Even though I have had to miss the odd session over the last fortnight with work commitments, it feels like I've had a pretty intensive period of training. I've also got a bit of a sleep deficit after the Commonwealth Games which had more than its fair share of post-midnight finishes and last night I didn't finish my work until 12:50am and then woke up at 5:50am and couldn't get back to sleep. Not to mention the fact that last weekend I had a 10km race and then on the Sunday just past I did my 4th fastest half marathon (1:50:43) on a tough off road course (Race 1 of the River Run Trail Series - an awesome race put on by the Challenge Wanaka crew).
As a result, tonight's ride was a complete disaster. The mind was willing (well actually it was tired from the lack of sleep) but (in the immortal words of Carol Beer of Little Britain) the "legs say Noooo". Another cold southerly blast had forced me indoors to the Moana Pool gym to use a spin bike and as soon as I started pedalling I knew that I wasn't going to make it to the 2 hour mark as per my schedule. I just had no energy, my glutes were sore and my current foot injury kept flaring up. So I cut my ride short by an hour and (rather than sit up late and do more work and get further behind on the sleep) I am heading straight to bed and will (hopefully) be sound asleep in no time flat.
I still plan to do the Cromwell Half Marathon this weekend, but have the 10k race as a back up plan if I am still feeling flat. I am pretty sure that I will be ok by Sunday if I get plenty of sleep this week and don't over do it in training, but I am not going to completely bonk just for the sake of a half marathon. Challenge is the ultimate goal and I want to get there in one piece, so I am taking Coach Geoff's advice to listen to my body and do what it says while still keeping as close as possible to the schedule. That means more sleep and dialling back a bit on the effort when I have an easy session like tonight.
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