I've been feeling tired for a very, very long time. And for a very, very long time when people have asked me how I am, my stock answers we "tired", "ok" or "fine, thanks". I'm not sure what it is about the changes I've made recently, but I feel an awful lot better (sounds like a juxtaposition when I put it like that)! My new reply is "pretty good actually, thanks". What are the changes I've made? 1. Healthier eating (less meat, less dairy, more fruit and veg). 2. Intermittent fasting (I.F.) following the 16:8 strategy. 3. Focussing on quality of training over quantity, and adding more variety (really pushing myself in shorter interval sessions, shorter "long runs", adding in cycling and swimming, yoga 5-7 times per week). This morning I woke up to a text message that we had suspected fraudulent activity on our credit card. I had ordered a "click and collect" delivery from a supermarket for this morning (between 8-9 a.m.), and whilst on the school run, they phoned to say they couldn't take payment and I needed to contact them urgently. Meanwhile the traffic chose today to be horrendous. And normally right now I would also be suffering from horrendous PMT and this whole situation would have sent me into meltdown. Not so today. I just dealt with it, step by step. Without crying or reaching for chocolate! I feel so much better, inside and out. I managed a quick run this afternoon, and wasn't sure whether my body would be impressed with me, but I managed a pretty good pace for me post-marathon and my "cardio fitness score" went back up on my FitBit.
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Now that I'm a few weeks into my training programme for the RHM, I thought I'd try a high intensity hills session. Luckily for me (!!!) there is a nice hill about 3-4 minutes' jog from my front door. Usually, I get this out of the way at the start of my runs and try to forget about it, but having read about the benefits of hill training, I decided to make use of it... So off I went... After a 5 minute warm up, I decided to choose two points to run between, and ran 10 reps - fast uphill, jog downhill. It actually went OK, and by the time I was done with this I'd run about 1.7 miles, so thought I'd complete my normal 5k circuit (which this hill is usually at the start of). At this point, I received a rather lengthy (28 minutes to be precise) phone call from the school, so I had to cut short my run and start walking. I managed to run the final 0.4 miles home taking my total run today to 2.3 miles. At least I had done my hills, although I do think I'll choose a steeper gradient next time - I have a couple of choices each about a mile from home... I'm going to aim for a short extra run tomorrow to make up for today (if possible). Distance: 2.3 miles
Time: 24m:27s Average pace: 10m:28s (on first leg) Fastest mile: 10m:21s Type of run: Hills Cardio fitness score: 40 (still!) |
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