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Wednesday 29 February 2012

Tues 6 miles....my damn toe....

6 miles tonight...was thinking back to the days where I couldn't even run for ten minutes....the days I couldn't even get up Ballyard hill....my first long run was on New Years day-5 miles.... Which seemed massive back then and that was nearly 7 weeks ago...it's strange how things progress and you don't realise it...and the hurdles you have to overcome to get to the point of where the group is now...

Did 6 miles...no stress...well a tiny bit if I'm honest...I can't lose all my nuthead tendencies immediately but I handled tonight much better...I didn't stress today during work,normally I'd start stressing quite early on in the day and worry where Marcus was taking us...but horray...!!.... I didn't! All I thought to myself was that I'd be on my feet for more than an hour and a bit...easy peasy I became settled...sounds strange i know...but I just had to change the way I think about running and I come round it from a different angle...I don't care it works...loola...

The run tonight was actually lovely...6 miles very comfortable pace and if I'm honest I didn't want to stop once...my small toe starting hurting on the last mile so I stopped to give it a prod and a poke...had a few words with it not to feck up my last mile...it was sore but I kept going...

The one aspect of running I need to get right is the different food groups...McDonalds is out!...I'm messing ,  haven't had a take away since Xmas...which is fantastic for me as I loved crap comfort food...I think it's more my lunch aspect that I have to get right..normally by 5 I'm starved and that's not good for the longer runs...had a half a banana this evening but I was still bloody starved..there was a packet of Oreo biscuits waving at me in the kitchen in work but I chose to ignore them...


Will do some research on food...

Tomorrow night 4 miles...Saturday 12 miles...this week we will have run a full marathon mileage quota...26 of them! missing the .2 part but who cares! 

I ve stuck to my nut head declaration...didn't grind the teeth once! Woohoo felt great....

5 comments:

  1. Mind the toe nails girl, you are getting up to "losing them" distance. Small toe is'nt too bad, big toe is agony for a week or so, and fine then for 9 months till it happens all over again! Make sure they are trimmed though it doesn't always work (experience can somtimes be painful :o )
    Anne

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    1. oh god my poor toes! ill have to cut out peep holes in my trainers... maybe i might create a new trend peep toe trainers!

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    2. That is not a bad plan though I have no comfy peeptoes, i think u might just move the problem! :)

      Tune : Keep on running....

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  2. Sounds like your Saturday run was like this "Frustration is the first step towards improvement. I have no incentive to improve if I’m content with what I can do and if I’m completely satisfied with my pace, distance and form as a runner. It’s only when I face frustration and use it to fuel my dedication that I feel myself moving forwards.”Some famous guy quote!

    Roll on Saturday for you - will be keeping a eye on your blog ovet the weekend to see how you get on.

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  3. well the last sat run was fustration but mon tue wed were good runs so that gives me a confidence boost....toes crossed!

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If anyone has any advice or suggestions please feel free to post, im sure there are plenty people out there like myself wishing to run....