Thank God it’s Friday… I feel a bit tired today. I only have one more run this week and then it’s Rest Week! Yeah. Not entirely a rest as I’m still doing all the same things, just the run distances drop back to give me a break…and then the next week they start ramping up again for another 4 weeks build.
This morning’s run felt quite hard…well, sweaty at the least. It was quite humid and the sweat was running off me. MGirl came out again, reluctantly. At this rate though she’ll be as fit as I will be for the Death Race is she keeps running the same increasing distances as me. With all her sporting activity through the week I don’t know how she has the energy for running also. She said that the other sports just don’t feel aerobic enough (baseball and netball) and she “runs out of guilt”! She asked me if that were a good reason to run? I thought about it for a moment and decided that I run out of guilt as well…with purpose, but guilt at falling of the program if I skip a run. Either way, a run is a run, and it’s the end point I will enjoy. The journey I fully expect to be a huge learning curve…but the race will make it all worthwhile. We got 6.5km under our feet at about 5:45min/km pace. I thought that was quite good given my pace of late; I don’t think PaceBunny was all that enthused! We were both sporting sports bra injuries…so running isn’t much fun. (She’ll kill me!)
I’ve had a couple of productive days this week. I’ve written off letters to butchers and bakers to try to get donations of products for a charity BBQ I have booked for March 5th. Once they contact me, then I’ll have to rope in a few friends to help me BBQ through the day. Hopefully we can raise $1000 on the day, fingers crossed. The chef at work RMan is also a bit of a runner/cyclist and is excited about my project and kept giving me the names of his suppliers to hit them up for donations. Hopefully I hear something next week. My cousin JGal is also turning into an enormous asset! She has a great idea brewing that involves her old school and it sounds exciting! I’ve also spoken to CBoy’s school as they are having a fair in May and I am able to set up a stall and sell my fundraising chocolates and let everyone know what I’m doing. I’m also going to approach the school about a free dress/gold coin day as well. Then all I have to do is organise a major fundraiser, like a move night or a quiz night. But first things first.
I am planning on swapping my long runs this weekend…going Sunday instead to a Marathon Club cross country run of 12.6km. I figure they need someone to bring up the rear of the race and as I am slotted for a 12.5km run, I figured it would be nice to get out and run in the hills for a change. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been up there, only once since we returned from holidays. So tomorrow I might even get a sleep in if the planets align; followed by an enthralling morning of housework and a mountain of clothes to fold! Oh, and I don’t like to mention it, but my right leg started in on me again this morning. Not too bad, but enough for me to notice. Perhaps tomorrow off is a good idea. More ice, more stretching. It will NOT derail me now!
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