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.