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How Not To Train!

1) Drink too much vino the night before a long run.
2) Don't drink enough water to counteract above vino.
3) Give blood two days before long run.
4) Forget to eat breakfast.
5) Run at mid day when it's hot.

Result - exhuasted pixie and probably the worst run of the year! Definatley the worst since FLM. 80mins 2-3 stops for stretching tight calves, 2-3 walked sets as HR up (err that'll be the wine!) and too hot and legs too tired so total of just 5m in 80 mins which is 5mins longer and 1m shorter than last week!

So I get home down a bottle of lucozade with a High 5 Recovery bar and take Gnome swimming! 70 mins in the pool (mainly stretching and floating for me but a bit of swimming) and Gnome finally cracks the jumping off the side of the pool from standing (without holding on) and swims a whole width. Very happy Gnome.

Very tired pixie - roast Lamb and one bottle of red tonight!

Comments

b-z said…
good little gnome-i can remember my first width you know


My half was similar--was really awful
But a well organised event
remember the bad runsare there so we can appreciate the good ones
5:31 PM, July 03, 2005
fraggle said…
{{ Pix }}

sounds like we all had crap runs today :o(

well done to the gnome, makes you V proud doesn't it?
7:58 PM, July 03, 2005
Highway Kind said…
very impressed that you went for a long run just two days after giving blood.

I once went cycling the day after and was uttterly and completely drained.
8:09 PM, July 03, 2005
Leon said…
Well done to Gnome - it's great when they acheive something for the first time isn't it..!

Hmm - I'm guessing... but I suspect we've all had an experience like that Pix..

We live and learn... eh..?

[Well everyone else does - i just keep on not learning]

;o)
11:19 PM, July 03, 2005
Evil Pixie said…
:-D
HK yep I was kinda drained! Never noticed it before but then my sessions used to be at the beginning of the week so my body would have adjusted by the weekend i guess! Still 5m is 5m!!
Leon one day it will sink in honest!!
Gnome was most impressed with his efforts and told most of Ashby and both of my parents (30mins each!) about the event!
8:21 AM, July 04, 2005
Anonymous said…
not to worry pixie there will be other runs. Makes you think about the body more though yeh...that was my case after celebrating Paddys day...while the day/night itself was brill, I was not good for a good while afterwards.
1:14 PM, July 04, 2005
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