We came up against a pretty good hurdle on our way round as you can see from the above photo. I think the ice and snow from the previous week may have had a hand in deciding this trees fate. Excellent opportunity for a photo of the lads mind you....as soon as they saw the tree they all said 'you have to take a photo of this!'
Yeah so the conditions were somewhat easier than run #2, the snow was all gone which really only amounted to a few slippy sloppy patches and the occasional feeling of I have 2kg of mud stuck on my shoes but as conditions go it was good trail running. We clocked up a modest 11.8 miles this time around. At the moment our runs are all about finding our feet and getting the body used to the uneven ground......as well as actually getting fit enough to run these distances.
The thing you have to know about JK is that he will always tell you how it is and after all my blog posts I put up he gives me his feedback. After the last one he just said to me.. ' I know you like writing about the technical aspects of training and that doing two training sessions the Thursday and Friday before the Saturday run could've of affected how you felt yet have you considered that you're just not 13 miles fit?!'
I have to agree with his point as I am starting this challenge from the ground up which will mean every long distance run I do is new ground for me. It will take a bit of time for my body to adapt to the demands I am placing upon it so I am going to hurt more than I think I should at times. It is always good to look back at your training performances to evaluate how you have done but don't forget about where you started and the progress you have made.
The strength and conditioning sessions have been going well. I have had to make a slight change by taking out the barbell front squats as the flexibility in my entire back isn't good enough to perform the exercise with the correct technique - this is a tad annoying but taking a step back and tackling this issue will stand me in good stead going forward. In place I have added a narrow (cyclist) stance one dumbbell front squat with a 2" heel raise along with more specific mobility exercises during the week to help improve the extension of my spine. I will be trying this exercise out this week to see if it is in-fact the correct one to use??? An alternative is to do a very slow light barbell overhead squat.
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