10K Run cut short!!

Today got off to a really bad start, today started at 1am when the new neighbour decided loud TV was in order, I don’t know if he had the window open but I could pretty much hear every word, he was watching a news channel, and by the 5th time I heard the weather report I was getting ever so slightly miffed off, said neighbour (we shall call him Bert) has never done this before, Bert has woken me up at 6 or 7am on a Saturday or Sunday doing this but that’s not so bad as 1am… but anyway I managed to drift back off to sleep, only to wake several times in the next few hours to hear various segments of news or weather, I was not impressed, Bert is often not home, and has had he TV very loud before on the odd occasion but never past a reasonable hour in the evening, maybe he is an insomniac, but does that mean the rest of us around him have to be?!
By the time the alarm did go off, all was quiet next door, but I was feeling a little worse for wear, I have no conscious knowledge of how many times I woke up or how long the TV was on, but I know when it first work me up it was 1am, and my better half said this morning it work him up at 3 am so was clearly still going then, but hey not deterred (that is a lie, I was deterred, I wanted to stay in bed and do nothing this morning) I dragged myself out of bed and got dressed, plastered my feet (to stop the blisters forming) and headed off to the gym, still in a foul mood knowing I had gone to bed early purposefully and ended up woken up… GREAT!

On the treadmill and the run began, I felt almost immediately that I was pushing my luck, I had no energy, no stamina, nothing, things were hurting I was still feeling tired, I was not impressed, but I pushed on… I ran up to 3K and had to pull back for a moment, but not too long I was good to go again in a minute and off I went, still feeling every single foot fall, and every leg movement being an effort I pushed on, keen to get as far as I possibly could, Then the boot camp went outside, this gave me a distraction for a short while but I couldn’t seem to focus on anything, not even the running, my music got louder and louder and I tried to block everything out totally, I pushed on harder and harder but it was no good I had to slow to a walk, cool down and stop, my 10K run was cut short :(

I managed just 6K today, 4K short of where I wanted to be, I did however manage this in 40minutes, even at my “slower” pace so this is good it sets me on track to achieve the 1 hour mark, but I wasn’t impressed I felt defeated… I spoke to a PT on the way out and she asked what I was training for and how I was getting on, I said I was doing well until today and explained, she made me feel a little better though as she said the body will sometimes not be able to handle what you want it to do, especially this early on in your training and it’s best to listen to it as you have done and don’t push it, I was still feeling a little defeated, but I won’t let it get me down, I did something, and as I have always said something is better than nothing where exercise is concerned. However what I will say is if I am ever woken up in future by Bert’s TV, I will be getting out of bed and having words… witch words I will choose I am not too sure about, but when I am tired, I am like a bear with a sore head and frankly at that time in the morning, I won’t care who I offend, having said that it looks like he is away this evening!

So all in all a struggle today but still, I went and I am not going to let it de-motivate me, tomorrow I have a spin session and then the weekend at rest, and next week, we try all over again, I have another two whole long running sessions before my next re-program.

What can I say, we all knew this wasn’t going to be easy, today shows it indeed is not :(

As for my plasters on my feet, the one I placed on the left foot perfect, but it didn’t really need it, the one on the right foot, that was more painful and the blister from last week having not healed properly… useless, it moved and came off and ended up crumpled in my sock under my heal, although I still managed to avoid any blisters this time, so that’s great but I think I need some better plasters for future, my right foot must move around more in my trainer than my left foot… Or maybe I just have abnormal feet!?

On a plus note I received my Protein powder today, along with my Thermobol… what’s Thermobol you ask? Well its something to give me a little boost and keep my metabolism ticking just a little higher to help with the weight loss (It’s orange peal and herbal stuff), and I also received my 7-Day Pill Pot for my multi-vits and Glucosamine (For me joints) so I am all set (Provided I am allowed to sleep).

After a little discussion and some reading, I have also decided to change my diet, I did this before when I lost the majority of my weight when I was an Elephant, so I think I need to go back to it, not only does it keep the metabolism up, it gives you more sustained energy levels and stops you from over eating in any one meal, so henceforth (or at least once I have figured out a meal plan of sorts) I will no longer be having 2 or 3 meals a day, but I will be having 5 to 6 small meals a day, suits me down to the ground, I’ll spend most of my day eating :) haha... a little more research required I feel!

So... Tomorrow = Spin session, lets hope I have a little more stamina tomorrow!

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