The long runs

Training has become a slog with the longest runs of the program on the weekends this month. In addition to my 3 training sessions per week working on legs and core strength and runs of 8k whenever I can fit them in (1-2 a week) I am running 30+ km on the weekends.

Last weekend I was on a girls trip to the Central Coast. While I enjoyed the spa on the Saturday with a lovely massage, I avoided the champagne on Sat night and got up at 6.15am on Sunday morning for 30km.

I was grateful and motivated by one of the girls who came with me for the first 15k - what a trooper! - she was able to run that distance without training recently, thanks Chez, hope you weren't too sore :)

This weekend I'm out to the M7 first thing on Saturday to go 34km. My mantra: "Stopping is NOT an option". This one worked for me last year. I know what I'll be thinking about for the last 10k - the large frozen coke waiting for me at Macca's where I park my car!

I am feeling it in the legs, tonight they are just fatigued, a sensation difficult to explain, no particular sore point but just an overall tired ache up from the knees to the hips. I have used the roller on them tonight and my own tourettes-like therapy of using the heel of my hand to bang up and down them a few times!

I'm also finding it hard to prepare mentally - it is difficult to keep running when the thoughts inside my head are "why am I choosing to do this again?" or "I really don't need to go through with this".

Enough of that, is the next thought. I will run 42.2 in 32 days, I won't give myself any other option...

PS. Thanks to all my sponsors - I have raised $2,250 and almost reached my goal for Harry.