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Mar26200910:51 p.m.
Numbers up....
OMG so....suddenly it all seems to be very real.
- My FLM number has arrived - Red start.
- The final part of my green fairy outfit arrived in the post today - hard to source but found some green leggings eventually.
- The green fairy will get an outting to Reading this Sunday! Primarily to see if I can isolate / identify any chaffing...
- Practicing starting slowly (harder than I thought it would be); and
- Practicing hydration - specifically replenishing carbs.
Anything I have forgotten?!
Oh yes - THE CLOCKS GO BACK THIS WEEKEND - must remember, otherwise I'll be an hour late starting!
Hope everyone is well?
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Mar17200910:32 p.m.
Faceless
Why is it that I am never captured on film when running in a race.
I know most people (including me too - under normal conditions) would be over the moon not to be caught on camera - but I am beginning to wonder whether I am breaking lenses?!!!!
Where is the proof that I ran this race!! Yes I have a finish time but no real proof. For that reason I will stay as a jelly baby on my profile picture.
(Yes that will be the end of my ranting for this evening!!)
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Mar17200910:23 p.m.
Contrary
Yes that is me.
Last week I was 'moaning' about the hail hitting my face whilst I was in the middle of my 18 mile run... one minute it was bright but cold and the park was full of families having a fun day out; the next the park was deserted and I found myself talking myself saying 'ow' at the persistant hail!
This weekend saw me melting in the 15 degrees heat whilst running in Bath. I know that is not that hot but relative to the rest of my training (bitter cold, rain, hail, wind, snow) it is boiling!
Obviously the weather cannot win or I need to get better at reading it :-) Dare I say that I am hoping that it is not too hot on the BIG day. Though if it is - I must remember to wear a cap - though this may interfere with my fairy antenna (they do have them don't they?!)
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Mar1720099:25 p.m.
Nerves
So who would have thought that the added pressure of running on a given day, at a given time with a mere other 14,999 people would add so many nerves into the mix?! Not sure how it can be avoided, other than telling myself that I have done this before and that when the 'gun' goes - it is just the same as any other (training) run. Plus of course ensuring you have everything ready the day before... including the mandatory safety pins.
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Mar0520098:46 p.m.
The ups followed very quickly by the downs....
The last two weeks have thrown me a few curve balls...
Two weeks ago I had a couple of fantastic sessions, though hard - surviving my first outdoor interval session (as mentioned in my last post), followed by a brilliant tempo 8 miles mid week (thanks Cheri). Resulting in a slightly invincible feeling and thoughts of changing my pace for the Reading Half Marathon, thinking I could keep up a tempo pace (which to everyone else is really slow) for the entire 13 miles.
But this all changed within 48 hours when I attempted my 16 miler after only one day rest post the tempo session. This was obviously not enough and I really should have listened to my body. It really felt like I was just tagging the 16 miles on top of the 8, I seriously think I hit 'the wall' in training. Ahhhh! I really hadn't thought that was possible, but of course it is. I guess I should be pleased that somehow I managed to keep going but it meant that last week was spent taking it very easy.
Now mentally I am shot. I have a long run to do this weekend and most of my prep is going to be focusing on building my confidence up again. I am just about to plan my route, which hopefully will make me more enthusiastic and less fearful.
Oh and to top it off - the jelly babies did not work! They just made me feel sick. I had been looking forward to my new 1 per mile regime but actually found that 1 per hour was too much.
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