2 runs within the last week - gearing up for Hollymount now
04.11.2019 - 10km - 45.51 - felt surprisingly good considered hadn't ran in about a week & have reduced the cycling also.
10.11.2019 - 10km - 44:36 - Felt absolutely awful before the run - really mentally drained all weekend so thought I'd be good for nothing as I headed out the door - running for survival as I have alot of things happening in my personal life which I am working my way through.
Run went extremely well - was 3:40 where I'd normally go through in 4 flat, just was faster without really trying throughout all my splits - 7:14 where I'd normally be 7:40 & 15:40 where I'd be 16:30 usually - no real reason just a flippin good run
Eased up in the last mile - could have gone in under 43 if I continued to push & believe but I didn't.
Really looking forward to Hollymount now - just hoping I don't blow it now this week with anything silly that could throw off my performance.
Weather nice here - it was dry tonight, about 5 degrees - weather a lot colder back home.
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Can still kick it like I used to - it's all mental & trying less, being less tense, etc. When the run goes well - you just take it - tonight what happened is that I had a really good performance (i.e I was getting in under 45 easy where normally I'd be working hard to get under this.) & I didn't know how to handle it :-) In other words when it came to 35 mins gone I was well inside the last 2 km I simply didn't know how to handle it i.e. dig in for a wicked time - it's that next level I need to work on - then I'll be breaking 42 in no time in training & looking to go sub 40 soon after.
I find with my running is that I need not a lot of training whatsoever - I've never responded well to it - anything past 30 miles a week never agreed with me. Physically I break down - my body simply cannot tolerate the higher mileage (30 miles/week is introductory - high mileage is 80/week, 40-60 is decent) & I end up with stress fractures & all sorts of niggles & problems. Perhaps next year I will be able to up the mileage to see how I respond as it was 2015 since I was on about 30 miles a week for a couple of months - they were the days... was down to a sub 42 min 10 km with so much more to give... How I long for that feeling again...
I find running to be a thoroughly exhausting activity physically & mentally it really wears me out (at least that's how I feel anyway) so I find that I need to train less to improve considerably.
Hopefully in the next 6 months I can look to make some good improvements with the sport - again, as ever I get to this stage to never really advance beyond this point due to inconsistency with it.
