Even though I took some time to rest my muscles before the race, I was still exhausted this week. So I only went running once, on a kind of exercise course—it was about 2.3 km, but every couple of hundred meters there were some exercises to do. The bad thing is that it was just two days before the relay, and that all my upper muscles were pretty sore from the effort.
The relay was, on one hand, pretty awful. Had to turn around after I’d left the house since I’d forgotten my start number, so I had to run from the bus stop to the start, still missed the start signal, and started a good 500 meters behind everyone, already totally exhausted. Ran too fast in the beginning and the end, got a stich in my side couple of times but still managed to be only 1 min 30 sec past my fastest times, so I’m pretty pleased with my performance considering everything.
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So, although I did great last week, and I went jogging three times, I think I must have wore myself out. I couldn’t manage at all to go running this weekend.
So I went swimming for about 40 minutes on Monday morning. I lost track of how many laps but I think it wasn’t too slow. I read on the Polar website that it was ok to substitute the weekly long run (for endurance building) with an equally long swimming, biking, or whatever session—something in which your heart rate is a little lower but you keep at it for an hour or so.
So I plan to go for a little jog on Thursday, have two dance lessons this week, and otherwise rest a bit before the big 5k on Saturday.
I do hope I’ll be ready, though, for the 10k in June.
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So another beginner runner wanted to go running with someone, so we went on the short (3k) course. I realized as we were going up some slight hills that I was pretty pooped from my other runs this week, but still, the weather was gorgeous and it was nice to have some conversation.
Anyway, I’m thrilled with myself—already three runs this week! Let’s hope I make it on Saturday!
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