Well today was "long" run day.
It started off by my getting out of bed late! Then I had some cereal and did a trip to the tip (recycling) and the nursery (Gnome likes to look at the fish and we were interested in apple trees!).
So when we got home I was starting to feel hungry but I was also aware of the time, the cold weather and the roast dinner I had to cook! So I downed some lucozade and a sports bar and got ready for my run.
Yesterday and this morning I had had some mild period like pains. It wasn't TOTM so I ignored them so when I changed for my run to discover some unexpected bleeding I was shocked. I almost cancelled my run but BM is looming and I need the runs. This, needless to say, played on my mind and ruined my run!
Off I went anyway. I cut of one corner (which I had earlier mentally added to increase the distance) as I wanted to do this run properly and was aware that a longer run may kill me off! I plodded on and stopped in mile two and three to take a photo wasting about 2mins in total.
I carried on feeling the lack of running and bad fueling in my legs. I was drained. My earlier findings were playing on my mind. Why? It had never happened before. The route I chose was new too and more undulating than expected so I again chopped off another corner.
I walked through 2 SIS gel stops (I will use them at BM so wanted to use them on a couple of runs before hand to ensure I was fine!) and by 6m I was dead. I carried on and then at 6.4m I gave up and walked in. Total distance 7.1m
Looking at the stats there are several reasons behind my carp run!
It started off by my getting out of bed late! Then I had some cereal and did a trip to the tip (recycling) and the nursery (Gnome likes to look at the fish and we were interested in apple trees!).
So when we got home I was starting to feel hungry but I was also aware of the time, the cold weather and the roast dinner I had to cook! So I downed some lucozade and a sports bar and got ready for my run.
Yesterday and this morning I had had some mild period like pains. It wasn't TOTM so I ignored them so when I changed for my run to discover some unexpected bleeding I was shocked. I almost cancelled my run but BM is looming and I need the runs. This, needless to say, played on my mind and ruined my run!
Off I went anyway. I cut of one corner (which I had earlier mentally added to increase the distance) as I wanted to do this run properly and was aware that a longer run may kill me off! I plodded on and stopped in mile two and three to take a photo wasting about 2mins in total.
I carried on feeling the lack of running and bad fueling in my legs. I was drained. My earlier findings were playing on my mind. Why? It had never happened before. The route I chose was new too and more undulating than expected so I again chopped off another corner.
I walked through 2 SIS gel stops (I will use them at BM so wanted to use them on a couple of runs before hand to ensure I was fine!) and by 6m I was dead. I carried on and then at 6.4m I gave up and walked in. Total distance 7.1m
Looking at the stats there are several reasons behind my carp run!
- Fuel carp
- Bleeding playing on mind
- Running too fast to start with even with my 10:1 strategy.
Comments
decide on overall pace, run a mile and if you have spare time walk it then run to the next mile marker and repeat
I would like to do under 3 hours - 13:45ish pace - as my last two halves were over 3 hours, but hilly
actually I think on the flat I might aim for 13:35 pace - giving a time of 2:58
last year I did BM in 2:43ish - but that would be 12:26ish pace, which I have not done for a long time
Well done girlie. You did good and you'll do fine at BM. 7 miles is more than adequate as a long run and you know it.