So far this week, I have stuck to my training schedule well, and in the last eight days, I've run 24 miles, and cycled a massive (for me!) 61 miles. The running has, for the majority, gone really well, even including three miles at 8:27min pace which was a great step forward on the speed side. Having a fortnight's rest seems to have given me nearly new legs!
The cycling is a pretty new thing for me, but I'm absolutely loving it. Francis and I completed a 50 mile ride on Monday, from Billericay where we live to the seaside at Burnham on Crouch, and although towards the end I really started to feel tired, I coped much better than I had expected, ending up with just a bit of hamstring pain to deal with once we'd finished.. It helps that Essex is relatively flat (although there were times when it felt mountainous), I was on a geared road bike, and that I wasn't on my own...oh, and that we stopped at a pub half way through...and had some ice-cream later on...it does make a difference!
Just to make the commitment about a daily blog about my daily exercise, this morning I headed out for an easy 5 mile run. It was my hardest run of the week to be honest, and I got up later than planned, but the weather was lovely, I got out and did it, and the hamstring and calf pain that the cycling had caused disappeared after the run. All good! And so...onto tomorrow. The schedule says another 5 miles, but this time with some speedwork. Is it really possible I can run two miles at 7min50s pace?? We shall see....
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