Yes this week I definitely ran out of time to fit in everything I needed and wanted to do. I had to think about the whole work/train/life balance thing again and had to prioritise everything I wanted to do.
I have to earn a living and sadly running does not pay for it, so I cannot change my 2 day and 2 night shifts this week. I also am lucky enough to have a loving family so want to make time for them.  So I had to adjust how often I run and how far. On top of that I had to be sensible as I am still recovering form this virus infection I had last week.
That said I managed to fit 2 runs in; one medium and one short distance run as well as completing most of my daily challenges.
Let me tell you about my first run I ran on Thursday, which was the first day I felt good again but when I started running this feeling ebbed away very quickly and my body, legs and brain felt tired, heavy and sluggish. I was aiming to run 2 hours but after only about 3 miles I wanted to stop and go home but decided to go on. I finished one of my planned two laps and left it at that as I did not want to push myself too far knowing I had to work that same night. Once I finished my run I felt a bit disappointed and did not look at my time or anything just finished, saved and published it. The response I got from fellow tweeters was amazing and I realised that even so it was a shortened run my avg pace was good so after that I was happy.
My second run was on Saturday after a night shift (without any sleep) I wanted to go out for a short fastish run and I felt good during the run. At times my legs felt tired but my head was switched on so I was pleased with it and about the time I did it in.
I was hoping to go for another run on Sunday but I decided to spend it  with my family on a day out and we had n amazing day which will give me positive memories to give me strength when my ultra is tough going.

Stats Zone:
Runs: 2
Distance covered this week: 16.4 miles
Distance covered this month: 38.79 miles
Strength walks: 3
Distance covered: roughly 5 miles

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So last week I thought about all the nutritional advise I have been given before heading out for what is to be my longest recorded run yet. I decided to pre-hydrate properly with my energy drink and took another 800ml bottle, 2 Trek bars, sports beans and Soreen malt loaf as well as Soreen banana loaf with me.
Well I ran 23 miles with an avg pace of  9:06min/mile with a negative second half split. I did not know where to run and started out planning a road run but the temptation that are the Ridgeways got the better of me again and so I ran again part of my ultra marathon route. Nothing happened apart from seeing lots of beautiful horses and very friendly walkers and runners on the way. It was just a really nice and uneventful run.
Oh one thing did happen……
The food was hanging in a bag from my drink belt and it kept banging into my leg which was irritating but funny when I saw the result later that night when working a night shift.

4 circular food bruises….

My next training run was an uneventful medium distance run with a good avg. pace of  8:18min/mile and yes with a negative split. Legs, body and mind felt good.

After that I did an 3,2,1 interval session during which I met @TheJoyride2012 team but failed to meet up with them at the end of my run as I had to cut my training run short so that I could go and meet some other dads at the pub for FF (first Friday). The one time we all can talk like teenagers again and put he world right over a pint or two…..

My preferred beer on FF

After I had about 3 pints too many I realised that it was very cold -9 degrees Celsius and I had to do something to keep warm. So I decided to sprint in between lamp posts on the way home with my hood up (Which must have been quite a sight)

Anyway Saturday I felt rather delicate for a while so to punish myself for drinking too much I decided to do another interval session…..
It worked, I felt better just very tired.