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Blog 11

Wk  27/03/17 - 02/04/17

This week I ran Mon, Tues, Thurs & Sun

Mon - Today I had a pretty stressful day so instead of doing a speed set with striders I went for a longer slower run to clear my head. It was a really warm evening the sun was shining but I felt really agitated. I didn't take my music so I could think through some things then put them away. I set off and headed down the old lines or Westfield trail as they call it now. I ran to the end of the trail then turned left and ran out along the coast road towards leece. There was a nice cool breeze coming off the sea and I was starting to feel a whole lot better. There was a lot of traffic on the road so I kept close to the edge, but most of the drivers were pretty good and gave me lots of room, just the odd idiot who I think was trying to get as close to me as possible. I was soon on the pavement though and then off the coast rd. altogether heading towards leece, the breeze had dropped now with the high bushes on either side of the lane blocking it off. It was really warm so I slowed down a bit and was checking out the lambs in the fields as I ran past, so cute. I was just about at leece when I heard a shout and when I turned round a lad I know was coming up on his bike. We chatted for a while as he rode alongside of me then he shot off as we came to a big hill as he needed to get some speed up to get up it lol. All my stress had just about gone now and I was feeling good. I was going out for tea with my bestie Jenny today so I ran to her house and we walked to mine chatting about where we were going to go for raffle prizes after tea as we had planned. Dave, Jordan and Byron joined us for tea then we dropped them off and spent the next few hrs visiting pubs, chippy's and restaurants before we went home to enjoy a bottle of wine while putting raffle tickets in envelopes to hand out.
So what was a stressful day turned out to be a good productive day with a 10 mile run included .

Tues - Today I took Byron to school before I went running. The weather again was good to me so I enjoyed a run round the lanes in the sunshine. I was on my way home and someone beeped at me and when I turned round a car pulled up and it was a friend i'd not seen for a while so we got chatting. It was great catching up and I ended up getting a lift home because we were talking for a while and I had to get back for Byron. Still got 11.5mile in though.

Wed - massage day with Becky It actually didn't hurt as much this week.

Thurs - Today I ran 5.5 mile with the Parkside Panthers. It was a nice run around Furness Abbey, quite a few cows with calves were in the field next to the path. The farm was all quiet when we ran through, up the hill into the amphitheatre and out around the Abbey ruins. We ran up the steep hill and through the arch onto the main road and back to Aldi for stretching. I then headed across the road to the leisure centre to take the spin class before I went home.

Fri - Today I woke up with a sore throat. I'd had it on and off since Sun but today it seemed worse as the day developed I ended up with earache in my left ear too. By 5:30 when Dave was picking me up from work I felt awful, throat was killing, ear was sore and I felt really drained. I was supposed to be running with the dragons tonight but I just sat in car waiting for dave, the next thing I knew they were back and I'd fallen asleep heehee. I took some cold and flu tabs when I got home and had an early night.

Sat - Today I worked all day kept up with the cold and flu tabs in the hope I was going to be ok for the marathon on sun. Penny Morton came to stay, so I made tea & pack-ups to take tomorrow and we had an early night.

Sun - Marathon day, today I got up at 4am & made sure we were at the strawberry for 5 and on the bus. I wasn't feeling great this morn I felt a bit sick, I think it was the tablets, I had stomach ache too. I ate some breakfast and it seemed to settle for a bit. We stopped at services and I got off. I felt a bit queasy but I was alright after a bit of fresh air. I drank some water and when I got back to the bus I started heaving, all that came up was phlegm. I guzzled down some more water and felt a lot better and by the time we got to Manchester I felt ok. I reckon it was the tabs good job I didn't take any this morn.
The sun was shining and it was getting warm before we even set off. I saw loads of people I knew from my home town of Barrow and my Brathay family. It was great. Anyway we set off and everything was fine, the road surface was a bit rough and after about 16 mile my feet were hurting quite a bit even with my cushioned trainers on. I tried to stay on the white line in the middle lol. The pads of my feet were really sore by the time I got to mile 23 but I managed to slow to a comfy pace or where it hurt least and kept going. The finishing straight went on forever, you could see the finish line but it seemed to never get any closer. I slowed to a walk and drank the last of my water while everyone was shouting for me to carry on, which I did and ran as fast as I could to the finish lol. At that point I just wanted my feet to stop hurting. I collected my bag and met Karen who finished just before me. We walked round to meet the rest that had finished. I looked at my time and was totally made up proof I'm getting stronger 4:12 its all coming together.