Forgive me Running Commentary, it has been many days since my last confession.
Had a brilliant time in Colorado, great skiing, great company, great beer/wine, unfortunately not too much running, in fact I only managed to get out for 4 sessions of about 3-4 miles each, however, with altitude at just over a mile high, (we skied at 13.5 thousand feet) the perceived effort was for approximately twice that distance. Have got some piccies of my route which I will post next time.
Returned home last Wednesday afternoon, and went out for the scheduled 4 miler on Thursday whilst quite severely jet lagged.
Saturday morning was to have seen the big 16 miler tucked away but the snow that fell the evening before was still hanging around making the pavements quite treacherous so shelved that idea and vegged out for the day. Went to a friend’s house on Saturday night and drank too much (again – groan). Didn’t feel a bit like running on Sunday morning, no time for breakfast, Mr SW champing at the bit . The run was hard, straight up the A6 into Derbyshire and back. 2 miles fairly easy followed by a 3 mile hill before tapering off a little – needless to say I hadn’t chosen the route, it was Mr SW’s idea of fun. My legs ached; the bend at the front where your legs join your body was particularly painful, especially bad coming back down the hill. Had to stop for quite frequent walking breaks on the way back, munching jelly babies was the high point of the event. Mind you after the altitude 'training' I didn't feel out of breath
Still, I suppose it’s one more in the bank so to speak and I will really enjoy my rest day today. Will try and read all the posts I have missed to catch up on the gos.
Forgot to say, also put on about 6 pounds on holiday, and believe me I could feel every one of them yesterday :-)
