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Hmmmmm

Following on from Sunday's fun run I rested on Monday and then prepared to hit week 7 of the Spans Plan

It read:
Steady Run
45mins
-> 10mins ratio 5 run: 1 walk
-> 20mins run
-> 10mins ratio 5 run: 1 walk

Easy she thinks and drags butt out off bed to the tready. Gnome had decided to get up at 6 which wasn't part of the plan and I was on the tready by 6.30.

I did:

1min walk warm up
5mins run (7.5km for runs)
1mins walk
5mins run
1min walk
1min stretch
10mins run
5mins walk
sulk
sulk
strop
shower

My legs felt like lead, they were heavy and tried my HR was high too, topping 189 by the end of the 10mins run (193 is what I get doing intervals so this is high). Gnome had decided to join me on the exercise bike and was distracting me and I gave up. I was really annoyed at giving up. (Gnome did 11mins on the exercise bike and declared he had done 11miles!)

This morning I have woken up with a sore clammy throat, stiff all over (especially my back when I first got up) and a headache (started yesterday really) so I guess that explains it.

Still feed up about it though!

Comments

Cath Delaney said…
Pix, vrap once said to me "your body can get better, or it can run - don't expect it to do both well if you push it"

:o)

It'll come good again.
8:53 AM, July 13, 2005
Evil Pixie said…
very senible quote that! I'll remember that one!!
9:26 AM, July 13, 2005
Highway Kind said…
don't be fed up - just wait and then you'll get your spring back in your step.

It is one of the great uses of HRM - a high rate than normal gives you a warning that something is going wrong and you need to ease back
9:34 AM, July 13, 2005
RobW said…
I'm with Highway Kind here. The high HR showed that your body wasn't in a mood to play today.

Take your HR before getting out of bed in the morning and apply this rule of thumb

If its 5 bpm over normal, easy run at most
If its 10 bpm or more over normal then no running at all.
10:26 AM, July 13, 2005
Evil Pixie said…
cheers guys! I am bad at taking my HR in the morning. maybe once a month max! Last time it was just 50 which is nice!
11:28 AM, July 13, 2005
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