Sorry, feeling tired and couldn’t think of a suitably witty and elegant title for today’s blog post. However, I feel that ‘Monday’ is suitably minimalist, truthful and to the point. I’ll try and do better next time.
Planning to run Monday and Friday this week as will be out all next weekend. Will try and do identical courses on the two runs; the first without the Orbana drink that I’m supposed to be trying, and the second run with it.
So today did exactly 9km (did a little extra near the end to make it up to an exact figure) in 63m 55s, for an average of 7m 5s per kilometer. Did Golden Cap and Stonebarrow, so total amount of ascent was 537m. Tried to pick a drier route, but very sloppy and sticky in places, especially around some of the stiles and the narrow paths between some fields. Managed to jog up GC again without grinding to a halt which is good, but have realised that my current ‘winter’ route involves a more gradual climb and a flat bit to recover as I run through the woods on Langdon Hill. So that’s why I’ve still got something in the tank when I get near the top.
There’s also an element of willpower involved. It would be very easy to walk the steep bits, but I get a bit stubborn sometimes and refuse to do so. The gadget helps, unless I’ve exceeded my max heart rate why should I walk? If my body has something left, use it. I don’t want to get the end of the Challenge and feel that I didn’t give it everything, so that’s how I want to train.
