Theresas training

I have a few runs to write about this week…last entry
on 22nd December so since then have done quite a bit
of running. Unfortunately the w/c 19/12/05 was one of
my lowest mileage weeks ever…. We had our short run
on the Tuesday, intervals on the Thursday and then the
final run for the week was Saturday (Christmas Eve).
Sheila Morrison, Val and I went for a nice we trot
through John Muir Country Park through to the wee
bridge and back across the beach, probably about 4.5
miles.

I had a lovely Christmas day – running wise I got a
new Nike long sleeve running top; some go bars (good
for breakfast on the run), Kelly Holmes’ book and also
gold membership of Jog Scotland. Along with the gold
membership of Jog Scotland you get a technical t-shirt
and membership of athletics Scotland amongst other
things. I am still waiting for my pack from them
though.

On Boxing Day I was at my mums through in Beith.
There had been a hard frost there and it was way too
cold and slippy to think about running. Brian had
fancied a walk on a beach so we headed over to Largs
were Brian got to walk and I did a wee run along the
promenade – again about 4.5 miles. It was good to get
out and there were loads of kids out trying out their
Christmas bikes/roller blades/kites etc. It was a
nice flat run too….

On Thursday 29th Sheila Morrison and I went out for a
run in the snow – we went for a run along the beach
which was interesting as it was frozen in parts, and
there was snow and ice along the way. We then ran
through John Muir Country Park for a bit, along part
of the route of the festive 10k up to the farm and
back along to the farm park and through John Muir
Country Park to Belhaven Bay car park.

On Friday 30th Sheila Morrison and I then decided to
try and run up in the hills as the snow was beginning
to melt and the beach and John Muir would be muddy and
sloppy to run on. So we started on our trek up to
Eweford, which near the tunnel under the A1 was a bit
treacherous so we were tip-toeing across the icy
patches. We then went up to Wester Broomhouse, ran
down the closed road and on to the main road up to
Spott. By this time our feet were soaking as we were
kicking snow back up at ourselves along the way. We
ran on up to Spott and the down to the first ford and
up Daniel’s Brae. Unfortunately, it was pretty slippy
on Daniel’s Brae as well so Sheila and I gave up
acting like hamsters (running on their wheel and going
nowhere fast) and walked up most of the way. The
wind then got up to help us on our way back down. I
got soaked again when running over what you thought
was a bit of slushy snow but actually it was ice and
snow on top of a rather massive puddle. The water was
very cold……

Saturday was 31st December and therefore the black bun
run. The weather was good but the run itself not
quite so good. A 1.5ish mile run from near the Mason’s
Arms to West Barnes and back. I made it to the end,
and was still breathing (just) so not too bad, I
guess. Also I was faster than last year by over 30
seconds so that is probably an ok improvement over the
distance….although it should be better. Ian Rowlands
commented that now I’ve made it to real runner status
– everytime I’m asked how a run goes I shrug and say
not great/should have been better or something along
those lines…..

And now I’ve been out for my first run of the new
year! I had to run down to Dunbar to pick up the car
after leaving it there last night. Quite a revelation
as I got up at about 10:40, set out for the run at
11:15, having no breakfast and not a lot of water (and
I am probably a tad dehydrated!). So I ran about 4
miles at normal Tuesday night club pace without eating
first (although I had a good feed the night before –
thanks Sheila!). Therefore, I probably don’t really
need to worry quite so much about having a pre run
snack on Tuesdays and Thursdays unless I’m starving.

So now I have to think of the new year resolutions and
running goals for the year. Might put that off until
tomorrow, think I need a nap!

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