Training Log Archive: fluceluce

Cracking cough, but weirdly non-productive still. I actually managed the entire day sitting still!

Yearly first test of how fit I am at anni waltz.

I don't think I'll ever learn. Optimism that I was feeling better got me to the start line. That and the beautiful day making it a shame to miss out.
Missed the start (along with half the field) as there were more runners than normal and it was a very quiet announcement that we were starting. Not much lost (30s once you take into account the overtaking on a track factor?) and not as bad as the winner Heidi Dent who was off down the track warming up!

Ran well to Robinson, arriving at the start of the climb in around the same time as 2014 - or maybe a little quicker after the incentive to get overtaking in the first couple of miles. Didn't climb too badly but not as fast as 2014 and topped out 2-3mins down on my fastest which I will certainly take!

From there on in I didn't have anything to give though and from Hindscarth was not feeling good so became a survival game rather than a race. FIninshed ~30s faster than last year which considering a) not starting on 'go' b) disaster cough and c) the race being slightly longer due to not taking the direct line off catbells, I think indicates I'm fitter than a year ago!? Who knows how far off the miracle that was 2:04 in 2014 I would have been without the cold.

Took me a good 5mins to catch my breath at the end and cough slightly more chesty than before maybe. If I was a sensible athlete, I shouldn't have raced.....but I did and now I'll moan whilst I wait to recover properly!

Week of rest with cold receding into a dry cough. Weird cold as had been feeling fine until Wed, then less so for a few days.