Most people look forward to their holidays. Runners, especially those training for a goal, start worrying about what it'll do for their training. Shocking isn't it?
We arranged some months ago to spend a week in Brittany with friends from running club before i decided to give winter matters another go. No hills to run up, a pregnant wife who will want to actually see me (i work away four days a week) and friends to socialise with is all very nice, but what about my training?
We left the day after my lovely 2-BGR leg run in the lakes and i was already thinking about how i was going to train. I realised that i should stop being such an arse and just enjoy it, get up early and do some road running so as to tick over for a week. As it turned out, Andy, Liz and Alison were up for some running and i managed to squeeze out 30 odd miles, including two 10 mile runs.
I felt good, and decided that i'd do a fell day at the weekend, but i had already promised Alison that Fridays (my non working day) would be my long day and so being out for hours wasn't going to wash. So i decided to head for Moel Famau and try my time trial run so test my fitness. I have a route which i did last year with the aim of breaking 1:15. It's 7.5 miles and has 2300' climbing on Moel Famau. I have managed to break 1:15 about 3 times on the 20+ times i've run it, so decided to give it a go. I ran 1:13:55, a new pb. Superb!
So, a week of tickover and a good fast fell run, but i missed the big day and that is the key ingredient to success. I made the best of a situation that meant keeping a number of balls in the air and i'm happy with that. As Billy Bland reputedly said, "If you're nowt at home, you're nowt anywhere". Wise words.
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