"Well, you will never run a marathon." Etty suffers from ongoing Sarcoidosis which is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily involves the lungs. Niamh, her sister, likes to run and is going to run the Cork City Marathon on June 6th to raise funds for those suffering from chronic lung diseases. This blog will be a parallel account of their trials and tribulations in the coming months: the would-be marathoner; the mother-of-three moving home and struggling with serious, ongoing Sarcoidosis.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Just ordinary
I'm keeping it simple today. I ran six miles at my average pace of about 6:20k/h. It was a mild day, I remembered to take regular sips of water and am resolved to drink more water throughout the day. I enjoyed being out, though the run was a slight effort. It was ordinary ... not as much of a struggle as yesterday and not such a joy as Friday.
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That's when you are to be admired - to face the effort when you are not enthusiastic. Well done.
ReplyDeleteordinary is what your race performance will rest on - I'm trying to deliberately run no faster than a 6:30 pace this week. My ankle is creaky and I need it to get stronger, not for it to collapse on me! I must have a look at my running book, although I find that programmes/schedules always need tweaking: so I will probably put in some speed/tempo runs in the 6-7 weeks prior to the first half marathon. I might stick more closely to a schedule once I've made my way through that successfully. Hydration, hydration, hydration: I'm not good at this at the moment, but found it made a big difference when I was training for Achill. At least 3, preferably 4, of those 500ml bottles a day.
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