This morning, though I was able to get myself out of bed, laced up, on the road and all set to do an 18k, I just wasn't feeling it. I felt sluggish, low on energy, sleepy and the thought of running all the way to Napiers bridge and back felt daunting.
It was also late (5:50) and something about starting the run in bright daylight seemed weird. I knew it would take me till 8:30-ish to finish and imagining running back throught the traffic and the heat dissipated whatever little inclination I had. But since I was out on the road anyways, I decided to do a fast 2K around Kothari road and call it even (thought the two targets are even the slightest bit comparable).
I completed the 2k at an average pace of 6'28" which was not bad! I put in most of the effort during the last stretch because I wanted to finish the 2k under 13 minutes and I just about managed to.
Earlier during the week too, I was not able to get out in time for a run although on Thursday I did manage a pretty intense indoor running drill session. 30 minutes of running in place in 1 minute intervals of fast running followed by 30 seconds of a recovery jog.
So all-in-all that made for a pretty dismal Week 4 as far as training goes. I've run about 6 km this week and it was supposed to be peak week. Not feeling very proud of myself. To make up, I intend to run my 18k this coming tuesday, a tempo run or interval run on Thursday, and a 1 hour run on Saturday. Come race week, I should try and squeeze in a 12k on Monday or Tuesday and maybe a light 5k on Thursday. My training is far from ideal and I should not even entertain thoughts of achieving a PB this time.
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