9 Weeks To Go!!!

9 weeks to go until race day and to be honest I think I may have temporarily hit a wall!!! I have a dose of the C.B.A's (can't be arsed) right now and I have this overwhelming desire just to pack the whole thing in.  I have this niggling doubt running through my head that I may just have bitten off more than I can chew but again, never let it be said I am a quitter.  I will just have to gasp, pant and crawl my way to the finish line :-)

I think my problem is that I had a rather "off" weekend. I slept too much - yes you heard right!!  Sometimes too much sleep can be just as bad as too little ;-(  I was supposed to head out for my long run on Sunday but I never made it.  Let's be honest, the weather was more apt for December than July!!  Torrential rain and it was blowing a gale. Although the rain had eased up by teatime, the wind was still there but not to the extent it was earlier in the day.  I could have made it out but kept coming up with excuses.  So as I was taking the mutt for his nightly absolutions, I formulated a plan (muwhahaha - injects evil laugh).  I would do a long run on Tuesday, gym on Wednesday and another semi-long run on Thursday.

Well Monday arrived with a bump!!  Monday's are evil personified and should technically be banned me thinks!! I headed to the gym and completed my program and actually felt good about it.  The gym have invested in industrial fans to keep the place cool and it was a welcome relief to have some air circulating for a change. 

So okay - Tuesday turned out to be a bit of a disaster.  Firstly the weather was awful (another Julember day) with quite strong winds and rain.  Then by 5pm I was so tired I could barely keep my eyes open.  I decided as soon as I finished work that I would go for a short snooze for an hour and then get up and go for my run. Nearly 3 hours later, I woke up and that was only because OH phoned me at 7:45pm!!!.  It was dank and dark outside and to be honest I couldn't face going to the gym and using the dreadmill for an hour, so another night sitting on my backside.  So basically the dastardly plan I had formulated on Sunday had went right out the window. I really NEED to get some distance running in or I am never going to be able to do this half ;-(

It was Wednesday already and I couldn't procrastinate anymore - I needed to get out and run or race day would be on me before I knew it .  So I headed  upstairs to get ready even though heavy showers had been on and off for the last hour.  I swear I must have the luck of the Irish because as I headed out, the rain stopped and stayed off until I got back home.  I was just in the door less than 10 minutes when the heavens opened up.  This has happened to me on race days as well lol.  Anyway, I managed a nice long run of 5.27 miles and when I got home, I felt really good.  The stresses of the day had melted away - ahhh bliss.


Well its now Thursday and if I stand on my tip toes, I can just about see the weekend :-)  Tonight was my usual gym session. I was undecided as to whether I should do some interval training on the "dreadmill" followed by my program or do the designated 5 min warm up on the x-trainer and then do the program.  Decisions, decisons!!

Well the decision was made.  1k warm  up on the dreadmill, followed by my program and then I finished off with another 2.5k run.  Exercise completed for the week.  Tomorrow and Saturday are rest days - phew!  :-)


Happy weekend everyone :-D



Kimbles
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