I didn't write anything last week so I am going from memory to recall two weeks of running.
On the Tuesday following the 13K run I have no idea what we did. I am sure we did something around 5K but I cannot remember where we went. On Wednesday, two of us joined Ray for some speed drills and though we managed to complete them we still find it difficult.
On Thursday I missed the run to go to Pat's year end party where I met somebody who had just run the Vancouver marathon. She said that her big difficulty was eating properly before the race i.e. getting enough food in her early enough so she wasn't burned out during her race. She found herself struggling at the end because the race started early in the morning and she hadn't eaten enough. I am not sure if the same problem will occur in a half marathon, but I do find it hard to make sure I get something in me before running but not too soon before running to make me uncomfortable. Same with drinking water. I have been told that the Victoria half marathon starts at 7:30 so I will need to eat about 6:00. I am going to look for advice on timing meals.
Because I missed Thursday, I ran Saturday morning looping the highway from the SPCA to McDonald's. It was before 8:00 and there were a couple of other runners out.
Sunday was a bit of a recovery week so we only did 12K.
Tuesday was another sunny day so we did the waterfront route backwards, running down George Hill and up Bill Murray.
Wednesday, Gail and I were the only ones to show up for speed work so we decided to just run 200m and walk 100m and then work our way up to full laps over the next month. We found it less strenuous.
On Thursday we changed a bit of our usual SPCA run. Instead of running up Frederick and turning at 11th we continued to 7th and ran up (well- walked up) the stairs to get back to Alfred and then 11th to take us back to the track.
On Friday I decided to drive to Butze. It was just after 7:30 so I was the first car there. Because we are moving up to 14, 16, and 18K over the next few weeks, I wanted to find the distance markers for 7, 8, and 9K. I ran from Butze to the 9k and back to Butze (about 8.5K), found all three markers (we need to refresh the paint) and managed to complete it in less than the time it took me to do the 8K back in May,
I will be interested to see what I manage to do on Sunday when we run 14K and then again next Sunday when we do 16K.
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