This week is my final higher mileage week before I start tapering down for London 2 Brighton in less than 3 weeks! Ideally my last long run would have taken place today, but I’m doing it as the Milton Keynes marathon tomorrow.
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Mon: Lower Body Weights
Tues: 8 mile Run + Total Body Blast Circuits + 2.5 mile Walk
Weds: 6 mile Run + 4 mile Walk
Thurs: 4 mile Run + Upper Body Weights + 4 mile Walk
Fri: Rest Day: 6 mile Walk
Sat: Highbury Fields Parkrun + 12 mile Walk
Sun: Complete Rest (short walk)
I’ve kept my mileage a little lower this week as I wanted to save the legs for tomorrow, I had a decent mid-distance run earlier in the week and then wound down from there.
My run on Wednesday was pretty grim, I went out before work and went along the canal which was a huge error, as the tube strikes were ongoing. It seemed everyone in London decided to cycle-on the canal-it was crazy busy, and not really the peaceful gentle early run I had imagined!
I did a short interval run on Thurs to stretch the legs out, and then had a lovely slow jog round Highbury Fields parkrun yesterday as a last shake out run before tomorrow. I was so slow in fact that had I been running my usual parkrun pace I would have lapped myself! It was very enjoyable and I think I will make an effort to go more as it’s my local, it’s just the 5 lap course that puts me off.
I’ve kept up my Fat Burn Revolution workouts quite well again this week, I don’t do the furnace workouts as I just count my running (speed/tempo workouts) instead. I only got one total body blast in this week as I wanted to be fresh for tomorrow, I did increase the high intensity sets from 30-45 seconds and was pretty wrecked afterwards! Burpees ugh!
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This week has been all about getting into a new routine as I have recently started a new job, and I’m trying to balance that, going to lectures, studying, training etc. Unfortunately cooking and prep seems to have gone out the window, leading to me having smoothies for dinner when I get back home some evenings, which is fine, but I miss cooking! I was also super glad I made a bunch of raw energy/protein bars, they really have saved me this week!
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I’ve been really tired this week, hayfever is still bothering me, and I think I’m just adjusting to the new routine as well. Hopefully the hayfever won’t play up tomorrow!
I’ve done absolutely loads of walking again this week, my new commute is only a 30 minute walk which is ideal. We also went house hunting yesterday, hence the mega amount of miles walked just 2 days before the marathon! It’s pretty frustrating as there isn’t much available where we are looking at the moment, and stuff is very high in demand. We have time though so hopefully something decent will come up soon.
Other than a short walk today, my legs will be up, I will be carbo loading- started this in style yesterday when we shared an amazing peanut butter choc brownie from Ruby Tuesday in Greenwich Market, awesome Vegan cake stall. I have a huge list of things to get organized for tomorrow, and I have finally sorted out my transport for tomorrow after the stress of last week.
As it’s bank holiday weekend National Rail are doing train works on the entire line from Euston to Watford Junction, so what I thought would be just over an hours journey, turned into the journey from hell. Thankfully somebody else suggested a different way to go, and I’m cabbing with her between the stations, so hopefully will get there OK!
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I’m really looking forward to Milton Keynes, I feel in a much better place than I was before Manchester, a few extra weeks of solid training behind me. I need to keep reminding myself that this is supposed to be fun, and taking the pressure off is key. I’m just going out to enjoy it, see you on the other side!