Hard work… hard, drudgery… grim… that’s the only way I can describe my run this morning. Really hard work to run just under 10 miles. Yesterday did the same distance, although another route, and it wasn’t as bad, but this morning was harsh. Almost yakked at the end of the run, as if I just run a marathon.
So, as you’d expect, trying to identify the cause. First port of call was ‘overtraining’, but I’m not convinced that’s it as I’ve done very little running for the last two weeks, almost rest weeks, and I haven’t been overly tired. My knee’s been hurting but niggle hurts, not debilitating hurts.
Could just be it wasn’t a good day to run. Mental effort got the better of me. I am actually wondering if it’s not the lack of cross-training over the last 4-5 months. Non-stop running, very little else. Time to find a pool and get on the biks… I’ll just have to keep an eye on it and see how it goes.
Still got the adventure race lined up but not booked in yet, nor have I sorted out my bike, let alone ridden it. If I do enter it will be a ‘for the fun of it’ race, which those ones often are. Running/cycling around the wilderness in the probable cold and rain. Actually sounds like fun.
I may even go catch a few zzzz’s now as well…
