Off and back on the wagon

For the past six weeks or so I’ve been reasonably strict with what I’ve been eating and my training. This weekend was a bit of a slip up and I must say I’ve really paid the price for it. My mother-in-law’s partner Mike came to stay with us over the weekend, he’s a really nice guy and always takes us out somewhere nice while he’s with us.

Unfortunately, this means watching what I eat goes a bit out the window, and I’m OK with that, provided it’s a short term thing and I don’t slip back into old habits. So over the weekend I ended up eating too much and sharing a few beers with Mike, something I haven’t done in quite sometime. With the weather being somewhat uncooperative for my Friday run, I missed out on that completely, but got out on Sunday.

Boy did it ever hurt! After just 2km I was seriously contemplating chucking it in at the 7km mark, but I persevered and got thru the full 13.5km. Sure I was slower than usual and my legs just felt like lead the whole was around, but I made it.

I’m also official entered in the Lake Hood half marathon on the 20th of November, less than two weeks away. I’m comfortable with where I am fitness wise, even with yesterday’s struggle. I’m cutting back a little this weeks, aiming for two 10km runs on Tuesday and Thursday, probably early morning ones too, then a long one of 16-18km on Saturday. If I can manage that a week before, then 21km next Saturday should be no problem.

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