Week four of training is done, time for a week off

I managed to struggle through the last week of my new training block – building up endurance, although I didn’t manage to run as much as I’d hoped to.

My plan had been to run 160kms in the last week – my first ever 100 mile week. But Friday morning was difficult because I had an early appointment, and I didn’t manage to struggle out of bed an hour earlier to get the full 20kms in. so I only did 10kms.

That left 30kms to run in the evening. Doable, but it would hurt quite a bit. By the time the evening came around the weather had packed a sad and it was miserable. So I decided, sod it, and curled up inside where it was nice and warm instead.

That left me with 131kms for the week. Still an ok total, but a bit shy of my target. But I’m happy with my effort for the month. I really increased the distance I was running by quite a margin and managed to get through it all without totally breaking down.

My ankles are pretty messed up however. I noticed while I was at my sister’s house for dinner over the weekend that they were both quite swollen, which probably explains some of the pain.

So now I have a full week off. No running at all (except maybe Friday morning) and instead concentrating on stretching and massage and foam rolling. Once my body has healed a bit and I feel like I can get back into it, I’ll start the next evolution, building on what I’ve just done and hopefully addressing my biggest weakness once and for all.

Starting next week, I’ll be doing hill repeats – but not short or small hill repeats (that would be too easy – and sensible). There is a big hill not far from my house that is just on the edge of being runnable. So I’ll be visiting it every weekday and hammering up and down it until my lungs say – enough! I’ll keep doing that for all of March and then it will be time to rest again.

All we need is for summer to come back next week (it’s freezing cold at the moment) so I don’t have to wear 15 layers of clothing just to step out the door.

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