7K isn't quite 17K but not going to beat myself up over it!!

Well..... training is pretty lame this week but it is OK as this is only pre-marathon training after all!!

Yesterday's plan was to run 17K...... Had a lovely pasta lunch with Liz Terry after a busy day in court. Next time I won't go for a creamy dish as it disagreed with me slightly..... Oh the shame of having to stop mid-run because my spaghetti came out of my nose... Not the most attractive look I've created in the gym. I thought it was bad enough that I sound like Puff the Smoking Dragon when I run but now this... what a nightmare. Thank goodness the cute arse was infront of me and not beside me but the guy next to me was like ewwww as I pulled the spaghetti out.. How painful? Very.. It brought a few tears to my eyes. So I only managed 7K in 36 mins which isn't too bad for me!!

Today I thought I would give the 17K another go but made a fatal mistake and asked Craig what time he did his in which was 1 hour 23 mins... Haha I ran 15K in 1 hour 24 mins so there was no way I was going to keep up.... but..... the competitive side of me got the worst of me. In my head my plan was to run the first  7K at 12KPH and then drop down to 11KPH and not go below 10.4KPH..... I knew things were not going to plan when I started at 12.1 KPH for the first 2K... then increase it to 12.2... 12.4...... think I dropped back down to 12. I got bored and thought just run 7K... 7K is better than no K.. Not as good as the 17K but I knew that was not going to happen... The next min it was 13KPH and up to 14. OMG what on earth am I doing? I just hope my legs keep up with the treadmill otherwise I am going to be falling on the guy behind me who is doing sit-ups... I wasn't even sure if it was worth falling off the back as there was no way on earth was I going to turn around and try to check him out!!

So I left the gym in shame again as I only did 7K but result I did it in 34 mins and 2 seconds!! Whoop whoop way to go me!!! Not quite the game plan but hey hoe!!