Running from Zombies

In Ally’s blog post last week he set himself a goal of doing 40km during the week. Not wanting to be left out, I decided to match him and so this week was all about racking up miles with very little consideration to pace. As it turned out, Ally didn’t push at all this week and I found my planned Sunday run to be overruled by packing for holiday.

Monday: Easy 9km in 56:55. I put my HRM on for the first time in ages and got an average of 157 – only a little bit lower than June’s average of around the 160-163 mark.

Tuesday: Had intended to do a 14km run at 6:00/km pace. 20m out the front door and my legs felt heavy and I got a stitch…then I forgot the route. I decided not to let this annoy me too much and in the end I decided to finish the slightly shorter route I was taking and let my body pick the pace. Turned into a 12.5km in 1:19:36. Was quite a struggle and my feet hurt when I got back. Hope I didn’t make the wrong choice in shoes.

Wednesday: No running to give my feet a break. Basketball in the evening was a rather small affair with only 5 of us there. Still a good session, with some layups, passing drills and some 2 on 2.

Thursday: 14k in 1:28:18 today. I had intended to do this much quicker but it just didn’t happen. I hadn’t eaten anything since breakfast (went out just before 1pm) and I’m still getting used to the distance. Still a good run though.

Friday: An hour of 1-on-1 basketball with Ally in the afternoon. I was going to go for a run afterwards but ended up cutting Al’s hair for him :-)

Saturday: Last of the postal league competitions at archery today. We had the option of shooting either a Long National (80 and 60 yards) or a National (60 and 50 yards) and, after the trouble I was having at 70m last week, I chose the National. It went pretty well, scored a 520 and had no problems holding the weight of the bow after 6 dozen shots. Pretty cold out there today but indoor season will be starting when I get back from Egypt so at least we won’t have to battle the weather!

Sunday: As I mentioned, I had planned to run this morning but a bad night of not sleeping and the need to pack before basketball meant that I never actually got out there. Basketball in the afternoon was a bit of a let-down. Only Ally and I turned up to practice, the hall was double booked so we were put into a smaller gym, and then I found that I had a puncture so couldn’t play. Managed to get a couple of minutes of 1-on-1 before we decided to call it a day.

Total Run: 35.5km