First of all, here are the missing notes on runs over the last couple of weeks. I am still running, but the runs themselves have not been terribly interesting and so I have not bothered to post them at the time.

Date	Schedule/Actual Time (Distance)	Notes
22-Aug-2004	9 miles/1:30:02	Well, probably about nine miles... I went along Terwilliger from our house and got utterly soaked through because it just never stopped raining. Indeed, the further I went the harder the rain came down! It was actually a really nice run, which I did using just water and the electrolyte capsules. I'm sold on these, but it's very awkward trying to extract them reom the back pocket on my hydration pack while I'm running. One of the little perishers burst, in fact, so the last capsule I could actually take was coated in salt powder.
23-Aug-2004	4x3:00/3:00/43:56 (4 miles)	A gentle ramble through the nature park, wearing my waterproof trail shoes this time since I was quite keen to keep my feet drier than the day before!
24-Aug-2004	35 mins/43:33 (3½ miles)	Pretty much the usual hill run, although this is the last one for a while what with business trips (Zee) and holidays (me). Both of us are relieved that the Olympics are over so we can get back to sleeping properly, but still tired!
26-Aug-2004	30 mins/41:21 (3½ miles)	Ran with CH, although not for long. Didn't want to slow her down too much.
28-Aug-2004	11 miles/1:30:55 (8 miles)	Did the Terwilliger plus three route again, and just like last time I couldn't do the last tree miles. Definitely set a bad precedent there. This tells me that my original plan for the 21 of doing six, then eleven scheduled, then four miles on the end is a bad idea since if I come back to the car park with just a few miles to go then there is a really good chance I'll just stop.
30-Aug-2004	?/42:38 (4 miles)	Ran with CK and KO and couldn't keep up at all. Just bad.
31-Aug-2004	?/40:28 (3½ miles)	I don't think I should have run today really, but I trundled out of the house at the same time I usually would on a Tuesday morning even without Zee to act as a prompt to get out of bed. Did the usual Hillsdale loop, but it wasn't much fun.
02-Sep-2004	25 mines/-	No run today - sick.

Well, I say that I am still running... I have been very tired for most of the last three weeks. This was initiated by the Olympic frenzy and the unfortunate dental anæsthetic experience, but I have not been able to catch up on my sleep. This week I have been further pushed towards exhaustion since I have been suffering from some digestive distress which I sometimes get. It might be caused by exhaustion, or be a cause of exhaustion, or just be that my body is failing to fight off bugs which it can usually handle quite well except when I am very run down. Regardles of the causes, I'm been feeling really rather rum for most of the week. Today is better, but I am still light headed and dozy.

So, obviously, I skipped my planned run yesterday because it's no good trying to trundle even a couple of miles if you're worried about being more than a short scurry from a toilet. More significantly I will probably not be running what I wanted to run tomorrow...

The 21 mile benchmark is looming rather. The PFit schedule calls for this run to be done on 11th Sep, but since we are away that weekend I had planned on running it on the 4th instead (ie tomorrow). Since I wasn't able to run yesterday, running 21 miles tomorrow feels like a really dumb thing to do. Quite apart from still feeling a little uncertain in myself, I am doubtful that I will be able to even eat enough food or drink enough water today to make a long run tomorrow comfortable.

I will try to at least run the eleven miler that is planned, but that is well within band as long as I get enough sleep tonight and we're not doing Terwilliger again.

Am I worried that I will not have run the 21 prior to the marathon? Very much so - but not hugely worried. The 30K a few weeks ago went well enough that I am confident I cna finish the marathon quite handily; the 21 miler is mainly an extra comfort thing.

It'll be fine.

I just wish I felt better at the moment and could do the 21 tomorrow.

Posted by Dunx at September 3, 2004 01:25 PM