Monday I did some sprints. After my iPod failed to record my run last Saturday I thought I'd try it out again before a long run to make sure it was ok - it was but ran out of battery so the total time and distance wasn't recorded but never mind.
I was in Wales so decided to do some sprints instead of a long run as its really hilly and would be road running and I didn't want to do that in the dark so instead I hit the tennis court and sprinted the length before jogging back x 5 then walked one length so I'd switched ends, then repeated the sprint/job again x 5 walked to swap ends until I'd done 20 sprints 20 jogs and 4 walks. I know its not loads but it was better than nothing and my heart rate got nice and high so that's good enough for me.
Yesterday I'd planned to have a long run, I didn't map the distance because although I know I'm meant to be running for distance my shins are still painful and I don't want to push to hard and make them worse. I got back from work, had a snack and then just sat on the sofa. I didn't want to go, I didn't even want to go upstairs and get changed because then I'd have to go so I just sat there reading Zest Magazine hoping for a bit of motivation.
In the end it got to 7pm and I realised I'd have to go soon otherwise it would be too dark so I got changed and headed out the door. I don't know if it's the same for everyone else but I find the first few miles the hardest, I think constantly about stopping and going home, about how tired I am, that I can't breathe properly, that I'm going too fast, that my legs hurt. Honestly I get sick of myself for all the whining. Anyway yesterday I wasn't in the right mindset at all but went a way that even if I wanted to quit I'd be too far from home just to walk back so I'd have to run.
By the time I'd gotten to about 3 miles I started to switch off a bit, I'd suddenly realise that I'd run for a minute or two without thinking about anything running related, and that made everything easier. Soon enough I was at the top of a road which usually is where I speed up to get back to the office but as I was running back to home I didn't want to go too fast but realised I'd sped up a bit without thinking which was nice.
Went to the end of that road and then back on myself on a road that runs parallel which is when things got bad again. I wont go into it too much because its really been annoying me but essentially I overtook a couple with a dog, I didn't do anything other than pop down onto the road to get round them and then back on the pavement when the woman started screaming at me, I had my music on so I couldn't make out exactly what she was saying and I can't for the life of me think of anything I possibly could have done to upset her but its really bothering me. All I do know is the very last thing she shouted was "SERIOUSLY" Think I might just have to chalk that one up to her being mental.
I have to admit that did speed me up a bit in case she was mad enough to get her dog to chase after me or something and then after one last horrible hill I got home.
7.6 Miles in 66 minutes. I know I was meant to do 8 miles but that's close enough for me I think and I'm glad I didn't go any further as my legs ache so badly today.
Maybe one thing spurring me on last night was the promise of a pizza for tea. I got the recipe from Francesca's Fitness Kitchen Blog, you can find it here:
http://francescasfitkitchen.blogspot.co.uk/ if you haven't already checked her blog out (and the recipe for the fast fit pizza is on there too)
Here's the one I made:
I topped mine with: Francesca's tomato sauce, vine tomatoes, mushroom, Parma Ham, mozzarella, rocket and a few Parmesan shavings. it worked out as:
Calories: 407
Carbs: 41g
Fat: 17g
Protein: 19g
Sat Fat: 12g
Fibre: 3g
