“Run, eat, sleep, repeat.”

Resting HR (average): 53

Injury status: (L) low back 1/10, (R) shin 2/10

This week was supposed to be an easy week and allow my legs some recovery time. It certainly hasn’t turned out that way, as I struggle not to keep pushing!
Monday was only 10km, but I am just not use to hills. It left my shins a bit sore for the remainder of the week. Tuesday was a decent 15km and my pace reflected the fact a progressive drop over the previous few days. By Wednesday I was looking forward to having a day off running!

Thursday was a 6km tempo session and I managed to run faster than I have all year. Whilst it is still not great or particularly fast, my calfs and shins were a bit sore again afterwards. In the afternoon after some weights, I did the 8 min tae bo again and an 8 min ab workout that I really struggled with. Plenty of work to do there!

Friday morning I had a aim of 26km, and was out at 4am. Other than a slightly tender shin I fel quite good, and was able to go a bit faster for a longer run. I was quite happy with the pace and felt pretty good at the end of it. If I had to run another 10-14km, I think I could have done so fairly comfortably.

Saturday and Sunday I needed to recover so I have only had the 1 session per day. Saturday was total trainer, and Sunday was a slow, easy 15km.

Next week i’m like to have another high mileage week but if i’m feeling the strain midway through the week i’ll take it easy and get more rest. I’ve pushed harder than I need to over the last couple of weeks and now my easy week is getting up to 70km, which i’m not quite used to. Comrades is still quite some time away, but i’m mindful that i’ve got the Gold Coast marathon in 7 weeks.

“The whole secret of a successful life
is to find out what it is one’s destiny to do,
and then do it”
Henry Ford