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Yes I've been a bad pixie and not updated for days. Sorry! I blame my inability to log onto Blogger!

So last week … Monday I had an awesome run! Loved it!
Tuesday was PT Session and Craig was late (15 mins so I'm getting and extra 30!) and he was nice to me and didn't kill me! As a result Wednesday I went out for my run full of the joys of spring and confident of another stonking run. WRONG!!

Looking at the stats it was the same a Monday, same distance and time (hey I am running to time!) and HR was similar but it felt awful. Really hard work and I was surprised it was the same distance it felt that bad.

Thursday's gym session was also hard and my calves were tight and my high from Monday had all but gone. Friday came and I was determined not to have a bad run and I didn't, I had a horrid horrid run. Slow, heavy legs and no strength and then teenagers. Big sulk and very down pixie.

Last week for a change I had actually worn my HRM. Looking back at my stats and it's a classic story from John Parker's HR training book. Monday fab run 81%, Wednesday not brilliant 80% and Friday pants awful horrid run …

This week ...

Monday I had a brilliant day out shopping in Brum for posh frock (coach's wedding) with v-rap and her 2 girls. (only ruined by a big nose bleed in Waterstones!)

Is this the Best dress?? I think so maybe possibly Oh I don't know!

Whilst with v-rap I was enlightened into the wonders of HR training and given the figure of 160. Now I've read the Parker book and it does make perfect sense, it's just I get bored trying to run to HR but as bee and v-rap both say now is an ideal time to try. Maybe I should.

Yesterday was my 3rd PT session and boy did Craig decide to be serious! 10mins warm up on the tready. Nice and easy at about 70% HR. This was then followed by some floor work split into 3 sets by 5mins of HIGH intensity CV work (80-90% HR). Loads of squats with medicine balls, lunges off and onto steps, then bridges using the gym ball. At the time my legs were killing me turning to mush within about 10mins!

This was all followed by crunches, reverse curls and planks before a nice stretch. There was NO way I was walking up the stairs to work! Just walking to work was hard enough!

By bed time I suspected DOMS would be about this morning and boy was I right! My butt is so sore! I can quiet happily say I worked my butt off yesterday! Still I got up and did my run today.

I have had my run extended to 35mins and given my chat with v-rap and bee and the state of my legs I thought a 70% HR run would be an excellent idea. BORING! If I hadn't had DOMS I would have given up within 10mins! I was literally and audibly shouting at my watch! I hardly warmed up let alone broke a sweat but I did manage to (coughs loudly) run about 90-95% of it all at a massive 14mm pace!

Off to read the Parker book to see if I can convince myself that this is, as the residence of the Cavern assure me, "a good thing" ...
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fraggle said…
oooooooooh, nice dress :o)
8:34 PM, May 09, 2007
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