I skipped training this weekend, and did not replace it with another long run. That's right, I didn't train at all. In fact, when I went for my lunchtime run yesterday, it was my first workout since Wednesday.
I slept past 8am both days of the weekend. I got some stressful & draining yet highly important things accomplished, ate neither badly nor especially well, and had a good time.
That is the truth of the matter.
The bright side is, I had my first really good rest period since the marathon training began, and when I set out on Monday for my tempo run it felt absolutely fantastic, and I'm back in the swing of things with yoga this afternoon and a speed session at training tomorrow night.
Monday morning at 7am I had another fitness assesment, I'd like to post the complete report with a new photo asap, here is the executive summary for now.
weight is the same with very slight loss of body fat / increase in muscle - between now and next time I'm really going to focus more on improving the fat to muscle ratio and less on decreasing overall kgs (which has not been working so far and is probably less important than getting the body fat % down).
measurements were all exactly the same except for arms half a cm smaller, legs half a cm bigger
resting heart rate continues to get lower
cardio vascular fitness continues to improve
overall fitness score (april, may, june, july respectively) continues to improve (68, 65, 73, 76) with the rating being from 1-100 in how you compare to other people of your age and gender.
so, you know, it's coming along!
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