I had a great week this week. Two runs, two strength training sessions, one yoga and one long walk. Training week 4 held all the goods. Running/MAF training: I hit a new PB in distance with the MAF training, which was exciting to see. It’s fun to see the performance gains as my body gets … Read more
My plan to up the mileage this week didn’t come to fruition unfortunately. It wasn’t that I lost sight of my goal, it’s more that again I didn’t want to push my body too far. I wasn’t feeling 100% during the week unfortunately. You can see the details in my training journal below: Running I … Read more
As I write this, I’m sitting on the floor with my legs out in front of me, typing on the laptop. My gut is sticking out at an impressive angle, having just hours before consumed excessive leftovers from dinner tonight. Butter chicken, one of my favourite meals. I ate way too much. Today I am … Read more
Last week I cut back on the mileage by about 7km. Mainly I was concerned about my hip, and why I was getting bad stitches when I ran. I’m very wary of overdoing it when I’m just getting back into it. Spoiler alert – I’ve decided night running isn’t for me. On the running front, … Read more
If you read my running journal post last week, you may have seen that I made reference to “MAF training”. I thought I would explain a bit more about what that is, and my experiences with it. I first read about MAF training on one of my favourite blogs, Runs for Cookies. Essentially, it’s a … Read more