Great Training Run!

Hey all!

I finally got round to starting my stretching this week and went for a sports massage, both has really helped my bloody horrible niggle in my IT band (side of the thigh), which is causing a niggle in my knee!!  The good thing is though the niggle isn’t there when I’m running it’s just after, so I’m hoping the stretching and regular sports massages will get rid of it!

I had a fantastic 10 mile training run today, it helped that my fab friend Michelle did it with me as well.  We did 5 miles on our own then joined our running club to do the next 5.  Why doesn’t it ever feel that good on the day of the race though!!  Most of the run was off road in the park, which was a nice change as I usually always do my long runs on the road.

Since starting my eating plan I have stopped having my porridge for breakfast in the morning for my long runs, it was hard to get out of the habit at first as I was worried I needed the carbs from the porridge for fuel, but I actually went out and ran 10 miles on just 2 scrambled eggs, an apple and some figs today.  I felt great and didn’t feel like I was running out of fuel, I did have some glucose drinks with me, but it just shows me that my body doesn’t need carbs as much as I thought it did.

It was weigh day today and the scales were definitely not on my side, I put bloody 3 pound on in a week!!!!  The holiday and to much chocolate and wine over Easter is now catching up with me ha ha, but hey it doesn’t hurt to relax once in a while and I’m back on the healthy train now (although the porn star martinis probably won’t help tomorrow night when I’m out with the girls ha ha)!

Have a great weekend!