All Messed Up

Yup, my schedule is totally messed up, and I'm not proud of it.

After Saturday's strength and conditioning session, I was supposed to go for a 4mile run on Sunday.

We had planned to go to the Running Show in Esher, and after coming back, go for the run.
I had my food well planned in the sense that I had put the slow cooker in action before we left for the show.
The weather was horrific and it was nice to be indoors for a few hours.
The show wasn't huge, but had everything that was on my shopping list and more.
I had 2-3 things on the list:
1. Electrolyte tablets. I'm using the High 5 Zero one, and there was a great deal for 3 tubs for £12 with a water bottle, or 4 tubs for £15.
Knowing that 1 tub in the shop is £7, at 50% off it was a great deal.
2. I needed to get some compression socks, which I'm now wearing after my runs.
3. Maybe an additional pair of running thights as one of mine starts to break up in a place I ironed it too hot... Great deals on the Ron Hill stand. I really don't care if it's last year's ones, as the main difference is where to high viz lines are situated. So a great deal to have had.

There were lots of nice gadgets, but I managed to stay away from them.
We got some free t-shirts, some free bars, lots of literature, etc.

There was a stand to subscribe to one of the running magazines. With a 6 months subscription they offered a free running camelback, which is a backpack with a water reservoir in it.
As it was the end of the day, we asked them if we could have 2, especially as we couldn't really decide on the colour. Yeah! We did indeed.

It's scary to think though how much money you could spend on running. Between a good pair of shoes, and you need more than one. Some clothes, a good bra (at least for us women), a GPS watch, and so many more gadgets, it's a whole budget you can spend there.
 
However, on the way back we got stuck in awful traffic, and arrived home really late.
So being hungry, the run never happened :-(

Monday at my running group, only 1 person, showed up. It was Rakhee with whom I'm running the London marathon.
So I decided to do the short interval session, and we actually ran at a very good pace.
It was hard, but a good session.

Today, I finally managed to fit in my 4mile tempo run.
I never know if I will manage to finish the whole distance or not. It's after all the longest I've run so far.
So I started very slowly. I also knew that there was a long steady hill coming up and I wanted to see if I could run the whole way up. So I didn't want to be exhausted before reaching it.

The good news is, that I managed to run it the whole way up. However, when I finished the hill, I realised I had only ran 2.2km, and had another 4.3 to go!!!!
The loop I had in my head was much shorter than what I thought it was.
So I kept on running.

I managed to speed up for the last 1.5km and finish with a sprint.

I know I've been talking about it for a while now, but pacing is something I really don't know how to do yet. I hope with time and practice, it will come.
Let's see.

This weekend will be tricky as it's my mothers birthday. I will take my running gear with me, and time and weather permitting I will go for my long run, which is again 4miles but divided in 2miles with 5mins rest. Let's see if I can fit it in.

I do need to plan my sessions better and make sure they happen. Time is flying after all.

Oh, and Rakhee and myself finally got our fundraising page up.
Our aim is to raise at least £2500 for The Children's Trust.
If you do enjoy reading this blog, please do sponsor us. It will help me focus throughout those tough months.
Here is our page http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/RakheeandAnne

Thank you so much!