Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
realised i hadn't updated this thread in yonks!
well, i got a new phone beginning of may which lost my health data and massively reduced my motivation.
since then i've got back on it, lifestyle has been quite bad which has impacted my pace a little. sleep has been awful and tiredness effects me physically. also still drinking too much.
i did the most mentally challenging run i think i've ever done two weekends ago- it was pouring, like i was soaked within the first minute, and i was exhausted having not slept well all week. it was 'only' 10k cos i knew i couldn't hack longer with the weather and tiredness.
then the week after i did 18k, insanely slow, only 2k were below 7 minutes!! i don't know if this was due to not having done a longer run the week before. my knickers were chafing from 8k in which massively impacted my pace. i was honestly considering trying to hide somewhere and take them off but it was quite cold and rainy and the thought of having to take my shoes and leggings off and potentially get caught like that was too much. probably tmi but who cares.
in the weeks i'm managing 3 runs usually, 5 or 6k each. no idea how i got below 30 mins on 5k a few weeks back cos i have been having to push to get below 31!
overall though, since i first started, my average time per kilometer has gone down my a minute so i know i'm improving.
well, i got a new phone beginning of may which lost my health data and massively reduced my motivation.
since then i've got back on it, lifestyle has been quite bad which has impacted my pace a little. sleep has been awful and tiredness effects me physically. also still drinking too much.
i did the most mentally challenging run i think i've ever done two weekends ago- it was pouring, like i was soaked within the first minute, and i was exhausted having not slept well all week. it was 'only' 10k cos i knew i couldn't hack longer with the weather and tiredness.
then the week after i did 18k, insanely slow, only 2k were below 7 minutes!! i don't know if this was due to not having done a longer run the week before. my knickers were chafing from 8k in which massively impacted my pace. i was honestly considering trying to hide somewhere and take them off but it was quite cold and rainy and the thought of having to take my shoes and leggings off and potentially get caught like that was too much. probably tmi but who cares.
in the weeks i'm managing 3 runs usually, 5 or 6k each. no idea how i got below 30 mins on 5k a few weeks back cos i have been having to push to get below 31!
overall though, since i first started, my average time per kilometer has gone down my a minute so i know i'm improving.