Well that was a fun bank holiday weekend!!
Ended up having such a good day yesterday! Me and Andy just chatted and drank! Didn't get wasted or anything - but had enough to be quite happy! Stayed in the garden for ages - didn't even get around to putting the BBQ on - too busy having a laugh!
Eventually we came back in at about 8pm and ended up getting take out! We need to sort that out! Should have a delivery today - its Hello Fresh - so we get all the ingredients and recipes for 3 meals. Got it at half price which was £17ish. So at full price a bit too expensive I think! Unless it is totally awesome...but I'm not expecting much. But - we would spend that on one take-out and if it stops us getting take-outs and it gives us variety...we'll see!
Took me quite a while today to clear us the weekends mess - loads of stuff in the garden - around the bar - in the living room after the take-out. But its all done now! I have a choice today - could go to the tip and get rid of the asbestos and the rest of the crap in the car. Or - I could strip wall paper - or - I could have an easy day!
I NEED TO START STICKING TO MY DIET I am fed up of going up and down and up and down....today my weight loss since january - which is quite a long time ago now - is 8lb. It has been 11lb - then back down again. With all the running I am doing, I could be quite successful if I could behave myself as far as food and alcohol is concerned!
Oh - I have entered a 10km race...10th June 2018. I got nervous pangs just typing that! It's silly because I know I can run 10km. But I need to get some more training in for it. At the moment I'm struggling with a bad blister on my foot and need to let it heal a bit. I didn't run over the last few days - but still did loads of steps in the garden - so not exactly resting it! I've gone from being 30km ahead on my YVSTY challenge to 20km ahead. I've seen a training program on my running application - I can choose to improve my distance or improve my speed and I am undecided which one to go for. I think I am leaning towards the - improve my speed....
I got lots of advice from the YVSTY group on facebook when I said I had entered my first 10km. Here are some comments:
- Find a hill about 100yds long and once a week run up it and walk back down 6-8 times. Do a halfish mile warm up and at least halfish mile cool down
- Proper sneakers & socks are IMPORTANT!! Be sure to stop by your local run shop to ask about the best socks: often blisters are nixed when the right socks AND right sneaks are worn
- You will be fine. Maybe run a 5k as fast as you can to build up speed a bit, but you got the endurance. The adrenaline of a race gets you going too. Have fun!
- U have 1 month... try 7, 8 miles for endurance training and 4,5 miles for speed... hill workouts if possible...
- If you're already doing it once a week, you're going to do great!
- Are you close enough to the course to run it at least once?
- Try to get longer runs in. I found the more miles I put in a week, the faster/easier my shorter runs/races get. I’m changing my thinking on how I want to get ready for my half in November
So - some good advice I think - from others runners.