Energy levels

So... what have I been up to since my last blog? ... Ermmmm, deadlifts and upper body weight sessions, another 1 hour run in the Hokas which went well apart from big toe pain again and on Tuesday I did absolutely nowt apart from a trip to the physio. I was shattered, and I'm waking up on a morning feeling like a zombie. This may have something to do with the fact I ran out of my pill and now have to endure an unscheduled 'time of the month', it may be the fact I need to look into my nutrition further, it may be that I'm doing more exercise than I've done for a while and it's taking its toll, it may be that I'm having a bit of stress at work... or it may be a bit of everything afore mentioned!

The trip to the physio was a good help. He thinks the big toe pain is the fact I've changed my walking style in order to walk faster. He suggested that I don't stop doing it completely but just do the odd minute on each walk break and then do the older slower style until my feet get accustomed to it. He seems to think it's just that my feet need to adjust and it's nothing serious.

Tonight I did 45 minutes on an 8:3 run/walk (with the minute walk in the middle done faster) and it did help a lot. I also found running at a faster cadence was easier on my foot too. Only thing is, it was a lot more tiring. I've done the last 2 runs on an 8:3 as I'm now going to try to reduce the walk breaks on my midweek runs. I'll take longer over time to reduce the walking this time though, so I don't risk another injury.

After a cup of green tea and a snack I did my squats and upper body weights. I don't think I had left enough time inbetween the run and this session though as I found it more tiring than I should have. I wished I'd had a proper meal first, so I'll keep that in mind for next week.

I have decided to go back to taking my GU gels for my long run. I don't have time to mess around trying to find something that works when I KNOW they work great. After all, I only have 5 weeks until race day.

Tim was shocked when I said I was up to 12.6 miles already. In our previous sessions he's always gone on about muscle memory and how I'll get back into running quickly, but I think I've even taken him by surprise.