Training Log Archive: 007

Felt pretty normal in the morning (except too much stuff to deal with at work in too short a time..) but in the afternoon i felt incredibly sleepy. A few people told me to expect that for a day or 2 adter infusion. Hopefully my body is busy using up all my new iron to build new blood ;)

Iron results back- very low storage of Ferritin (it's been low before, around 13, but never this low-3 instead of the reasonable range of 10-120). Haemoglobin also low. My very efficient doctor has organised an iron Infusion for this afternoon, and another when I come back from WOC.
Unfortunate to only be picking this up now, but I was feeling good/normal before and had been taking some tablets and eating well. Perhaps it took a bit of a plunge after 2 biggish weeks in Nort/Finland.
Hopefully in a few days I will be feeling better than ever, and freshly excited about WOC. Apparently the restless legs and the occasional funny heart beats should also go.

C • Iron 3

Nice to run at lunch time- more similar to woc and usually feel fresher. And it felt great to get a bit of SUN!! (Switzerland- 14degrees and rain with a smattering of fresh snow on the mountain tops does NOT count as summer)
8x1min 4x30sec with 30sec rec
Ran with a sprint map, practiced fast decision making when stressed, glancing at the map and picturing ahead whilst running fast, and visualising pushing hard on the legs. Ran hardest when being chased by a traktor on a narrow farm track..
Still not feeling great when pushing hard and really puffed when I got home.
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Evening Sprint in Rapperswill- old town, castle, park. Started quite well but had a bit of trouble holding the intensity (mentally and physically). A few non ideal route choices (once when i hurriedly changed my mind and took the terribly stairry route, another when i went against my instinct and took a too long 'smooth' route round) and small indecisions. Throat a bit clogged, maybe i am warding off a little bug. Sprinting shoes felt awesome :)
2:30 behind Sabine and Rachel...
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10mins warm up back and forwards at the start, with some drills and sprints
warm down with map to re run the end

planned a more substantial run but I really had trouble waking up and resetting the alarm about 5 times so was running late.

easy drills

Again flat as a pancake, hopes for doing some fast intervals dropped after the first minute effort. I figure it is not worth pushing through when I feel like this with only 2 weeks before WOC.
Also have started having ice crunching cravings - getting iron tested tomorrow, though if it is low I don't think there is much I can do about it in 2 weeks?

C • iron 3