After taking a year off, I’ve decided to revive my blog but
it’s going to be a bit different to how it was before. I was finding it difficult to blog every time
I went out so I have decided to just do one blog each week, on a Sunday.
I’ll keep the title of the blog as it is for now although,
due to injury, I’m not really doing much running at the minute and haven’t been
for the past 20 months! I do the odd
three or four miles now and then but that’s about it. Ruby comes with me some of the time but she’s
even slower than me and constantly stops to sniff EVERYTHING so it takes around
forty minutes just to run three miles!
As it was before, this blog is really just my own personal
training diary however I know that some people did enjoy reading it and
probably got a good insight into just how crazy I actually am.
Hopefully, it will show some progression back to some decent
running!
Monday, 1 January –
Starting the year as I hope to go on!
I was determined to get out today to start the year with a
run. There was no fear of a hangover as
I spent last night curled up on the couch with Ruby watching TV (Duncan was out
in Hebden Bridge) and was in bed before midnight. Such a party girl!
I just had a leisurely jog up the hill with Ruby. We skirted the side of Wilderswood then went
up towards Two Lads but turned right at the water tanks, crossing the mast road
into Smithills Estate. We then did a bit
of a loop crossing the stream and back out further up the mast road, then ran up
to Two Lads ‘the back way’. We then ran
down to the kennels and went back home zigzagging through Wilderswood.
Distance – 4 miles
Tuesday, 2 January
First strength and conditioning session of the year!
Friday, 5 January
First altitude spin class of the year!
I’ve been going to altitude spin sessions for around three
years now. To say it’s hard work is an
understatement! No workout I have ever
done comes close to the exhaustion I feel in this class. I really do push myself and end up covered in
sweat by the end. It’s literally
dripping off my nose!
I do this class at Sportesse-PT in Chorley. It’s the only place I know of that has an
altitude chamber which is basically a small room with the oxygen sucked out of
it. Even the hardiest of cyclists are
knackered by the time they come out.
Saturday, 6 January
Today is my last strength and conditioning workout for this
six week programme. It all changes next
week when I have my two booked sessions with Dave. I wonder how he’ll try to kill me this time?
Sunday, 7 January
I had a lovely slow plod with Ruby this morning. That’s all I ever seem to do running-wise
these days – slow plodding! I never was
quick, but I was much quicker than I am now.
I hadn’t actually set out to run this morning, just to walk
but I was feeling strong so decided to have a bit of a jog. I wasn’t really dressed for running though
as, whilst I had running leggings on, I was wearing my Horwich RMI hoodie and
had no bag to offload it into. I was
running that slowly though that I didn’t actually get too hot.
We ran up what I call, ‘the rocky road behind the
school’. It’s the path which starts
behind Rivington and Blackrod School and heads up towards Rivington Terraced
Gardens. It’s horrible underfoot as it’s
really rocky but I do quite enjoy going that way up to George’s Lane. Once on George’s Lane, we ran along towards
the kennels where, embarrassingly, I was passed at speed by a fellow Horwich
runner. We then turned off and headed up
to Two Lads before heading back home through Wilderswood.
Distance – 4 miles
Stats:
Week’s total running distance: 8 miles
Week’s total walking distance: 0 (save for daily standard Ruby walks)
Week’s total cycling distance:
20km on spin bike
Week’s total swimming distance: 0
Total number of S&C sessions: 2
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