On Monday morning I was away until 2pm and after I got home I had to leave again 10min later to go to a job interview in the city.
Back home again I was so tired that I just watched tv for an hour until my boyfriend got home and we had to get ready to go to club training (it hasn't been raining so the track was dry). I wasn't motivated at all but we still went there, knowing that if we didn't I'd be grumpy fort he rest of the night. Only 7 skaters (including me and my boyfriend) showed up so no one was really motivated. We started with the warm-up and instead of doing starts or accelerations we went straight to the intervals. We did 6 x 1'200m and me and Mark skated together. I had trouble keeping up with him and finally got dropped with 2 laps to go. My ankle kinda hurt as well and I was in a pretty bad mood. I did the next 1'200m by myself because I just wasn't able to keep up with Mark that night. My legs were so sore and heavy, it felt horrible. It might have something to do with the fact that yesterday was rest day (My legs never feel good after a rest day) but I'm not sure… I was about to stop and take my skates off, but I kept skating, leading the first two laps for Mark and then skating by myself. It sucked. After only 50min of training we cooled down, got changed and went home. I couldn't even be bothered doing stretches when we got home.
Yesterday morning I did 1 hour 25 worth of exercises and that was it for the day. We were supposed to go to club training in the evening, but my boyfriend got home late from work and I couldn't really be bothered going there only to do 2 x 5km (they're soooo boring). Instead we went to Burger King and got ice cream afterwards. I think that's a good alternative for training :D. I didn't even have to feel guilty cos hey, it's recovery week, I'm allowed to do things like that. God I love recovery weeks :).
Today though training was gonna be tough. I got up with my boyfriend when he had to go to work, had breakfast and waited until 10am until I headed out for my long run. I prefer to go running in the afternoon when it's a bit warmer, but the weather forecast said it's gonna rain in the afternoon, so I chose to go in the morning. I went to Hagley Park to do my two laps and a bit more to get to 1 hour 50min. When I started it was cloudy but the sun came out after about 30min. I felt pretty good on the first lap, although I got pretty hot and thirsty. Good thing there's a drink fountain 20min away from where I start my lap so I always stop there to have a drink. The first lap felt longer than usual and I wasn't really looking forward to doing another one of those long laps, but I didn't have much choice. On the second lap the sun was gone again and the wind picked up. My legs started to feel a bit tired and knowing that I still had more than 30min to go didn't really help either. I finished the second lap a liiiiiittle bit slower than the first and jogged down Hagley Park South for 5min before I turned around and went home. On my way home I had to stop at the traffic lights again a couple of times (annoying) and it even started drizzling. I had clouds, sun, wind and rain all in one run :). I made it home in 1:50.06 and covered 19,89 km. That's the longest run I've ever done and I'm pretty proud of myself :). My average heart rate was 165 and my average pace 5:32 per km. A bit too fast for a long run, I know, but I just couldn't go slower. I'd be ready for a half marathon right now, but unfortunately there's none around except for one on a 3,3km lap – and I'm not gonna do this to myself. After I got home from the run I was pretty worn out and tired so I took a shower, had something to eat and a sports drink and then just relaxed on the couch watching German tv shows for the rest of the afternoon – there's nothing better after a long hard run like this.
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