Monday 2nd May 2011 - no training

Tuesday - another 5.30 start for a run, to fit it all in.  Gee, I'm committed!!  Cruise interval session - 5x 4 mins at race pace with 2.5 mins recovery between.  It is very dark this early (and chilly today) so I ran a bit further up to Kensington Gardens and ran on the roads around the edges to have the flat ground and the light with no cars.  There remains a slope, so I did try to do more of the pieces running downhill, as my legs were heavy and slow enough with today being day 2 past the half marathon - I woke a bit stiffer today.  However, the downhill runs were pretty swift - managing 4.10 - 4.20 pace consistently.  The first one was slowest and hardest, the rest were better.  55 minute session, then off to work.

Yoga again tonight at Lululemon for a complementary session with Youngblood - a good stretch out.

Wednesday - 90 min level 2 Yoga class at Kensington.  I got straight up on the handstands and head stand, and did the best I have so far in holding my shoulder position in the bent arm stands.  Yay.

Thursday - sprint session.  I felt slow and heavy and slow.  I did my 3x 300m in about 70 secs each (fast enough), but I really struggled with my 4x1000m.  I only did 2 of them.  The first session I have cut short.  I was so slow - slower than on sunday - so got into a really negative mindset.  I was also able to convince myself that seeing as I worked so hard on sunday anyway, I was ahead on percentage, and maybe some of the tiredness and heaviness is still left over from then (I would hope not).  I am 2 kg heavier than I should be, and I haven't been as strict on what I am eating (chocolate is my problem), but I wonder what effect just the carbs has there, given I have been doing all of this in an extremely low carb state.  Maybe having some makes my body realise what it has been missing, craving more, acting like it needs more, when in fact, it has ticked along very nicely with close to none?

Or maybe I was just slack and tired and soft today.  I also didn't wear my HR monitor, figuring it was virtually a max session, so I'd just work hard.  I think having the monitor would have helped me by having an objective measure of how I was doing, and giving me a bit of a kick up the backside - the 1000m sets are meant to be at HR 170 or so, so I could have pushed myself up to that.

Friday - no training

Saturday - no training

Sunday - Mother's Day Classic run.  I did the run with Beck, but the 7.5 km is on the short side for my long rung, so I ran down to the city (5 km), did the run, then walked home to stretch out a bit.  My calves were still pretty tight when I got home to my 'Green Eggs and Ham' breakfast so some stretching was still in order.  After breakfast I spent most of the next 3 hours cleaning and tidying the house ready for a Mother's Day high tea.  So, whilst I ran no carb, the rest of the day was very much carb.  Back on the program tomorrow :)