Warm up jog, running drills, and then setting out for a one hour run (or 10k which ever came first, for me it was one hour). It was our first run leaving Albert Park (the mid point was the base of Anderson St Hill on the tan) and the intention was to start out at an easy pace and pick it up from the turnaround point, with a few surges on the way home for a strong finish.
I took easy pace to heart and started out very slow and comfortable, heart rate 160ish. I was glad to have started slow, after about 15 minutes coach Brian came back and ran with me so there was some inevitable pace picking up then. At the turnaround point my heart rate was in the upper 180s so I tried to ease off for a few minutes before picking things up again.
About 40 mins in I felt a sharp pain in my low back, left hand side. I tried to run through it but had to stop and forward bend for 30 seconds or so and then it was gone. Gave me a little bit of panic but also reminded me that if something happens on the big day itself, I'll deal with it and keep going. It's not the end of the world.
After the stretch I was able to keep some pressure on the pace, get some surges in and finish with a negative split of about 500m and no discomfort, so I was happy.
I hung around at Albert Park stretching and doing yoga for half an hour. I spent the rest of the day quite restfully, did some reading, got my hair done, took it easy - a big improvement on the previous weekend.
I had planned to go to the Grampians the next day for the rest of the Queens Birthday long weekend but decided to stay in town and lay low, rest, take it easy - I knew it would be a long time before I'd have two days off with no pressing plans again.
I didn't run as planned on Monday, taking the opportunity to get my body fully rested. Wednesday is going to be a very intense session (8 x 400m sprints with 400m jogs in between each) - so it will be interesting to see whether the rest has helped or hindered.
Was great to relax and get a important matters dealt with. Nutritionally the weekend was a disaster and I have noticed over the past few weeks I've been having a lot of sugar, coffee, and lots of white bread/white rice - I am not feeling so great about it all and am sure it's been affecting my energy levels, so I'd like to refocus on this area.
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