Am my gawd, how am I going to run 26.2 miles???? Am just in from running 14 miles. The knee pain encountered a few weeks back reared its ugly self again when I stopped for water (bottle retrieved from under a hedge) at the 11 mile mark at Muskerry. Looking back at my notes, it was at around the 11 mile mark that this happened last time a few weeks back. Hmm... Stopped, stretched out the leg and walked about 200 metres. Undefeated, I ran on in pain for about another mile and then I was fine again after a while. Felt pretty good when I got to the 14 mile mark - my front door.
Had my brother man the water station at the 6.5 mile mark. Team Eileen in the making!!! Nice to have a familiar face appear upon the route...
Right, must go search for that dress I want to wear tonight. Haven't seen it in weeks and I just remembered it's existence during the run earlier...
Went for a 16 miler myself last Saturday morning. I found in training for Cork, each time you increase the mileage the "new" miles will always hurt a bit. I was pretty weary from miles 14 to 16; my previous two long runs were both 13 miles. They really do add to your stamina in shorter races though. I'm going to go for 18 miles this week-end, try and do something Mon and Tues night and then take a break until the half-marathon race next week-end.
ReplyDeleteJust one other point; I went out for the 16 miles early-ish last Sat morning, most other runs so far have been in the evenings. This run certainly felt a bit sluggish and when I checked my HRs per mile later it proved this. Basically, the heart was working slightly harder to maintain the same pace as two weeks previously, despite an extra two weeks training. I read somewhere that you need to ideally train at the same time of the day as the race so that the body can adapt. I think last Sat proved this to me.
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