That week absolutely flew by, my training has massively dropped this week as I’ve started my taper for race day, which is just 6 days away ARGH!!
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Mon: Upper Body Weights/Core
Tues: 6 mile Run + 3.5 mile Walk
Weds: Lower Body Weights/Core + 3.6 mile Walk
Thurs: 4 mile Run + 3.6 mile Walk
Fri: REST DAY 6 mile Walk
Sat: Metabolic Blaster Upper Body Weights/Hiit
Sun: 10.5 mile Run + 3 mile Walk
My running has dropped from 5 runs a week over the last few months to just 3 this week, and it’s been a little strange. Taper crazy much?! I feel like I’ve barely run at all, and my legs have been the opposite of fresh, as the marathon + mileage from last week finally caught up with me, leaving me feeling pretty drained.
My runs have been pretty enjoyable this week. Although the 6 miler was tough as my legs finally realised they had run a marathon the week before, and were not really co-operating. I felt better during some intervals on Thursday. Today I had a really enjoyable-if slightly hot- run. I ran just over 3 miles with the other half and then ran just over 7 with Lululemon run club, we went along the canal and through Regent’s park, spotting lots of animals along the way. It was nice to have a comfortable run and a chat along the way. It was so bloody hot though, and it’s starting to worry me a bit for next weekend as the forecast is 25 degrees! Not ideal ultra running weather!
I started Phase 2 of the Fat Burn Revolution this week, and it was absolutely killer. There just seemed to be such a massive jump between the phase one workouts and these, and all the core stuff totally destroyed me! Those workouts left me feeling quite drained, so I’m thinking about taking a week off them this week before the race.
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I’ve had a really busy week trying to balance work/studying/house buying/training and I’m not really doing amazingly with that balance at the moment. Unfortunately my cooking has been the thing that’s totally gone out of the window, and I spent most of last week living off these amazing but probably not all that healthy raw sandwiches, as well as home-made energy bars and restaurant food. Hence I’m not really feeling my best, my allergies are worse than ever and I need to get on top of that this week heading into the ultra.
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I’ve got a few short runs lined up early this week as well as a much needed sports massage, and then I’ll have to start getting organised for race day. I can’t believe race day is nearly here!!
