My training program has yet to take off in earnest. I managed to get out with running club on Thursday, but it was a bit of an ordeal for several reason. Firstly, I'm still not quite back into the swing of things since Christmas and this was evident the other night. Secondly, my calf muscle was starting to give me some grief, especially up hills and as anyone who know this part of Yorkshire will tell you, they are unavoidable. And to top it all off, everyone else was on one, so we ended up covering about 8.5 miles when normally we would do about 7.
Alas, I didn't make it to the final winter league fixture yesterday (not at all sad about it) which was in Halifax. I didn't fancy going all the way to Halifax to struggle up muddy hills with no grip. I don't mind a hill but these things are like the Travelator on Gladiators. I once met Jet (fittest one) from Gladiators in an amusement arcade in Wrexham. Least said about that the better. So yeah, winter league, not my cup of tea. I think, going forward I will do some off road training though, as for the same reason I think it could be quite beneficial to overal fitness and hill-climbing ability.
Regarding the weekly weigh in, no change at all this week. One the one hand this could mean I lost more weight and then regained it, or vice versa. Or there was no change. It does mean that when I do my graph at the end of all this, week one will look more impressive than week 2. Still 2.2kg in 2 weeks is a lot, whether it was all in week one or not, so I will look at it positively.
One thing became clear this week is that I need new running shoes. The shoes I run in now are my second serious pair ever and they are a bit the worse for wear so once payday arrives I will hobble on down to my local Sportshoes store and get myself shod. That will give me couple of weeks to wear them in before the Bradford 10k, and the Leeds Half Marathon.
I might get out tomorrow night for a flat run (thinking of my calf again) of about 5 miles, which will hopefully make the next Thursday session more bareable. Hopefully. Then, maybe next week I can start thinking about going to the Tuesday night training sessions. They are hard, and I need my leg to be reliable before I go sprinting up hills and whatnot.
Ciao for now.
