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RE: September 2013 - The Fear Mounts
Work. Urgh. An unexpected two overnight shifts in the middle of my days off has turned this week into an ugly 60-hour, assorted shift nightmare and taken a blowtorch to any form of structured training.
Even so, running under adverse conditions is good preparation for tough races, and so it was on with the running shoes and see what I could squeeze into the sixty minutes I had available to get something done.
It started ugly, to be sure. I was tired and struggling to understand why I was attempting to run when my body was tired and hungry and my brain was ... somewhere else. As ever though, after a few minutes things started to come together, so I cranked the pace and squeezed out a nice, tough little tempo run, a little faster and a little stronger than my previous outing.
It feels good to get these runs under the belt, even if they are a poor compromise to my intended training - scuppered as it has been by the death of the treadie and a shortage of people at work. Whether it's enough remains to be seen, of course, but I do feel better about my running in general. I'm faster, stronger and enjoying it a little more.
Where it's headed we can only wait and see.
10.8 km, 60 mins.
YTD: 855.1 km
Track du jour: Haven't had this one for a while. Suck it up, runners!
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September 2013 - The Fear Mounts
