Back on the road!

Time flies and its already the 20th. and can you believe it, 2 weeks down with the flu (incl xmas and new year) and finally, last week I struggled back to work.

Early morning starts (when sun barely risen at 7), fighting for a seat on the train, fighting for a seat at work (we have smart working and on a busy week with visitors, thats always taken), battling the flu that was still ongoing. Attempting early bedtimes.

Finally, an early train on friday, with a seat, a easy coffee and bun to relax before a full day of meetings, an impromptu massage and cupping, and walking to and from the train station (instead of the tube). Doing nothing on saturday, a long sleep-in.

On sunday, after the 'stern talk' from my coach across the pond: You need to get your mileage up, you have only got 12 weeks to go for the marathon...the skies were blue, I made my blueberry smoothie, dressed up and warm, repositioned my new Nathan hydration belt. and off I go!

New GPS Runkeeper app installed on iPhone, I went, slowly, slowly, remembering what had happened only a week ago (coughing fit almost every 400 metres for the first 15 mins), harder when the wind blows, when it wasn't, it was ok. I managed '5 miles' according to Runkeeper, walked home, felt sore and pain in the sinuses. I then proceeded to blow everything out of my nose for a long while.

From that point on, Sunday afternoon, there was minimal yellow mucus...I felt 'cured' by this 'long run'.

****


The rest is 'history'...I have since clocked 2 runs this week, only a breather at lunchtime, one on the treadmill in the gym, and one today, outside. A very small step (only 20 minutes), but not wanting to stretch my lunchtimes too much in this busy planning period, I was left quite tired afterwards.

I am back! The 3rd run this week, I suspect, will be done across the pond. After that, the next weeks are all go-go-go! I am slightly apprenhensive about having functions to attend almost every weeknight, and a busy workload, wondering when I can fit the running in at all. 20 minutes is not a real run.

4 weeks till Wokingham, my first half marathon this year to the test. I need to build up, but time is not on my side. I hope that good health and immunity from other infectious germs around would be!