Been a while since the last update and it was “that time of year”, and I couldn’t really be bothered to just write – ran some miles had a beer every week.
Been improving on the mileage trying to run around 6 on a normal day, and getting longer sessions on the weekend, but now we are in January I need to find a plan and try to stick to it. Current idea is to start doing some longer walks on the weekend, then a decent few hours jogging also.
Got some stuff for Christmas, so I have new pants (not tried), new socks, a headlight, a hat, some earphones and a Salomon vest. The vest seems a little “snug” but I think it is supposed to be, and I *hope* to be slightly less massive in July, so it should be okay. The earphones are the best thing so far, they are sony ones which have things to go right around your ears, as buds always fall out for me, I have been listening to the Joe Regan Experience pod casts which really help with the time on the road. The casts are about 3 hrs each, so plenty of time to get round even the longest run I have done, and as you can download them before hand, I always have one to hand. So far have listened to Steve-o, Joe Perry, Louis Theroix and Dr Steven someone.
This week I have got the mileage over 40 miles, with 3, 6-7 milers and on Sun ran 20 miles – the big one was split into 3 sections, a 6 then back to the house for 5 mins of stretching and drinking and eating, then 6 again with the same pause, then an unexpected 7.5 to finish to make it over 20 miles. I cannot pretend it wasn’t hard, but I think it is certainly easier with the breaks. I did run too fast though, and although my knees felt fine when I finished, later and today my left one is pretty painful – must ice next time.
Started my new job today, so we’ll see what the coming months have in store.
last few weeks have been:
31, 14, 25, 42 miles.