2 Weeks to Go!

Hey all!

Its been a busy couple of weeks with work, kids and training!  Last Saturday I did a very hot tough run with Michelle, we manged 11 miles but I struggled as it was so hot, we are lucky that we get to run in a big park so there is lots of shade.  We ended up just making up our own route to stay in the shade, which made the run go quicker ha ha.  It was a tough one though, the heat just takes it out of you.

My new trainers felt great on the long run and my niggles weren’t as bad as they usually are after a long run.  I went for a 5 mile recovery run Tuesday this week, again it was a hot one so I just took it really easy didn’t bother with my watch and just enjoyed it.  I think I look at my watch to much sometimes and put myself under pressure with what minute mileage I’m doing.

I decided to do the same this week for my long run as I was doing it all on my own, I took my watch to keep an eye on the mileage but didn’t bother looking at how fast I was going just decided to enjoy it and listen to my body as been as I was on my own.  I did 11 miles, I was hoping to do 12 but I was back at the car at 11 miles and that tempted me to stop ha ha!  I really enjoyed the run actually, it helped that it was cooler this week, I feel like I’ve recovered well and haven’t really ached, lots of stretching this week though.

Here are some of the moves I use to stretch, thought i’d share them with you in case your struggling to find the right ones to do Stretching for Runners

Lately I’m finding that I am getting swollen feet and ankles after running now that I’m upping the mileage (probably didn’t help I went out in heels on Friday night after my run ha ha), so i’m trying to get my legs and feet up high of a night time to help with the circulation.

Today it’s 2 weeks to my next half, hopefully this time I get to run it ha ha and officially the start of my marathon training arghhhh!!!  Before all the pressure of the training starts i’m doing a great 10k fun run next Sunday, i’m going to make sure I enjoy it as I think there’s going to be some hard times ahead ha ha!

Have a great week all x