Mostly uneventful week this week. Saw the physio twice. Laughed and yelled while he jammed his elbow deep into the side of my leg. Oh, I missed a day of training on Wednesday. That's the first time that has happened just due to me not being able to find time to run. Work was so busy on Wednesday I had no time to get out at lunchtime. Couldn't run that evening because I was going out that night. Fortunately it was only a cross-training run. I'll need to be careful of lunchtime runs from now on. No guarantees they will happen.
Today was an odd one. I was out late last night in a couple of bars in Brunswick Street. Only drank two beers so I was being very disciplined. I discovered being disciplined is tough! At one point quite late I was asked what drink I wanted - I wavered a little and then went "oh make it a beer....NO, I'll have a water...". A wise choice but still, not easy! Eventually I called it a night and was finally home and into bed until about 3.30am. I think I only got about 5 - 5.5 hours sleep. I was supposed to run 22kms but was constrained by needing to be at my second cousin Pepe's first birthday somewhere between 1pm and 4pm. Anyway, I decided to split the run in half which had been suggested as a possibility by my running coach. It's not ideal but hey, it would do. So I ran 12kms in the morning and then in the evening, after eating plenty during the middle of the day, I knocked off the other 10kms. Having done it I don't think it's a great way to do it. 22kms should be a tough run for me but broken into 2 parts it was actually almost easy. Only a little tough towards the end and that was more to do with the wind blowing in my face while I ran uphill. I think I'll come up a bit sore tomorrow regardless but still, from now I'll be aiming to do all long runs in one go. Next Sunday is a 24km run. I'm looking forward to the challenge actually.
Week 4 distance covered: 51 km
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