I finished my first week with a long run on Sunday in Dubai. I had got 8 miles down to do, but the time change was affecting me badly so I decided to do 7. However, I ran along the Marina and eventually hit a building site (not that that is hard in Dubai because they are everywhere!). No problems I thought, I will just go round and back on to the Marina path again. Except, it took me over a bridge and I was terrified of getting lost, so I turned round and came back again. I managed to eek it would to just under 6 miles before my brain had had enough. The above picture is from my Garmin showing this run.
Monday I did some intervals on the Marina. I ran and John walked. So I ran in front of him, turned round and ran back (total 2 mins), then walked for 1 min. I did that 8 times. My pace was mostly reasonable, although there is a long way to go to get back to full speed.
Tuesday I got up early before our flight home and forced myself out to run 5 miles easy.
Wednesday was a rest day.
Thursday I ran from school for the first time for ages. I decided to go up Stonegate Road. It nearly did me in! Still, hills make you stronger...
Friday it snowed so I abandoned my run because it was slippy. Friday night it rained, but because it was so cold, it turned the pavements into ice. We slipped our way to the bus stop on Saturday morning for parkrun. Now, since my operation I have been terrified of hurting myself and not being able to run again. Because my legs are so dodgy I know that a slip can cause big problems higher up and it's just not worth the risk. So I decided to see what it was like at Hyde Park before running. It was not brilliant and as I was umming and ahhing, Sam said he needed a time clock person so that decided it for me.
Sunday was a disaster too. I went over to John's to run as he had to help his uncle and we were going out for lunch after. The pavements were horrendous. Every second step I slipped and my heart rate went through the roof as I tried to hold myself rigid in an attempt not to fall over. I gave up and ended up doing just 2 measly miles when I needed to do 9.
So now I have a tough decision to make. Do I do the Brass Monkey or not? I needed that 9 so I could do 11 next time then 13 would be fine. Can I do it as a training run and walk 2 of the miles? Can I jog the 2 miles slowly? When is it best to do - beginning, end, spread out? Decisions decisions decisions. Ah well, still a little while to go to decide :)
I am also a little miffed that I missed out on my Jantastic target of 5 runs last week. I only managed 4 and had planned 6. Not a good start when I need to rebuild my consistency.
TOTAL MILES: 14.7
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