Eeeeeeeeeeep...
I just didn't feel like runcamp so instead I had take away pizza and six orange club biscuits.
I'd like to say that this is my final blow out 82 days before my first ever marathon. Obviously I'm not going to make any promises or even put money on it but fingers crossed that it is.
This is I reckon a perfectly normal response to the OMG it's less than twelve weeks till the VLM. As in "Oh crap. I need pizza and chocolate stat".
Am hoping to make it to the gym tomorrow before work.
Worked Saturday 31/1 and then caught the 8:35am coach to Derby to watch the superbowl with Mr B and his friends.
And omg what a game. The Patriots won in the last 20seconds with a goal line interception of Russell Wilson's game winning / superbowl winning TD pass. Amazing. There was a part of me that went "ha! now you know how it feels" After the whole NFC Championship game two weeks ago.
A wonderful 24hours in Tansley, near Matlock - so beautiful. Plus check out the snow on the.ground, went for a lovely bracing walk with Mr&Mrs B Sunday afternoon when I arrived. Breathtaking. I can't wait to go back in the summer to run and go open water swimming. Pic of one of the many stunning view attached.
Home now.
Three days of no training.
Febuary must be "operation get training otherwise you'll hugely regret it and be crying at mile 18 knowing that you've still got eight miles to go but totally shattered and in pain." I so don't want that scenario to come true.
Oh and had a lovely cup of tea with bernie at Birmingham coach station and a glass of wine with the boys by Victoria coach station. What's not to love about changing buses?!
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I've had a couple of epiphany moments this week.
1. That 26miles is a huge distance and I'm now abit nervous.
2. That I'm going to have to make some lifestyle changes to accommodate all my training.
This weekend is a perfect case in point...
It's the superbowl (still utterly gutted we're not playing) and I'm catching the 08:35 national express coach to Derby via Birmingham to watch the game with Mr.B up in Matlock. The game is 10pm-3am, then sleep, then coach back to Southampton at 3:10pm via London with an eta of getting home around 10pm Monday night.
Can't wait to see Mr&Mrs B and the game will prob be very good. However. I'm not going to be running the 10 or maybe 12miles that my training plan says I should be doing on Sunday.
According to all the articles I've been reading, the long runs are really important as it gets the body used to being active for a long period of time. It gets used to figuring out how to sustain itself for hours at a time and it gets stronger so I won't hit this infamous wall at 20 odd miles.
I've got 12 weeks to go. I'm still on schedule but I must figure out how to work full time, have a fun social life and still manage 2-4hours of running over a weekend (plus of course the week day training)
I'll keep you posted :)
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Best birthday weekend ever!
XX made me a packers cushion, I had a gorgeous salmon and cashew nut Thai curry for dinner round at A&J's, cream tea at tudor house museum with K&S, went for a run along Weston shore with V, Ceno's for a meal with the girls, Evans ride it sportif in Newbury, cowherds for roast with cycling tri buddies, wine round at K&S's Sunday night topped off with a lie in today. Fabulous fabulous bday weekend from Friday late afternoon to today - early afternoon. Am very happy :)
Plus within all of that celebrating of me, I also trained.
Slipped up a kerb Friday morning so didn't swim Saturday morning - bit worried about seepage from my wound but did run 5miles Saturday afternoon. Then Sunday cycled 48k / 30miles. All around newbury - so beautiful but jeez, quite a few hills too. And today, ran 30mins this morning, got some waterproof wound dressings and swam this evening.
Geeky tri club swim training amazing news - I got my stroke count down to TWENTY ONE!!!! I'm absolutely gob-smacked. Coach Peter delighted - as am I.
Pic is me at 30km pausing for selfie and snacks during the Evans sportif.
Still gutted about our playoff exit :(
However operation training for the London marathon is going swimmingly.
Tri club Monday - after doing some drills, coach Peter got us to swim 400m / 16 lengths.
Now, back in June I did the leatherhead sprint triathlon and clocked a time of 9.57.91 which I was absolutely delighted with. In fact I did much squawking at trytri Ben as I scuttled out of the pool as it was my best time ever. Under 10mins for 400m!!! Well, I think you all know where this is heading...
On Monday I did 400m in 9.28.35!
OMG.
Amazing.
I gleefully informed coach Peter of my achievement as he and coach Kathy have been instrumental in my swim improvement. So chuffed :)
Tuesday was a wet and cold fabulous runcamp session up at the track. Such brilliant fun. Loved it. Yes of course I was the last to finish every lap but who cares as I'm improving on myself which is absolutely my goal. 2015 is all about the running.
Wednesday - fabulous "training" session on the 18:00 to Waterloo to meet Matt for drinks in the Hope and Anchor, the Cut near Waterloo station just down from the Old Vic and next door to the Young Vic. Hey, rest is just as important as activity.
Today didn't feel the tri club track session but knew I had to go for a run. 40.01.29mins 3.5miles then when I got home, 13mins on stationary bike - 6.8km.
Still no chocolate bars although at a meeting I was at yesterday afternoon I did inhale quite a few chocolate biscuits (eeeeeeeeeeep)
Hopefully a run tomorrow morning then work and then my long weekend of "Wahoooooooo it's my birthday" begins.
Lizzie marathon woman Carter turns 46 this Sunday. Excellent.
Gutted. Totally and utterly GUTTED.
We had it and then it just fluttered away in the last 5mins. Sad sad face...
But, and this is a HUGE but. I didn't go and drown my sorrows in bars of fry's peppermint creams or family sized bags of malteasers or minstrels. No, I had my bottle of water and I had a bowl of banana custard but No chocolate bars. I'm pretty darn chuffed with myself. I'm a bit hesitant to actually say it... But it looks like I'm robust enough in my operation marathon liz training plan of NCBJ to "just say no"
Always a silver lining if you look hard enough!!! Still gutted bout the NFC Championship game though :(
Oh and yesterday I ran (walked abit) 8.13 miles in 1:51.29.
When I got home I had a bath and then lost the ability to walk for the rest of the afternoon / eve. Feel fabulous today though.
Week three of sixteen here I come x
Well... To be honest, there was a part of me that wondered if this was even possible? No Chocolate Bar January.
And I suppose it has only been four days, but even so, this must be the longest I've gone without even a little finger of fudge, freddo or a milkyway, let alone a mars bar or twix (favourites) although I do have a thing for the frys peppermint creams (that's Mrs E's fault) and of course the three bests bags ever - malteasers, minstrels and chocolate buttons.
But I've been strong and all marathon woman training focused and have abstained :)
In the immortal words of Zammo, I have just said no.
Plus I think we can all agree that I've definitely got my training mojo back.
Hoorah.
And phew - as I am starting to think "O.M.good.G. What on earth have I signed up for? Twenty six miles? Eeeeeeeeeeep" And then I whimper abit.
