Just like that, another 4 weeks have slipped by. The 2nd block of my training is almost through. Encountered my first hiccup in the training when a week ago I fell ill with the flu. Things were going pretty well till then. I had completed my 90 min run in week 6 without incident and was feeling pretty good about the whole thing and then, BAM! Flu. I got over it in about 4-5 days - or at least I thought I had - but I guess I was pretty fatigued from the flu and I couldn't get through my long run for the week (the 1hr, 45min one). My knee started hurting about 1 hour into the run.. and for the last 30 minutes I had to stop and walk.
The week that went by has been better... my last run felt good. The knee was well behaved and now tomorrow, I nervously look forward to my 2 hour run.
Even though the previous week was pretty much bust, it did give me a chance to look over old training notes, and catch up on some long overdue running-reading and it helped me realise that my runs have been getting longer, yet, I haven't really tweaked up my hydration or my pre, during and post run fuelling... This absolutely needs to change. Starting tomorrow. And oh, I absolutely need to get better with the strength training. (Yes, I know! We've been through this revelation before!)
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