"Then I'll rip the head off ya give it a new name buy it an Nintendo get it all the games and I'll make em dance for us to an old tune find a girl to love who'll kinda do I keep on running, planning running planning oh yeah, I keep on running planning running planning oh yeah"
Running/Planning-CMAT
Not the week I thought I'd have in or out of training but that's the beauty of life it'll throw you a curve ball from time to time.....question is how you'll respond?........
Tuesday November 11th Perhaps the proverbial writing was on the wall for the week when I sat out Monday lunchtimes planned run, the two races on Saturday had been a challenge and no point fronting my calves were still a little tender from Mount Drago so in that time honoured adage of " listen to what your body's tell ye" I figured an extra days recovery was called for........however for all my talk of "Gypsy Blood" had I been able to predict Wednesday was going to get shot to shit because of work I would've taken the option of an easy run......#IfIKnewThenWhatIKnowNow.....
As it was lovingly referenced in my socials post run it was a "Winnie The Pooh" type run......cos t'was a feckin' blustery day I forget the actual temps 45 degrees maybe? but the wind was fair savage out there as I logged a decent 42.39.8 off 8.28 mile pace and also a negative split out in 22.02 back in 20.37, was it wind aided.....? maybe but I seldom cop a plea when I'm battling strong headwinds out there so " turnaround is fair play" if the wind was at my back today
Thursday November 13th So Wednesday got shot to shit due to work which meant Thursday now became an untimed run, I was happy out to be out running period but given the situation at work it was a much needed stress reliever, w/out going into a full blown diatribe re the work place let's just say not for the first time this year there is "trouble in the sandbox" and it's now to a point as well as counting the weeks till my vacation {four as of Wednesday} I'm now counting the workdays till I depart for Dublin, I made a Fenian Advent Calendar w/ a picture of the Samuel Beckett bridge in Dublin covered w/ small yellow Post It Notes w/ the days written on them, at the end of each day a Post It Note gets removed and I see a little bit more of the bridge......I just hope I don't throw myself the feck off of it into the River Liffey below when I finally get to Dublin.....tis been a long feckin' year and I would just like to get through the remaining 16 work days till Tuesday December 9th when they can.....and I quote form a line to kiss my " lilly white, South London, mother fuckin' Irish areshole.........BOOM! mic drop.......
Friday November 14th As a rule there's a reason I don't work on my birthday as I like to remove the potential for being aggravated on it.......sadly this year that wasn't an option and what do ye know I was aggravated to the feckin' back teeth all feckin' day........said birthday falls on the weekend the next two years{thank christ!!!!} but best be sure however many more years I have to work till I retire either in 2030-2033 I WILL be off
When I'm that beaten up/beaten down by work I can't do a full blown Tempo Run there's a problem I settled for a quasi Tempo Run and still managed a semi respectable 42.26.5 off 8.24 mile pace my 4th quickest time of the thirteen hill runs I've been doing since Oct 7th and for good measure another negative split, out in 21.38 back in 20.48
Little did I know this was to be a Porky Pig run ........"that's all folks!" I had hoped to get out at least Saturday or Sunday if not both days....that didn't happen.....and ya know what?.......that's ok.....I have for the last 12 weeks thrown the proverbial kitchen sink at my training, maybe a three day/15 mile week is what I need right now, most runners won't schedule an easy/low mileage week unless they're injured, ill or the weather isn't cooperating, the week of August 11th-17th I only logged 17 miles and then went on a run of 12 weeks where I logged:21-32-21-29-33-22-25-20-28-20-21-33 so if this week is the springboard to another 12 week run like that I'll happily take a backseat this week and resume things next week starting Monday
I still have 54 miles logged halfway through November so the potential for a fourth consecutive triple digit mileage months is w/in my grasp, shur that requires work to settle down and the universe to stop feckin' w/ me but as the auld saying goes " hope springs eternal" tomorrow is a new day and a new week......
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