Oh wow best way to start the month NOT...... Halloween hangover but great night was actually worth it... had such a laugh wish I had a video of myself acting so stupid but was fun to act like I was 18 again LOL 

and no pictures sorry folks !  (thankfully) ha ha 

Weather warnings great, doing at least 15 miles today at least, Im trying to work out a small route I can do in the pinewoods so I avoid the wind too much lol and just do it 3-4 times update later ;-)

He he, 9.5 hours of sleep and I needed it after the weekend I had :-)

 I ran from the gym warmed up with 10 mins xtrainer level 6.

Rucksack ready with fuel and 2.5lts of water and it was heavy urghhh ! 

16 miles of sand dunes, sand trails, hills, hills, some tracks and 1 or two miles on good old tarmac.. Ouch this was a hard run it was windy still in the forest and cold today with some splatters of nasty cold rain.  

 2hours 13 mins 

• 8 mins 8.07 
• 8.07          8.18 windy
• 9.15 hit the hills 8.11 windy
• 8.12 8.49  v sandy
• 8.37 wind n sand 8.46
• mile 11  8.49 sandy
• 9.29 sand dunes wind rain
• 8.20 sandy
• 7.50  mile 14
• 7.09  tarmac mile 15
• 7.03 tarmac mile 16
• gym and xtrainer level 4 10 mins, stretched yes stretched and foam rollered OUCHIE to the foam rollering.

Just to give an idea of how sandy it was LOL  

Just entered this crazy race check out the video

http://www.ultimatetrails.org/lakedistrictcartmel/video.htm 

Gym

20 mins xtrainer level 6 for 5 mins then working upto level 10 for the remainder hard. I got my h/r upto 165 so not bad going. 

5 min steps ups with 10kg weight 5 in each hand. 5 mins step ups fast alternating 10 steps each lead leg.

4mile run

8.01,  7.30 windy   7.05 and 6.58

10 mins xtrainer level 6

stretches and foam roller.

1hour 45 mins training in total.

I only did four miles as I am thinking of double training and doing some mileage tonight maybe 5 miles but the weather is really bad torrential and windy !

Omlegs my sore legs  lol   well started out easy I hate running in the dark our paths (sidewalks ) are not very well lit in the suburbia and they are really bumpy rubbish rubbish, slippy leaves so I try to run on the road were possible, Paul cycles with me during the night for safey too well I didnt have one incident in 16 miles of sand dunes and trails yesterday but tonight I twisted my ankle slightly on a damn pine cone on the road urgghh PHHHHHHTTTTTTT not funny curse curse but Im okay its not too bad after a few steps to check it so off I went 

Just to add my song for this run was Shaft mambo swing I was in the mood for it

SWAY ! 

5.5 miles mostly 8 min miles the odd 7/7.25 when the path went wide and well it I could pick the pace up so B~U~R~T Im ahead of you he he he giggle giggle the girlie is giggling ;-) 

Warm up at gym 15 mins level 6 xtrainer oooh weather is proper Pants !

1.5 miles warm up  8 min pace

4 mile tempo run well tempo effort sand dunes mud mud mud and sand dunes, beach and then more mud ha ha 26 mins

3 mile warm down some trail some sand then tarmac back to the gym.

5 mins xtrainer level 5 warm down

I was soaked and very muddy, got some very odd looks going back in to the gym but hey I'm training for xcountry at the moment so got to practice extra large grin as it was lots of fun!

;-)  cba saying much else today ;-(

 Evening training d

• 1st mile 8 mins warm up
  
• 2nd 6.51 nearly marathon pace raining heavy and wind !
• 3rd  6.48 mara pace
  
• 4th  6.34 half marathon pace (tempo pace)
• 5th  7.30 easing off pace windy 
• 6th  7.51 mins warming down and feeling my calves ouchie! 
  

xtrainer level 6 20 mins  looked out the window howling winds and rain urgghh 

did some core work, then looked again still Pants weather........Walked over to the treadmill and the heating was on omg was not in the mood for sweatmill rather get soaked in the rain..... so 

6 miles mostly off road absolutely drowned I was.

Physio my hips are real tight and stiff, probably from all the off road running, but she sorted it with some ouchie noises from me !

Okay long story, I sort of done the deal with the devil today well not really but If Its raining tomorrow Im on a cycle machine raising money for Cancer urghhhh........

As you read above I was mopping about the gym trying to decide whether to run on the S/mill of run outside in really bad weather!

Instructor John " You okay dont see you with a long face often?" 

Me " CBA"  John "OMG your really in a mood, come on I will tell you some jokes"

Me " no really cba but gonna run it outta me,   my arse that is LOL "

John is on a cycle machine by the way,  the instructors are  taking it in turns on the machine an hour at a time, hes done 3 lots of 1 hrs today apparently! 

