Wet and Wild!

First blog on the new site which is a little exciting, if your reading this then i hope you enjoy the evolution of RunnersLife for 2009.

So the week has gone alright, started off a bit twitchy as i had a sore throat but as im not really pushing things at the moment i was happy to back off and take a few easy runs and not kill the body that is already fighting something. Heart rate in the morning was a little high as well which is usually a good indicator. Tuesday was the 'Xmas Relays' at Neath track which is suppose to be a bit of fun. Its teams of 3 and 9 x 400m each so i was having about 2mins 30sec recovery's and was starting to blow a bit! haven't done anything fast for ages so 64SEC 400's was testing my lungs a bit, never got any lactic problems just not what iv done for a while. My team came 4th for last but at least i beat Dai Rees.

Boxing day i tried my new itouch that Lee bought for me at the 5miler race in Porthcawl. Just ran nice and steady and first ever 'Race' listening to music which is weird because you don't feel like its a race when Paul Weller is singing 'Broken Stones' to you! anyway i think i came 8th and still beat Lee!!

Saturday i went to Kenfig Hill in the morning to do 2 x 5k...didn't get to do the 2nd one as in the race (5k), which was more cross country than road, i went to run through a MASSIVE puddle which i didn't realise had ice on. So when i put my foot down it went from under me and i went crashing through the ice like a polar bear. I cut my knee open but carried on to win, as soon as i stopped though the cut and knee stiffened up so couldn't do the second 5k so just ran easy for a few miles instead.

Long run today again way over 2 hours, this time on my own. So another good week, hope i can avoid the lurgy for another week before i get a little rest.

Simx