Running from Zombies

Monday: My legs were still complaining at the fact I made them run a fast (for me) 10k the day before and so I decided to give them a break and go to the gym for some resistance work instead. Did a little under an hour of upper body stuff.

Tuesday: Hot and muggy today so I ran a 10k at my own pace…which is somewhere between a run and a jog (a rog?) but I still found it difficult. I’m not sure if it’s the number of longer runs I’m doing lately, or maybe the heat but it was a real struggle. Time was 64’53″.

Thursday: Went to the track at Wyndley Leisure Centre for an interval session. Scroll down or click here to read about it. Ran a total of 8.8km.

Friday: Didn’t feel like running today so I dusted off the FitDeck, shuffled and picked 5. I did the intermediate level for all 5, doing a set of 10 sit ups on the incline bench after each card.

My 5 for today. Apologies for the low light.

Saturday: Archery in the morning so I didn’t get out for a run until mid afternoon. Decided to just do the quickest 10k I could manage, banging out a 5’30″, 5’33″ and 5’22″ straight off. I found this speed was really testing my asthma and had to slow it down for the next km, picking it back up for the 5th and 6th kms, and then slowing down for the 7th. I really thought I could get home in 58 minutes but it turned out I was just 14 seconds too slow :-) Good run though, it really let me know just how quick I can go without my asthma kicking in and 58’14″ is a good time to work on.

Sunday: Scribs missed his weekly one mile run last week (to his benefit he did text to ask me first) so to make up for it he had to run 2 miles this week, plus a penalty mile. I decided to join him and we went with the goal of finishing in 30 minutes. What I obviously didn’t take into consideration when pace setting was the ‘little sit-down’ Scribs had to have as his body innevitably ran out of calories and his stomach tried to eat itself. Still, we made it back in 31’38″, which is decent enough. Unfortunately, Charlie had a ‘moment’ and decided to spend most of the first km thinking we were going twice as fast as we were, throwing off the first km marker and generally screwing with my stats. I hope this isn’t a sign of things to come.

Total Run: 33.8km

I got my race number through the post on Monday (1492) along with a race number for my kit bag (so it doesn’t feel left out), 3 safety pins (for 2 numbers?), a letter saying “I’ve enclosed 6 safety pins” (someone can’t count) and an official event programme (mostly adverts) for the asics British 10k. Only 13 days to go!

Wednesday I signed up for the Bupa Great Capital Run, a 5k through Regents Park. I suggested it to Matt last time I saw him and so he has signed up as well. Assuming that they let him in, Ally also has a place. It’s a staggered start so I’ve put my estimated time as the 25-28 minute band. Should be a fun day!

And lastly, I know I haven’t said anything about my weight since I posted about it on 11th May. At the time I was 154lbs and wanted to lose between 5 and 10lbs before the 10k. I’m now manintaining 150lbs so I haven’t lost as much as I would have liked but I think that’s a good start.