Plagued – Week 17 of Maratraining
This week was rough. I am still fighting this nasty virus nearly 2 weeks on. While I may not sound like my chain smoking alter-ego Beryl anymore, I feel weak and drained of energy. Everytime I think I feel better the virus strikes back and wreaks havoc. I tried to keep up with all my training and for the most part I did well. The running helps “loosen” things up and does wonders for my mood which has been a bit bad. I...
Changing Habits – Week 14 of Maratraining
Apparently this week marks the half-way point in my training for the Cadbury Marathon. It’s fitting that this week I’ve made some changes to my habits that will hopefully set me up for a better second half of training. I’ve been feeling the hurt with my hip but that wasn’t the only thing that has been getting me down the past few weeks. I kept feeling drained and tired after my runs which naturally meant...
Twilight Running – Week 13 of Maratraining
I’ve realised that I’m beginning to sound a bit like a broken record! Sore hip, lacking motivation yadayadayada. Sorry! It’s been a tough slog but I guess that is what marathon training is all about. If it were easy everyone would be doing it. This week the theme was similar. My hip is less sore (thankfully) but still giving me grief. My times are, for want of a better word, shit. As per usual, I persevered...
Biggest week yet – Week 12 of Maratraining
I’m going to try and keep it short and sweet this week. I had huge week and even bigger weekend which is why I didn’t quite get around to publishing my usual Sunday digest. This week of training was all about keeping focus and working through my hip injury. I popped ibuprofens like they were lollies, gave Mr Foam Roller a workout and had some therapeutic massage. I didn’t skip a km of training and I’m...
Sun and Mud – Week 7 of Maratraining
This week at the corporate I battled paperwork. Luckily I survived the week with only a few paper cuts and a super sore arm from stapling a gazillion contracts. Thank god for running to keep me sane! The temperature was mild this week and dare I say it even got balmy on Friday night. I had a few training challenges this week but I pulled through. I think I was nervous about and almost dreading my 20km long run this week....