Sunday kicked off with a full days water rescue training
with the Coastguard. A good start as the sun was shining even if the water was
a tad cold and I considered this a rest day as far as my Goatfell training went,
mainly as I had plans for a big hill run on Monday.
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| Up to the snow with Watson - visibility very poor |
Monday arrived and I aimed for some good height and distance
as this was to be my main hill training day this week. Clocking up 13k with 818m of height, quite a
bit of the up was walked, especially when I reached the snow and the visibility
dropped to about 20 feet. The up was
grim. The down wasn’t that fast either but the total killer was 2k of flat at
the end. After all the down my legs
turned to jelly, I felt uncoordinated, and I swear there must have been treacle
on the bottom of my trainers. But I did
it.
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| Holding onto the rocks in a strong wind. |
Needless to say Tuesday was a rest day and Wednesday I only
managed a short run to loosen up the legs, but it did have a little hill in
there. Thursday I felt recovered enough to
do a nice undulating trail against a strong wind and I have to say I barely
noticed the uphill bits (I am not going to kid myself that they are getting any
easier).
And Saturday didn’t go to plan. The aim was to do 8 – 10k at a steady pace,
but the legs had other ideas and refused to play. After less than 1k I ended up walking as I
could not get into rhythm and my calves felt tight. The head was willing but
the body not quite, and I remembered a tip I heard in an interview with Eddie
during (or just after) his amazing 27 marathon event. He talked about listened to your body
(nothing new there), but also about when the going got tough to try different
styles of running and different gaits to break it up a bit. So I gave it a try, it must have looked quite
funny for anyone watching as I took long steps, then short and varied with side
to side wide steps, high knees and a variety of others, choosing to run a bit
and walk a bit, effectively interval training.
In all managing a respectable 5k and I forgot my calves were hurting. So
thanks Eddie and I’ll keep that tip in the bank for future use.
Weeks activity 20th – 26th March :
Sunday – Rest
day
Monday – Hill run 13.02k / 818m height gain
Tuesday – Rest
day
Wednesday – Short run 4.04k / 100m height gain
Thursday – Trail
run 6.7k / 190 m height gain
Friday – Rest
day
Saturday – Interval
training 5.28k / 45m height gain
(Goatfell
Race 15.5km / 870m)
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