Training plan
My partner, Lee has been a huge motivation these past few weeks in the moments I've wanted to give up during the transition to make running a habit, not a chore. Together we decided to add a couple of miles into my plan this week.
Monday- 4 miles- trial run in my new Boosts
Tuesday- Rest day
Wednesday- Was supposed to be 7 but after a misjudged route, ended up with an extra half.
Thursday- Rest day
Friday- 4 miles- I swapped my Thurs and Friday round
Saturday- Was supposed to be 10 miles but doubled back into my second mile for a toilet stop (a pint of lemon water half hour before wasn't such a good idea!) used the extra half mile as a cooldown.
After the minor hiccup at the start I got into a really good pace and managed to beat last week's 10 mile time by nearly 4 minutes! My Thurs and Fri will now be a permenant swap and it's so great to start seeing some improvement.
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Getting back from my run last Saturday, Lee said there was something he really wanted to try...no it's not dirty!! He suggested that for one month we give up meat, dairy and eggs and try a plant based diet. This coming from the chicken, bacon, cheese 6'2 destroyer. So we have thrown ourselves in head first. A couple of trips to local health food shops and we'd stocked up on coconut oil, chia seeds, goji berries, flaxseed, tahini, almond milk, fruit, vegetables and spices. It's now been a week since we started and it's certainly been a challenge at times but we are continuing to discover new recipes and ways to keep my sweet tooth and Lee's biscuit addiction at bay. I'm going to be interested to see in the weeks to come if a change in diet will improve my progress.
Having a (very bossy) two year old means at the weekend I need to make the time for her and fit in my training so tomorrow I'm going to combine the two with a buggy run to the park. With a final 5k to end the week I'll hit a total of 95 miles for the year so far.
She believed she could, so she did!
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