Week 2 of solid training (i.e. using a plan and trying to stick to it).
Target mileage of 86.9km (54M) but felt slightly short at 85.4km. The key sessions of the week, first two, 5 by 1km, and 10 by 600m with a 200m acceleration felt good and the paces clicked relatively comfortable but today's long run of 13.5M call pulled at 11.5M. Decided to head out straight from waking skipping those important bodily functions caused an early finish. Dammit!. On the whole, I doubt it is going to really impact to a marathon finishing time three months away, but I'd have liked to have been able to comfortably tick off each session with the objective met.
Diet could use some work. Calories need to be restricted a little more, there are a few pounds I'll be happy running around London without, but the general balance isn't bad. A few too many snack bars instead of real food, but when time is short, it is certainly better than skipping the meal at the important time.
Sleep is about as good as it has ever been. 6-8 hours most nights and although my eyes look a little dark. that's probably workload related. I'll need to keep an eye on this area in particular but this has been a good start.
Injuries. None. Well, one. Odd little pulled muscle in my lower left abs. Only actually noticeable when doing crunches which is just as well. It's been hanging around for a few weeks, its not getting worse but I'm not sure its improving either. Something else to keep an eye on.
And cross training. Largely non-existant. Managed to get to a circuit training session on Saturday however taekwondo and swimming are still absent.
And so I guess a report card for the week would probably be B+.
And so looking forward, next week has the same volume. I'm looking forward to seeing if those paces continue to feel comfortable and with the following week being lower mileage, it may be a good point to move to the next set of paces.
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