Washout week.<\/p>\n
Illness developed into a chest infection, so with antibiotic meds from the doctor I prescribed myself rest for the week. I went to work as normal, but no physical exercise until I felt much better.<\/p>\n
Thursday I did a spinning class. Friday I felt OK, so I did an 8-mile run in the evening, around the roads near home. Felt like a real grind, a struggle to get through it. Think with hindsight I shouldn’t have done it. Live and learn. Norman Conquest 50 is on my mind.<\/p>\n
On the positive sid, the whole time I’ve been ill I’ve been doing a lot of reading about running ultras. The Ultramarathonrunning.com site has a bunch of links to valuable information, and I read through most of them – it made me feel better and took my mind to a place where I wasn’t feeling sorry for myself or dying to get out for a run. Recommended reading: http:\/\/www.ultramarathonrunning.com\/training\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n Total miles planned: 30<\/p>\n Total miles actual: 8<\/p>\n Bah.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Washout week. Illness developed into a chest infection, so with antibiotic meds from the doctor I prescribed myself rest for the week. I went to work as normal, but no physical exercise until I felt much better. Thursday I did a spinning class. Friday I felt OK, so I did an 8-mile run in the … Continue reading Training w\/e 15th March 2013<\/span>