Into week three and training is
properly underway. Sunday was Father’s day but unfortunately for Toby a work
day none the less ,so with Grandma visiting for the weekend I left the girls at
home and headed to Caldecotte Lake to meet a couple of the other Z2H’s for a morning
jog. It turned out it was a superhero marathon and also the Great
Greyhound walk so we shared our 10k with
several versions of superman, batman and wonder woman interspersed with some
bony four legged friends and not forgetting Kick Ass. Hopefully Glynis and
Sarah weren’t too annoyed by my incessantly beeping GPS and will invite me back
next time – I promise I will make time to read the instructions beforehand!
I wanted to make the Monday
evening social run this week but I was indulging in a guilty pleasure of mine ‘
An intimate evening with Russell Watson’ (not as saucy as it sounds I promise)
at Milton Keynes theatre so I headed out early doors for a four mile loop from
home. The first three miles were good; it was a lovely morning and not a soul
about. There I was contemplating the day ahead and feeling smug that I was
already up and running when this sudden wave of nausea washed over me, I slowed
to a walk and let it passed and then tried again but the same thing. I shuffled
the last mile back home feeling a bit deflated. Maybe it was just lack of sleep
and the early start, I don’t know but I didn’t like how quickly I went from
feeling fresh to utterly useless.
Intervals and core were on the
cards for Tuesday and you could feel the nervous energy as me and Connie
climbed out of the car at Tony’s waiting to see what he had in store. At the
time the interval session seemed like hell on earth with my breakfast
constantly threatening to make an appearance however once we got back to Tony’s
for the core session the pain of the intervals paled into insignificance as
Tony pulled one horrendous exercise after another out the bag. Mountain
climbers, power jumps you name it we tried it. “Same time next week” says Tony
….. “err sorry I’m washing my hair!”
Wednesday was a complete rest day
so on Thursday I was up bright and early and off to the David Lloyd. I played
with the big boys in the “sweaty-grunty” area of the gym, a place 2 months ago
I would never have dared set foot before practicing some of Tony’s torture core
exercises and heading for a swim. Earlier in the week I had purchased a new
sports bra from Boobydoo and thought I would try it out for the Redway Runners
interval session on Thursday evening. A 600kcal burn and a marvellous Houdini
impression later and I was ready to go! Ladies beware if you are buying the
Shock Absorber Run Bra you WILL need to watch a YouTube video first before you
can get dressed! Campbell park was the venue for intervals this week, it was
hot and sticky and a tough workout but enjoyed myself and owe a special thanks
to Julie for getting me to do the final lap.
After getting myself into trouble
the night before with mentor Tony for overdoing it I took Friday as a rest day
– swimming counts as resting right? To finish to the week I headed down to the
Parkrun. Luckily Doug saw me looking lost and lonely and found me a buddy to
run with. I owe a lot to Paul for getting me round still smiling and knocking a
massive 2 minutes of my PB coming in at 23:55 a great way to finish the week!
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