I woke up this morning feeling pumped! As this run was supposed to be yesterday but
got cancelled on account of rain. So
yesterday, I’m set to running in the morning even if I got home late due to a
presentation rehearsal. Even if I know
that I’m gonna do something that will probably affect my legs in the morning –
boom! :)
Anyway, I got up this morning on the first sound of my
chirping alarm. I did my morning rituals
in prepping for a morning run and did my usual warm-up session.
It was then I realized that I didn’t make a plan on how to
proceed today. I was so happy with my
weekend run and very much looked forward to running that I didn’t plan for it.
Anyway, as soon as I started running, I decided to do a
tempo run. Yeah, its been past 3 runs
since I did a tempo so I decided to go for it.
First 2 sets was fine, did a 5:45 on the first 500m and a 5:20 on the 2nd
500m. Slowed down back to the next 500m
and pushed the next 500m.
On to the 3rd, I was forced to slow-down
as traffic was unusually heavy. It
messed up my tempo. So when it was free
again, I just decided to go for speed to make up for it until the next
kilometer.
On the 4th, I got a little side-stitch so I slowed
down to recover. I said I’d just go with
speed again after. Unfortunately, I bonked and could not sustain the speed (this probably from the “even ifs” I wrote
back on top – it came back to me big time!).
So I just got back to easy run and decided to do an extra kilometer again
to at least improve on distance (got a decent below 6 on this extra set).
Doesn't end there - extra kilometer I ran messed up my schedule, got out of the house late as I had to at least clean the car, traffic was still a mess that I had to go around it, got in the office late - my second for the year! Grrr! And now I feel tired. Still got a long day in work.
Going back, so it was I got a nasty time for the 6k run. Just goes to show that not
planning your run (as it is in life), plus stress factors not considered will give you
unsatisfactory results (and a not so good day ahead). So I’ll start
planning for my next run 2 days from now – this I guarantee.
