23/09/2019
Day one of the next "block" of training and I woke up feeling proper rotten after "celebrating" a questonable race performance on Sunday of 43:52 for a horribly hilly Sheffield 10k with too much wine and unhealthy food. Having decided hills were needed back in my training schedule I loosely planned out a three week training schedule to the next race (Draycote Water 10k) which started with a slow but hilly 10 miler. Slow hilly 10 mile run Distance: 10.22 miles Average pace: 8:16 min/mile Moving time: 1:24:26 Elapsed time: 1:28:33 Elevation: 477 feet Average HR: 143 BPM Temperature: 17 degree Wind speed: 10 mph Dry Legs were very tired, head wasn't in it, a lot of doubt in my own mind as to whether I'd complete it. Stopped a few metres into the first hill feeling like I couldn't do it. Convinced myself to slow down and trt, other stoppages were traffic related - it was a bad route for that time of day. A tough run, felt disheartened a