Monday - easy 10 miles (7:49 min miles)
Tuesday - warm up, club tempo 3.7 miles (5:58 min miles), cool down
Wednesday - 4.4 miles (7:22 min miles)
Thursday - 17 miles (9:05 min miles) elevation 2,247 ft
Friday - 20 miles on the west highland way (9:41 min miles) elevation 3,232 ft
Saturday - club 8 mile race (7:16 min miles) https://www.strava.com/activities/476386562
Sunday - recovery 8 miles (8:10 min miles)
The goal of this week was just more miles in the bank. I had planned 2 long runs. I cut thursdays one short by 3 miles because I had the dreaded white finger, if youve never had that it is absolute agony and totally ruins my runs.
A yoga session in the morning loosened me up for my long run. This was easy paced with a souble dunter of the conic hill. The views were totally different than the same place a week before (last weeks photo on previous blog).
Another yoga session at night and my legs felt good again.
Saturday was a club race. I knew this would be on tired legs but that was the idea, and I was totally burst on the last mile and couldn't hold my usual pace but that was what I expected.
I recently seen a YouTube video from your world within called clarity. Your world within is a series of motivational videos. In the video it mentioned a quote that said "deciding what not to do, is just as important as deciding what to do" or words to that effect.
So therein lies the irn bru. I've not had a drink of it in weeks. I'm trying to do more miles, and last Sunday when I was planning out this weeks miles, I set myself a wee reward of an irn bru on Sunday night if I met my target.
A long run Thursday followed by a longer one Friday, and an 8 mile X country race with the club in Saturday, meant I was doing well but would have to get up and do 8 mile recovery on Sunday morning.
I bought my irn bru on Saturday and left it sitting out. It was the only thing that got me out the door on Sunday morning.
80 miles in the bank, and it was the best can of irn bru I've ever had!
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