Running from Zombies

After my success at running 10.9km last Sunday, Ally (in all his coaching wisdom) decided that I had to skip the fortnight of 9.5km runs and hop straight up to 10kms. While the distance itself isn’t going to be much of a problem, I’m still working on the amount of time spent walking vs the amount of time spent running. At the moment, I spend about 1 minute walking every 2 or 3kms. This doesn’t take a whole lot off my time but I’d like to be able to run the 10k in one go…or at least reduce my walking breaks to just one.

Monday: I got back to my parents’ house at 2.15pm and was out for a run by 3.45. The sun had long since disappeared, leaving a 22 degree blanketing humidity which felt life I was breathing through a wet towel…in an oven. I was against the clock, so I checked a 7.4km route on Map It and then stumbled around it in 48 minutes.

Wednesday: A day like this I would have gone to the gym if I were at home, but instead was forced into the cold, wind and rain. There aren’t many long routes that are easily accessible here (as in, without having to run on the road or repeat the same roads over and over) but I was hoping to at least do the same distance as Monday. As it turned out it was just a bit too cold for my asthma and the stitch in the second km really started to annoy me. I cut a section out of my route and started to head home, which is just as well because my legs felt ridiculously heavy after the 3rd km and I pretty much relied on my music to carry me home. Managed 4.6km in 32 minutes. Early evening I saw Anne for a sports massage, which wasn’t as painful as last time but she still managed to find a few knots.

Thursday: A 10k run along Brighton seafront and the promenade with Matt as per my post last Friday.

Friday: The run to Jack and Jill as mentioned on Friday. The weather was absoloutely perfect for running, though a bit warm when I started out (I was sweating quite profusely by the 3rd km and had abandoned my vest for sports bra not long after). I spent the rest of Friday getting up from chairs like an old woman…my quads certainly aren’t used to this!

Saturday: A much needed rest day.

Sunday: Ally came down to visit so we did the Brighton promenade in the morning. I set out to do a 10k but my 5km marker disappeared so I don’t really know how far I went. I ran for an hour and 9 minutes though so it’s probably not too much further than 10.

Total Run: 48.4km

Congratulations to Dan, Ally and Barry for being the quickest on the comments last Monday. They won an assortment of rubbish such as pens, stickers and keyrings with my blog motto: don’t be an easy meal. I’m still at the testing stage with regards to companies and products so some of it is better than others. I have big plans though and I’ll hopefully have some better running from zombies merchandise soon :-) Thank you to everyone who visited my blog on Monday, and a special thanks to the guys at Zombie Command who posted this on Wednesday!