Woke up feeling "coldy" ... tender throat, tired and headache.
Decided the headache was due to lack of drink the night before as I was talking to Duck for 90mins! So had some paracetomol and drink and packed my kit!
My reasoning being that even if it was a cold it was not "on my chest" so no harm in running and anyway the fresh air would do my head good!
Spent most of the morning feeling pants too.
Headache has still there despite drink and drugs but I had my kit so off I went.1.2m in and the batteries on my GPS died! This meant it was me and the smog filled roads and my watch.
As I alter my route slightly every run (so I don't compare splits!) I didn't really know the distance or pace. I did know that when I got to the Ford garage that the office was just over 1m away and I had about 13mins left when I got there. Problem was that it wasn't much further before my legs said "you are having a laugh!" and I started to flag.
As I knew I was having to us an online tool to get the distance I planned to stop at a road junction as this would make it easy to measure. I knew I could get to the traffic lights and aimed for a road junction getting slower and slower until I ground to a stop! 1minute short of the planned 40mins but I was dead!Surprisingly my HR wasn't that high even though I felt like I was close to getting the lurgy.
Back at my desk I decided to measure my route before I nuked my soup! 3.3m in 39:10 av HR 174. Very pleasing run!Under 12mm pace which is surprising given I felt pants and did speedwork yesterday!
It did take a while to warm up though!!Having done speedwork yesterday and a run today means I get a rest tomorrow! I may even rest Thursday too with a lot of sleep and vitamins to try and shift this lurgy before it hits me! I don't want to miss another long run!
Decided the headache was due to lack of drink the night before as I was talking to Duck for 90mins! So had some paracetomol and drink and packed my kit!
My reasoning being that even if it was a cold it was not "on my chest" so no harm in running and anyway the fresh air would do my head good!
Spent most of the morning feeling pants too.
Headache has still there despite drink and drugs but I had my kit so off I went.1.2m in and the batteries on my GPS died! This meant it was me and the smog filled roads and my watch.
As I alter my route slightly every run (so I don't compare splits!) I didn't really know the distance or pace. I did know that when I got to the Ford garage that the office was just over 1m away and I had about 13mins left when I got there. Problem was that it wasn't much further before my legs said "you are having a laugh!" and I started to flag.
As I knew I was having to us an online tool to get the distance I planned to stop at a road junction as this would make it easy to measure. I knew I could get to the traffic lights and aimed for a road junction getting slower and slower until I ground to a stop! 1minute short of the planned 40mins but I was dead!Surprisingly my HR wasn't that high even though I felt like I was close to getting the lurgy.
Back at my desk I decided to measure my route before I nuked my soup! 3.3m in 39:10 av HR 174. Very pleasing run!Under 12mm pace which is surprising given I felt pants and did speedwork yesterday!
It did take a while to warm up though!!Having done speedwork yesterday and a run today means I get a rest tomorrow! I may even rest Thursday too with a lot of sleep and vitamins to try and shift this lurgy before it hits me! I don't want to miss another long run!
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