Training has not been going well.

I went for a 70 minute run yesterday afternoon and managed 25 minutes. Just. Heavy legs, sore back, absolutely no motivation whatsoever. I feel overweight and out of shape. I haven’t really run since a race a couple of weeks ago. That went okay but could have gone better. I’m not sure what time I had because I didn’t have my HRM with me. My plan to use motivational music feel by the wayside because of a messed up playlist on my player which, rather than play the music in order, started off with the faster tunes that I planned for the end of the race. And I made the mistake of starting near the front and pegging it up the first hill far too quickly. Still, I know my time was roughly about 44 minutes, perhaps less, which is comparable with my time last year.

Since then my shin and achilles has been aching so I’ve laid off pounding the tarmac in favour of starting on some weights.

I was ready to give up a four week programme after two days.

I don’t know why I feel so lethargic. I do know that I’ve really got to sort out my diet and my drinking habits because I’m sure I’ll feel better in doing so. It’s not that I eat particularly badly, it’s just that I eat too much. And I definitely drink too much. It’s getting to the point where I shouldn’t keep either cheese or wine in the house as I can’t resist them when they’re around.

I know already that I’m going to talk myself out of doing the half marathon in three weeks when really, the only thing that should be stopping me is illness or injury. So today I’m going back to the weights and I’m going to book in a massage and an appointment with the chiropractor. Positive steps to alleviate the depression of feeling over the hill.