I took Tuesday off from training. For once I was listening to my body, I was still very tired from Sundays event.
By today my body felt much better but the same could not be said for my mental condition. I was still feeling the effects of the emotional rollercoaster I had been on and still feeling anxious about the big event in 6 weeks time.
I wasn't too keen on getting out on the bike or running.
As soon as I got home from work I fed my lovely cats and got changed for the training session. It wasn't to be a difficult session, a short ride followed immediately by a short run. As I got ready the dark clouds above were looking ominous and it began to spot with rain. I had visions of getting stormed on.
I rode for 10 miles and found it surprisingly ok, there were a couple of short steep climbs and I stomped up those out of the saddle. The clouds never did open up on me.
Within 42 minutes I was back home. I quickly locked my bike up in the garage, changed shoes and went off for the run. I chose a route that had me running uphill as that will help me the most. It took at least 3 minutes for my legs to feel like they were my own. It was quite surreal, my body was moving forwards but I had little sensation of my legs. I never felt like that before, it must have been the effects of Sunday still. After a while they felt ok. I only ran a short 1.8 mile loop as dictated by my training programme.
Above shows the bike ride
Above shows the run
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