Training Log Archive: rachael

we thought this was going to be a fast road race for alex to get a good time and i planned to run but take it easy. turned out they'd changed the route to be 3 x ~3k with 1k at the end. there were 2 significant hills in each lap and it wasn't a fast route at all! i set off a bit keen and had to slow down. it was super slow but good fun and the lungs felt fine :)
lap 1 12:40
lap 2 13:55
lap 3 14:30 ish
total 46:55
RPE: 6

easy round bole hill including 6 strides 20s (40s)
RPE: 3

jogged down and round the 5k loop again then a slightly longer warm down after. pushed a bit harder this time but it still took 25 mins...
lungs feeling clear now which is good :)
RPE: 5

i planned to go cycling in the gym but after a super long (10 hours) day at work i was too tired and hungry and decided being sensible and resting was a wiser plan so i ate some g-free mum-made mince pies instead. yum yum.

actually felt ok running, hurray! a bit of coughing at the beginning but no rattling anymore :)
jogged down to fox hill then round alex's 5k loop (29.30, i was making an effort to go slow!) and back up the hill home.
watch is full so it didn't record the HR but was between 132 and 142 pretty much all the way.
happy that i finally seem to be getting better!
RPE: 2
then off to jen and hugh's for good dinner, chat and puzzles!

a nice hour on the slope with a good bit of moguls practice.
got annoyed that they wouldn't open the second lift for the first 20 mins so spent a lot of time standing in a queue.
also got annoyed with the gayness of ellis brigham and the unhelpfulness of their staff. they have lost my business forever.

on the plus side, my cough is much much better :)

the coughing has almost stopped now but my chest is still rattling a bit. Really warey of starting too much too soon. Will try and do some easy circuits tonight seeing as i have to be there anyway and will see how it goes...
looks like this week will be taken up with getting back to full speed so won't be a proper training week. At least by next monday i should be full speed ahead to start block 2...

C • patience 1

took it super easy and missed out all the jumping stuff so as to keep the heart rate low and did lots of chairs instead.
RPE: 2