Dear Diary: The Eternal Ramblings of Trevor Watson

I had Monday off to recover from the 16+miles last Sunday. Tuesday was my daughter's birthday and to celebrate we went out for a meal in the evening, so no run then. Wednesday saw strong winds, rain and low motivation, so it was Thurday before I actually made it out for a run.

I have to say though, that although I ran the 7 miles fairly easy, it was a very comfortable run due to the 3 day's rest.

Friday, I did my speedwork at the gym. I modified it this week so I actually ran seven 1:30 intervals at 3:30/km pace with a 2min recovery jog in between each interval. This was much harder than running eight or nine 1:00 intervals at the same pace, but I'm confident that it will help improve my speed.

Sunday was cold and dry after quite a bit of rain on Saturday, so I decided to skip the first part of last week's run as it involves running through wet grass. Instead I ran the first half of my 13mile route and then extended it with the second half of last weeks run. This gave me a much less strenuous run than last week, but still kept the mileage up at around 14 (maybe slightly higher - I need to check).

So, my legs are tired today, but I may just try for a 30 minute recovery run today to try to loosen everything up.

I would have liked to have done more, but am comfortable that what I did do was helpful to my race prep.