I'm a big country music fan and I really love Zac Brown's song, Colder Weather! Along with Kid Rock's "Born Free" album, this is my favourite music this year so far. I also look forward to running in the colder weather after a hot summer. The only problem is I always seem to pick up a flu early in the season. Lo & behold, the trend has continued. Laying in bed on Tuesday night and I just knew then and there that I'd succumbed again. The only thing I was wondering is how long and how bad? Well I'm still struggling, but not bad enough to stop me from running.
It was Mother's Day today, so I let the diet lapse a treated myself to a single beer.
Summary for the past week is as follows:
Monday (2/5)
Easy jog - 10 km's - 50:12
Tuesday (3/5)
V02 Session - 6 km's (300 float / 700 hard) - 20:45
Felt pretty good. Ran solidly and picked up the pace each 2 km's. 2 km splits: 7:00 / 6:58 / 6:47
All up 15 km's in 1:05:45
Wednesday (4/5)
20 km's - 1:32:02
Flu symptons today. Headache, tiredness, chesty cough, sore throat. Ran okay. Started slowly & picked up pace to an easy pace. Didn't feel well afterwards.
Thursday (5/5)
10.6 km's - 50:55
Felt pretty good, but breathing a little hindered due to flu.
Friday (6/5)
5 km's - 24:25
Felt okay. Light jogging into easy.
Saturday (7/5)
6 km's tempo - 20:59
Struggled with the breathing a bit due to flu, but ran cautiously. Started slowly and picked up a little.
All-up 11.7 km's - 52:18
Sunday (8/5)
Easy long run - 30.3 km's - 2:21:34
Struggled, breathing tough due to flu. Happy though to at least get a decent, albeit slow, long run under my belt.
All up 102.6 km's - 7:57:12 (Average Pace - 4:39)
Reasonably happy with the progress this week. Fairly light week, with a few decent runs in there. Would've been nice not to pick up a flu though.
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