"} Get a life, Get active! By Fit Lesley: A Birthday celebration then a LSR!

Sunday, 15 December 2013

A Birthday celebration then a LSR!

Last night once I had thawed out I went out on Julia's Birthday night out!  We had fabulous food at a Thai restaurant then went around the pubs!  The result being a slight hangover this morning.

However, there was a job to be done and that job was an 10 mile LSR! I looked at the forecast and realised with dismay that there was very heavy rain forecast for the afternoon!

After yesterdays wet experience I made the snap decision (despite the bad head) to go out and get it over with.

Stupidly I selected a very hilly route!  My legs felt heavy, my stomach queasy and my head ached!  I was very tempted to turn around and go home after a mile but gave myself a stern talking to and managed to keep running for 10.3 miles! I didn't look at my pace once during the run ... I just wasn't interested ... the only thing that interested me was getting home in one piece without throwing up!  I managed an average 10.08 minute miles. Considering I was race exhausted and hungover, it was a hilly route and a cold windy day it wasn't too shabby a pace!

I definitely experienced "running on tired legs" and tested my mental strength today!


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