it’s so much easier for me to get there living in London! Sun, Pimms and strawberries- can’t ask for more than that! I shall certainly be dealing with all of the runger tomorrow as it’s been slightly absent today- probably because the Vegan brunch at Le Pain sorted it out! Totally hit the spot after what was a tough half marathon- look out for the recap later in the week.
