Running from Zombies

First off, congratulations to fellow blogger Mairead who finished the NYC Marathon yesterday! Well done!

So, on with the week…

Monday: Rather disappointed with last week’s run total I wanted to run but didn’t get round to it until I needed it in the evening. Did my normal 7.6k route but decided to add on The Hill to make it 9.56km. I also managed to maintain a reasonable pace (up until I got to The Hill anyway) and made it back in 58:02.

Tuesday: Did my regular 7.6km route but stopped at 7.54 and walked the last 60m. In case you were wondering, yes, I only did it to round up yesterday’s distance.

Wednesday: There was no basketball practice today as the venue is closed, so Ally and I played some 1 on 1 at the leisure centre.

Friday: Archery in the evening. Shot for about 2 hours instead of 3 as I didn’t want to overdo it before Saturday – I was still aiming for that oh-so-close-but-not-close-enough 440.

Saturday: I finally did it! Not quite sure what happened but I felt quite good at archery on Saturday morning and managed to score 560 for the Portsmouth round. Was rather pleased with myself so I’ve ordered a badge to celebrate :-) No running in the afternoon as I stuck around at archery to help coach the new beginner’s course.

Sunday: Basketball was cancelled again, and horrible weather conditions stopped me running, so today was a bit of a write-off.

Total Run: 17.1km

This week I entered the Great South Run for 2010. I wanted to run it this year but by the time I had decided to it had sold out, so I thought I’d get in early this time and make sure my place was booked. It’s 10 miles, so should be a bit different to the distances I’m used to running, though with any luck I’ll have found and finished a half marathon by then anyway so shouldn’t be too much hard work!