7. Half-way done

Standing in a t-shirt and a pair of shorts with the sun somewhere behind the racing clouds, a fair breeze though not biting and it still dry (well kind of) it could have been any day in Ireland. Instead it was New Year's Day and myself, my brother and the brother's Aussie friend (who was still recovering from the night before) were about to head out on a New Year's run.

If you have already done the same as part of your Trim 10 Mile training, well done! You're half way there.

If you've managed to safely negotiate the Christmas festive season with not too much food and drink consumed and the runs still intact then fair play. You're flying.

However, sometimes successful training can hinge on a few factors outside your control. You may come down with a bug that knocks the stuffing out of you or you might have a wedding that sandwiches Christmas Day turkey with New Year’s Eve drinks meaning going out training is next near impossible. Encouraging training buddies might be away for the festive season or the weather can turn into an absolute beast. So, if the training did take a bit of a battering, don't worry, you've still got time to get it back on track so back up onto that horse, I say!

Along with that New Year's Day light run I also got out with my school students who braved icy road conditions to still show up for a Christmas training. School's Cross-Country season comes to a peak for most by January and February so keeping the lads moving over the Christmas period is crucial. Thankfully the current crop of young lads I have don't need much in the way of encouraging, hence the dozen or so of them that lapped the Sheepfields in Trim in the white morning.

That it was just me who had failed to listen to my own advice and turned up with just a pair of shorts, and two t-shirts was my own fault. A word of warning, make sure your washing over the Winter is dry the night before, especially the under-armour!

So a little later than planned, this weeks training.

Slow run: 40 minutes.
Tough run: 10 min warm up - 20 min tempo run - 10 mins warm down.
Long run: 70 minutes slow.

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