A tough week. I ran a great Tuesday evening speed run. Finished that feeling totally wasted and happy with my efforts. The next day I started to feel achy like I was coming down with a cold. This feeling of achiness persisted through Wednesday, Thursday and Friday during which time I didn't run at all - it was all early nights and feeling sorry for myself! By Saturday I was about 95% feeling good again so I chanced a 5km run and it went alright although took a little while longer than usual to warm up. So I ended up missing three days of training plus which I guess doesn't seem like much but it also affected the fact that I was supposed to run 28km on Sunday. It didn't seem so wise so soon after recovering from being sick so I ended up running 19kms instead.
Sundays 19kms were a hard slog. I had had a late night and hadn't really eaten before I ran. Combine this with whatever bug I had had and I think it left me with lower levels of energy because by the last km of my 19kms, I was feeling really knackered. More knackered than I should feel after running that distance. I came home, ate lunch and fell asleep on the couch in front of the footy - a not uncommon thing for me to do after a long run these days! :)
Anyway, it's the tougher weeks like these that they say make you a better runner. Meanwhile I figure the resting while I was sick should have done my legs some good so I guess there's the positive.
I'm now aiming at doing the big week that was scheduled for last week, this week. So this Sunday morning I plan to wake up well rested and hydrated, I'll eat some food, and then I'll run a nice casual 28kms. I'm looking forward to it!
Week 10 distance covered: 34.6 km
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