Bored, bored, bored. Resting because I’m all raced out is tiring and tiresome. Recurring calf and hamstring niggles over the summer and autumn led me to the decision that I’d only do light training and no racing between the Abbey Dash and the Chevin Chase. Trouble is the Abbey Dash went really well. Spurred on by Abi I managed to equal my 10k PB of 40:36 and started to question the need to take a rest. Fortunately, none of the races over the next four weeks have any particular appeal for me so the temptation to just carry on isn’t as bad as it might have been.
I tried to get my racing fix at the end of last week by booking into future races; Thirsk 10 & Stockport 10 for Liz and Dewsbury 10k & Liversedge Half for the both of us. Booking online is dreadful. Almost as tiring as running the blooming races. Why don’t they have a button that allows you to pay for two people together rather then going through the whole thing twice? Why can’t the darned thing remember my details like it’s supposed to?
I’ve had a couple of reasonably long walks over the Chevin during the week but no training. I chugged around in the snow on Saturday morning for a respectable parkrun time of 21:49. I even warmed down and offered my aching legs up to Ned for an excellent post run Sports Fix massage.
I’m doing what I can to arrive at the start of marathon training in as good a condition as I can. Stretching at home, working on upper body at the gym and not putting the calves and hamstrings under any strain. I’m fiddling with my marathon training plan and trying not to look forward to the Chevin Chase too much.
Still bored.
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