One I'd rather forget
Mon AM: Run, 7K @ 5:08 pace.
Got up at 5:30 after a completely sleepless night and just didn't feel on top of it. The plan was for a 9K run at half marathon pace. I set the Garmin Virtual Partner (I call him Virgil) to run at 5:10.
I couldn't settle into anything near the pace. I spent the first 4K wavering between 5m behind and 20m in front of him.
After this point I felt pretty rough - legs and cardio. I kept going to the turnaround, but at 5K I felt bloody awful. I noticed at this point that I was 50m ahead of Virgil (the sneaky bastard must have stopped at a bubbler - I wasn't running that fast).
I reasoned I'd slow down at I might come good, and I felt OK for a couple of K, but I started to suffer again at 7K and I decided to pull the pin and walk home.
Some days are like that.
posted by Bennyr @ 6:10 pm
4 Comments:
I've got to ask Ben. Is Virgil named after the Latin Poet or the 'Thunderbirds are Go' character??
P.S. some days are like that. I hope you feel better soon.
Good on you for sticking it out. Did you read Susie Power's article in the lastest R4YL? She talks about each session being part of a larger session. You may want to forget about today but you did the session and the snowball is just that be larger for it.
J.
Some days are just are... Fatigue will do that to you. Hope you are sleeping better mate.
ps agree with Plu about Virgil
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