Racing and Training 2022

    Dry February is still dry. I went to bed early and slept until around 03:50 I think. That gave me 6 hour sleep! At the end of yesterday I noticed that my big toe feels a lot more comfortable. I am a bit bunged up though. Is that Pepsi Max I wonder? I did three exercise classes.. Body Conditioning (Kelly), Abs Blast (Ed) and Body Blast (Tracey) My big toe is a lot better. My left hip and glutes were very tight in the evening. I used my massage gun and TP balls. I also used my spiky massage stick on calves and quads - these seemed to be in a reasonable state.

   Dry February is still dry. I ate a whole "Besty's chocolate cake - coconut flour version" in two sittings yesterday. Shortly before I went to bed I was feeling a bit under the weather as if I had a cold coming on. In the morning I felt a bit snuffly. Can I associate these two fatcs. NB. I am also drinking Pepsi Max at the moment. I did not sleep too well. I was awake shortly after 3am. I did a six mile a a bit run from the NISV. I have taken paracetemol and ibuprofen to calm my dodgy right big toe. At the end of the day my big toe feels a lot more comfortable.

  Dry February is still dry. I had sore fingers on my right hand during the night. I went to bed early and was awake quite early too. I didn't have a nap yesterday afternoon!.  A reminder that yesterday  I did a bootcamp session. I was still fatigued from the day before. Next week I shall consider doing the young at heart session instead as it will be two days before the Newport Half Marathon.  I must consider doing less in the gym in order to step up my running training. Today I did the Newport (Tredegar House) parkrun. Started easy and picked it up gradually. Tired legs though. Note that I took paracetemol and ibuprofen to calm my dodgy right big toe.  

 Dry February is still dry. I had what seemed to be a reasonable night sleep. Garmin suggested that I might have been awake in the night but I'm not so sure! A reminder that yesterday  I did two hours at Bannatyne's, a Body Cond with Kelly and a Body Blast with the tall thin new young man. I felt very tired after these workouts. I must consider doing less in the gym in order to step up my running training. Today I did a bootcamp session. I was quite tired. Next week I have the Newport Half Marathon on the Sunday. I might do the young at heart session instead. I have booked an appointment with the Beechwood surgery nurse for a repeat blood test. I will need to also book a doctor appointment to discuss the results. 

  Dry February is still dry. I woke up early with a very sore right ankle. I suspect this is a reaction to the Pilates class which I found  to be quite tough I did two hours at Bannatyne's, a Body Cond with Kelly and a Body Blast with the tall thin new young man. I felt very tired after these workouts. I must consider doing less in the gym in order to step up my running training.

 Dry February is still dry. Overnight (last night) I sensed that I had sore fingers. Yesterday, I had drunk plenty of Pepsi Max -  I had a home made chicken curry made with Passatta. I had home made "naan breads" made with coconut flour. I had cheese and biscuits. The biscuits were made with ground almonds. Today Michelle was away so Chris took the PIlates class. I found it quite tough I was hungry today and ate a lot. Mostly good food though. (see food diary!)

 I did an interval session with the SLOGs. I had to throttle back because my legs were fatigued after yesterday's exercise classes. Dry February is still dry. Overnight I sensed that I had sore fingers. I had drunk plenty of Pepsi Max -  I had a home made chicken curry made with Passatta. I had home made "naan breads" made with coconut flour. I had cheese and biscuits. The biscuits were made with ground almonds.  

   Body Conditioning (Kelly), followed by Abs Blast (Kelly), followed by Body Blast (Kelly)

Bramley 10 mile race was cancelled due to the storms.  I did a 9.2 mile LSR with Kate Parry-Jones, Rachel Jayne, Ian MacCrory and Laura Rendell. It was wet, windy  and wild. Good news about my swollen right big toe though. It is much improved

 Rest day. Also.. Travel to Grazeley Green to see Stu & Phil and also for tomorrow's Bramley 10 mile road race. NB.. trip cancelled due to race cancellation and stormy weather.

 Storm Eunice passed over / through Wales today. I did not train

 Body Conditioning followed by Body Blast

Maintenance massage plus work on the dodgy big toe at Clayton Street with Jo Adams.

 resting my big toe

  Body Conditioning (Kelly), followed by Abs Blast (Kelly), followed by Body Blast (Tracey) I had to protect my big toe!

 I have a very sore (and swollen) big toe on my right foot. I am resting it.

 I did the Marine Parade parkrun at Weston Super Mare. It was chilly and breezy (not quite as bad as Thursday evening though). I was concerned about my sore toes and ankle, they held up reasonably well though. I was still fatigued from Thursday evening so tady's time of 25:15 was OK.

 I had really sore toes and ankles. so I missed bootcamp and had a rest day

 I did the Weston Prom Race Series 201 - 2022 (Race 6) I was pleased to run sub 40 minutes. My official chip time was 39:42. I wore my Blue Vaporflys (pair 1). I got a negative splits mile 1      8:02,  mile 2      8:05, Halfway 20:30 mile 3      8:01, mile 4      7:51, mile 5      7:27 It was cold and breezy. I worked very hard for this one. I woke up during the night with severe pain in my right big toe. Either the phalange or the metatarsal. I did not get much sleep. In the morning both feet hurt and my ankles did too.   

 Pilates with Michelle

 Intervals with the SLOGs. Quite tired today 6 * 600 ...  3:05; 3:02; 3:00; 3:04; 2:58; 3:03

 Body Conditioning (Kelly), followed by Abs Blast (Josh), followed by Body Blast (Tracey)

 Volunteer Marshall at the lliswerry 8

 Rest Day

 Bootcamp with Nikki followed by a sports massage with Jo Adams

 I did Body Conditioning in the morning and intervals on grass in the afternoon -  I did 10 * 200 + 1 * 400 (1m, 1m)

 Pilates with michelle

I did intervals with the SLOGs. 4 * 600 + 3 * 400 My legs were very tired after yesterday's exercise classes but after the first 600 I felt very good. This weeks times my 600s (3:03,  2:56, 2:52, 2:49) my 400s (1:45, 1:42, 1:38)   Last week's times.. 4 * 600 + 2 * 400 my 600s (2:58,  2:51, 2:49, 2:44) my 400s (1:42, 1:43)  

 I did three exercise classes at Bannatynes. Body Conditioning, Followed by Abs Blast, Followed by Body Blast.

 I did 11 miles including the Lliswerry 8 lap. We were team Orange. Chris Davies was marking out the mile markers. I add a mile on with John Hill at the end

 Rest Day - I've got 11 miles to do tomorrow!

 Bootcamp with Nikki

 I did body conditioning in the morning In the afternoon / early evening I did two sets of short intervals 2 * (80, 160, 160, 80)

 I missed Pilates today - Emmie was off school (not well) so I went over to keep her company in the morning