Training Log Archive: BrandNewMe

Woke up in the night for 3 hours. Stressing. Wrote some stuff down to destress and got back to sleep.

Today I was terrible again. I tried. Some mistakes early on but I couldn't have gone much more than 2 mins quicker. Inexplicably shite. Lots of things could be wrong just now, but listing them is just making excuses for myself, and I don't need to do that - I could just be really unfit and shite - who knows. I need to concentrate on improving in the future though. I need to think about how to do that.

Pom long day one. Felt tired, v tired. Mistakes at 3, 4, 6, 7, and 10, and hesitancies at 2, 12, 15, 16. Overall :-( but not a total Devilla experience so I'll do tomorrow

Model training. Coughing up lots of crap. Going pretty well navigationally at this slow pace.

POM sprint relay.

first leg. Not feeling fresh at all. Took some bad route choices, and where I took my own choices, I was too hesitant to pull them off well. Big mistake one after the spectator. Took my own route, which was going well then slipped, cut my knees up, lost focus and thought I couldn't get through even though I knew I could from my planning, so doubled back. Big mistake. I just needed to look 5m left and I was through. Tried to keep fighting but lost heart a bit after that.

Not feeling good, or looking forward to tomorrow. For some reason I am pressurising myself to get good results which is nuts after so much time off, and with a lingering illness. This coupled with the kids waking us up at 6:15 and then being hard work all day means I am in a bit of a boo. I feel a Devilla experience coming on tomorrow... Need to get my head straight quickly.

Got some antibiotics today. Hopefully getting better soon. Off to Portugal tomorrow. Gotta pack.

Another day off running and work, but feeling noticeably better today. The dentist looked at the sinusitis and said they were both linked, and the root canal treatment should be postponed until the sinusitis has gone to see if it settles down. Feeling v unfit and fat and keen to get back to it!

Some of the stuff from the Octavian droobers website. Interesting. Then cf.

Some Portugal stuff.

Not much sleep last night. Was going to try a running commute, but after setting off I felt terrible (still have my sinus headache and feeling a bit feverish too) so I diverted to a bus stop. I am pretty sure I have sinusitis now. Feel dreadful. Hmmm. Do I go to the gp and maybe some antibiotics incase it doesn't clear up in Portugal, or not? I am hoping that a few days off running and I'll be fine by Thursday. At least I have managed to get an emergency dentist appointment for tomorrow. I've just found out my most useful bit of training equipment (the van) needs £1,000 spend to get it through the mot too. Ouch! February really hasn't been a very successful month so far! Onwards and upwards with a smile on my face!