Fun foam rolling, physio and forest

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Wk 3 blog  23-1-17

This wk I ran mon, Tues, Thurs x2, Fri and sun. Most of the time I am running I feel so sluggish I think I need to loose a few pounds. Plus drink more water.

Monday I got up early and went to the gym and got all my ankle, glutes and balancing work done before I started work. It felt so much better getting it done 1st thing. Later when I finished work I went to striders for a speed session. Although my legs no longer produce speed lol, I worked hard and could definitely feel it, I went home and tried to stretch and foam roll but Byron had other ideas and started jumping on me so put on hold till I'd read his book and put him to bed lol little monkey.

                          Byron joining in

Tuesday I got up and went out just aft 7, it was chucking it down but after bout 3 mile  I started to feel like my old self relaxed and enjoying my run instead of feeling sluggish and like it was never gonna get any better, I ran just under 8 mile and got all my stretches done and rolling before I picked Byron up from nursery. Later I went to work and taught a spin class. This actually loosened my legs along with glute strengthening between doing inductions in gym. Well I gotta do it some time 😁.

                                                                       The old lines

Wednesday I did most of my exercises early and went for a sports massage in the afternoon and it was really painful especially when the elbows started digging in, note to self- don't leave it so long next time......... Groan,  Thankyou Becky 😀

Thursday I got up and ran early again  and ran about 6mile I  felt a bit sluggish today but I got on with it. Even tho it was raining I ended up taking my jacket off and ran in my t-shirt I was really warm. Stretches all done before I picked Byron up from nursery, an afternoon at work followed by just under 3 mile with panther beginners,, followed by glute and strengthening exercises.

                                                           Bow bridge Furness Abbey                           

Friday I ran with the Duddon dragons, sister group to the panthers, it was fab to catch up with them it's not very often I get chance to run with them, gonna make time though and then I can run home as part of my training.

Sun, marathon day. The weather was forecast good but it is the lake district after all :-/. It Was great to see malc and Jonathan  2 of my 10 in 10 family, both fantastic runners, just knew I wasn't gonna see them again aft the start. Well done both :-). The race started well with us stood talking  and having a laugh,  summat to do with nipple tassels if I remember right 😂😂😂. Next min everyone was off and we nearly got left behind oops. This left me in a good place tho, right at the back, today's strategy was to get rnd in 1 piece,  take it easy and enjoy. The 1st mile  was hard straight into the hills, with a little sign attached to a  tree saying something to the effect of "don't listen to the 1st mile, it's a liar",  I can only presume it was a warm-up for what was to come, then more hills  we must have climbed for about 3mile at least. It was tough and when we got to the top of the 1st section we went off road rnd parkamoor, this was an adventure with the paths being totally waterlogged negotiating our way around so we didn't get too wet too early. At one point I heard a voice saying "make sure you pick a good way cos I'm following you" fool 😂😂😂. The views were non existent because the fog was really thick. By this time  the half marathoners were flying past us we were on a very narrow path and it was quite scary when they came pounding up behind u, most were quite good and shouted which way they were coming through, others just ploughed through.  The rest of the 1st half was uneventful I walked the steep hills and ran  the rest.

As I set off up the hill at the start of the 2nd half I was greeted on the narrow climb by a convoy of land-rovers so I stopped and let them past. Next a few mountain bikers hairing down,  screeching brakes as they saw me.  After this climb I ran to the next technical section and ran/walked down to join the road which joined the route of the Windermere marathon  route for a while b4 turning off and heading up to claife heights.  I ran/walked this off rd section and slowly, no  very slowly I headed down the wet, slippy steep coffin trail to the edge of Windermere. I ran most of the next section till I got to the next steep off rd hill then walked to the top and ran down to cookoo brow where I met Helen a fab marshal with a big smile  and a big foam hand  lol. After this it was a mud bath,  and some more up hills. I remember seeing a sign saying "don't stop because yor tired, stop when yor done" this made me laf cos the next climb was a hell of a climb oh and aft crossing a river, straight through the middle the climb got bigger and steeper till eventually I was back on the fire track on my way to the finish. It was tough, wet, cold, sunny, warm and tough, have I already said that?? 😂😂 but I did it  and it was good mental prep for may xx