Getting Stronger ?? part 2

However this week it’s a different story; I'm feeling very tired and as if I'm starting with a cold; that scratchy feeling at the back of my throat and a lot of sneezing….. But I pushed on and carried on with my training.

With 11 hilly off-road miles on Tuesday with Derwent runners and I have one more 20mile run to do, but with working on Friday I was struggling to decide when to fit it in, especially as we had a busy weekend as well.  Then the idea struck me why not get an early finish on Thursday and follow up my 5 mile run with another 15miles bringing me up to 20 on the day. 

Unfortunately my headphones gave up  halfway through my 6am treadmill 5 miles run and then despite hoping for an early finish, it didn’t happen  meaning I didn't get back home until 18:00.  But I pushed on to get it done, which I did but it wasn't pretty and it was getting very tough towards the end.

Sleep came easy but I didn’t stay asleep for long as my legs ached soo much and my general feeling like crap got worse and then before I knew it is was 6:30am and the sun was streaming through my window. After a long day working from home and moving furniture,  I  managed to get out of the door around 17:00 for a 4 mile run, whilst it was the best I had felt all day something felt off.

I've still been sneezing all day and felt like there was a cold lurking in the background waiting to pounce at any

minute. As the evening wore on the worse I felt and decided to take the next two days off from running to hopefully re-charge the batteries and perhaps it was the effects of overtraining and burn out….

So fingers crossed next week I started to feel a little more like my old self again, just in time for the taper!