The last two weeks have been recovering from a cold: still snotty and still coughing.
Its amazing how, just four weeks ago I was feeling amazing. The training was going well and the race in January was great. One bug and the whole thing seems so tough now.
Last weeks training was difficult. Two runs and my legs felt like lead - just didn't have the mind for it, or the puff. It makes you feel like you've taken a huge step backwards, and the while thing about racing is just a waste of time.....give up, you're way to old now & will never make the grade:(
BUT I raced again today, without much desire, or will to go hard. It was in fact a beautiful morning at Dorney Lake (again), just a little warmer this time - by 15degrees!
It was OK - I came 5th in my age group.
The ladies at 1, 2 and 3 were way faster than me this time so I have a long way to go and a lot to learn.
My first 5k and second 5k were identical times...ideally I would have gone faster in the second one. Thats the stuff I have to learn.
Luckily I now have a coach who can tailor my training to fix my weaknesses.
My main one is that I race 'within myself' and am ever totally trashed at the end...I have a feeling I'm going to be working on that one in the near future!
I'm excited about the future though and look forward to racing hard and well. I know I have improved over the years (running a 24min 5k has always been elusive until now), so I know I have more to give.
So I picked up my trophy from last time and headed home to eat some scrambled eggs on homemade bread and smoked salmon and now have 2.5 weeks in Thailand on a cycling holiday.
Maybe I'll build some bike legs during that time:)
Its amazing how, just four weeks ago I was feeling amazing. The training was going well and the race in January was great. One bug and the whole thing seems so tough now.Last weeks training was difficult. Two runs and my legs felt like lead - just didn't have the mind for it, or the puff. It makes you feel like you've taken a huge step backwards, and the while thing about racing is just a waste of time.....give up, you're way to old now & will never make the grade:(
BUT I raced again today, without much desire, or will to go hard. It was in fact a beautiful morning at Dorney Lake (again), just a little warmer this time - by 15degrees!
It was OK - I came 5th in my age group.The ladies at 1, 2 and 3 were way faster than me this time so I have a long way to go and a lot to learn.
My first 5k and second 5k were identical times...ideally I would have gone faster in the second one. Thats the stuff I have to learn.
Luckily I now have a coach who can tailor my training to fix my weaknesses.
My main one is that I race 'within myself' and am ever totally trashed at the end...I have a feeling I'm going to be working on that one in the near future!
I'm excited about the future though and look forward to racing hard and well. I know I have improved over the years (running a 24min 5k has always been elusive until now), so I know I have more to give.
So I picked up my trophy from last time and headed home to eat some scrambled eggs on homemade bread and smoked salmon and now have 2.5 weeks in Thailand on a cycling holiday.
Maybe I'll build some bike legs during that time:)
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