 John    " well see you in a about 2 secs then"

Me "oh very funny, more like 10 hours the way I feel"

6 mile run I return looking like a drowned rat very muddy, John is still on the cycle machine.

John "Oh well that was quick"   me "very funny"      No really you look more cheerfull

Me "yes very drowl!"   John " Okay Okay, Hun do you feel better?"  

me " Actually yes, but if it rains tomorrow I will cycle for you all, 1 hour only though"

John "OMG omg, will you really, but and but you better look happy you will scare people away"  

Me   " oh okay I will be happy tomorrow dont worry as its tomorrow LOL"

John " Its a deal then?  if so I will go do a rain dance"   Me "ha ha you dont need to the weather forcast is crap again LOL yeah deal"

So as you see Ive been stupid when Im tired and moody I agree to stupid things, IM too nice to too many things and fed up of tip toeing around people, so new order of the day, I will enjoy cycling to raise money, but anything else people are going to be told !

No I NEEED SLEEEEP and more of it!

OK I was in work all morning and it didnt rain, it was misty but no rain, turns 12.55pm, 5 mins to leave work and the heavens open omg NO, I cant do cycling I need to do a session today.

Off I go to the gym hoping I wont get stopped and collared to do an hours cycling.... the non stop cycling had finnished at 11am this morning Yay I dont have to cycle,  ha ha ha

So 15 mins xtrainer level 6 warm up, still pouring down outside urgghhh !

so I wrap up got my waterproof jacket on, iphone all wrapped up snug as bug in a rug.

Im eager to do this sessions another tempo effort, my hips are stiff so I stretched them out a bit.  

2 Mile warm up to the start of my route, same one starting at shorrocks hill, up past back of range, the side of the barracks then beach and the half mile sand dune and back to the start although this is only 3.4 miles so I will continue on road straight down Queens Road hoping the 4 th mile will end before the railway crossing.

So Off I went the rain actually eased for my tempo run but that didnt matter as the mud was proper xcountry style mud, and the sand was softer than normal huh!

that half mile sand dune is so draining I could feel my hip on it tooo, hit the road and I looked at the watch I was clocking a 6.30 pace off the sand dunes bit of a hill up and down carry on past my usual finnish at Shorrocks and straight down the road, I was hammering it, but its hard when you dont know the exact finnish in your mind visually, I just kept looking at the watch and thinking the sweatmill clocks off miles quicker ahhhhh.... zooming along in the pouring rain and a breeze against me at this point, I can see people stood at the bus stop pointing at me I was thinking oh no what have I dont summit stupid again, just keep going doesnt matter if you look weird of something

then I see a runner running towards me I recognise him and we nearly high fived I think we both just raised our hands to say hi but we were that close LOL just got the 4th mile in literally 3 metres from the railway crossing, I stopped bent over and threw up ha ha not a nice sight I must add..... but hey what do you do when you push yourself so hard it happens. I stretched a bit soaking wet and jogged back to the start of the run as I had left my waterproof jacket (I cant run hard with that on just annoys me)  so stop stretch again had to stretch my hips out and off I went back into the woods, for some cover and a mile, then ran on the roads for 2 more miles at an ok pace 7 min pace or thereabouts proper torrential rain at this point and I was feeling sick again oh dear I felt really drained.  

On walking into the gym, John had to say something, didnt he

"Hi, you ran in that rain, your mad"  Reply "No I just stood in the shower LOL"

"Ha ha very funny more like it you getting lazy these days"

Reply " yeah something like that, but I'm feeling better today".

Off I went for a hot shower and quick stretch, I was exhausted no no Knackered needed sugar and water in my system so off I went home to eat and drink.

4 mile tempo run in Pants Weather ;

mile 1  6.45 mins very muddy and windy

mile 2 7.15 sand starts same effort but feel slow

Mile 3   8.00 mins   the beach sand was soft, same hard effort, and 0.5 miles of sand dunes  

Mile 4  6.29mins   hitting the road 0.3 sand dune coming off it and road to the end

 Felt like the same effort all the way around pretty damn hard to say the least, but Im upto 4 miles so I am happier. I am hoping when I speak to my coach he may let me try some on road tempo runs next week I really wanna see how fit I am. 

rest day tomorrow even though I would like to do 5miles to get my mileage upto 60 so Im not sure I might do a gentle easy run I have to see how my legs feel tomorrow.  

I know I have lost weight not weighed myself though, Paul keeps moaning and trying to feed me up and Im eating it but I do feel leaner, my physio thinks I look too drawn in the face but I dont see it, Im not intentionally trying to lose the weight now, Im just eating sensible especially before and after my training to make sure Im recovering etc