Wahay I am back running after my holi holidays and injury break! My knees are pain free and I am back running. I went back a few weeks in my training plan and have now caught up with where I was before my break. I am ready for phase 4 of my training plan which includes 3 min run, 5 mins run, then 3 mins, then back to 5 mins after which I will collapse and which I hadn't gone out! This is my last phase where each run is the same after which every run will vary in time and length.
Today I ran next to the river by my house and past the sewage treatment plant which partly ruins the run as on hot days like today it pongs somewhat! Anyway once I was past the pongy treatment plant and running through fields my run was a lovely one, with views of the hills and farms. I really enjoyed it but did find the last phase of running really hard and I was glad when NHS Laura pipped up through my headphones saying I only had a minute to go!
I have been put of running since I signed up for the 10K, when I went out all I could think of is ho0w I couldn't achieve it and I had bitten off more than I can chew! Realistically I can probably run/walk the 10K now and manage it fine but being miss perfectionist I don't want to run/walk, I want to run as much as I can and to get a fairly respectable time. It is funny how we play games in our heads, how worrying about it can make my training that much more painful. It just shows how powerful the mind is over the body. Either way after brewing on it for a few days, I decided all I needed was a great run with pretty views to remind myself how much I like running and to persuade myself that a 10K is not a big deal. I can safely say it worked!
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