To race is but a dream...

[shadydaz]

16-07-15
Easy Run
Time: 27:15
Pace: 5:15 min/km
Dist: 5.19 km
Ave HR: 136
Max HR: 154
Cadence: 152spm
Ave. Stride: 1.25m

Didn't get out on the Friday as planned as had to look after one of my daughters, so went for a very gentle mooch on Saturday morning:

18-07-15
Easy Run
Time: 27:30
Pace: 5:134 min/km
Dist: 4.94 km
Ave HR: 149
Max HR: 154
Cadence: 144spm
Ave. Stride: 1.22m

The it all went wrong... got home and by 3pm was ko'd with a migraine which lasted unit Monday lunch time. Needless to say was in no condition to do the race on Sunday :noway: By the time I was able to get myself upright without vomitting I had lost nearly 3kg of weight and was serverely dehydrated. So no running until Wednesday this week as wanted to get some energy and fluid back into my system.

22-07-15
Easy long Run
Time: 92.23
Pace: 5:50 min/km
Dist: 15.83 km
Ave HR: 149
Max HR: 163
Cadence: 149spm
Ave. Stride: 1.15m

23-07-15
Easy Run
Time: 48:30
Pace: 5:20 min/km
Dist: 9.08 km
Ave HR: 144
Max HR: 184
Cadence: 151spm
Ave. Stride: 1.24m

Legs are hurting even after these easy runs. That tells me I lost a lot of energy over weekend with the illness. I don't want to push back into it hard and hurt myself as have my home club 10km race on Sunday 2nd August. Not sure what to do between now and race day given that the last cycle did not result in any hard running or race data.

I have 9 days to prep...any advice is welcome at this stage. Provisionally the plan is as follows:

24-07-15 stretches/core/leg strength
25-07-15 stretches/core/leg strength
26-07-15 30-40 min Easy
27-07-15 7km tempo run at near race pace.
28-07-15 30 min Easy
29-07-15 30-40 min Easy
30-07-15 45 min Easy
31-07-15 Fartleks
01-08-15 Rest
02-08-15 RACE

Some stats for you TheEd that you may not have, not sure if they are of any use or not;
height: 180cm,
Weight (after illness) 64kg,
body fat: 11%,
BMI 19.5.

Still not smoking, stop date 12-04-15, over three months now.

Hand is finally better so can start weights/press ups etc again. (Yes, it has taken this long to be able to put weight on it since the fall a few days before my first race three months ago or so!!

All traces of blisters nearly gone. no further problems although have a couple of toenails that will take slightly longer to fix themselves. Running without any problems and strapping free now. WIll probably zinc oxide tape my feet for any runs over an hour in future just to be on safe side.

My race calender is earmarked with the following over next few months so we need to plan accordingly ;

02-08-15 - 10km
16-08-15 - half marathon
06-09-15 - half marathon
27-09-15 - 10km
18-10-15 - 10km


Hope all is well your end TheEd!

Darren.