“Somewhere in the world
someone is training when you’re not.
When you race him, he will win”

Tom Fleming

Resting HR (average): 52

Injury status: (L) lower back 2/10, (R) calf 2/10

This week was spent trying to get back into my routine and complete a full week of training. Monday was a gentle 10km and Tuesday morning I felt the effects of it! The quads and right calf were a bit sore! I managed to push through that and complete 16km. The weather has been getting quite cool lately, although Rheanna laughed when I said i’d need to get out my polyprops and gloves! But the last 5km on Tuesday my nipples were very sore as a result of the cold and subsequant friction.

Wednesday was an easy day (well there was no pounding involved!) as I had a strengthening session, physio and then a cycle in the afternoon. Thursday I was quite tired and my right calf was still a little tight so it was a very easy day on the crosstrainer and some weights.

Friday I wanted to do 2 hours, and I felt quite good except my quads started to get quite sore after 6km. I pushed through and by 12km I just wanted to give up and walk. I kept myself going, focusing on 2km at a time and even though I was quite tired and sore, mentally I felt better after 16km. I pushed further than I set out to do and was actually able to run a bit faster even though my legs were quite sore. I averaged 5.33/km, but ran the last km at 5:00/km pace. I wore armwarmers the whole way and was glad I did, it was quite cool (for me anyway), and the nipples were fine even though they were a bit sore all week as I use nipguards for my longer runs. (I don’t use them on shorter runs as it gets a bit expensive)

Saturday was an easy total trainer session, and Sunday was simply a 5km walk. Next week I aim to step up the lieage and have a pretty tough week…

“Unsuccessful people can always find reasons
for why they’re not doing well.
But successful people don’t make excuses,
even when they could justify them”

John C Maxwell