This is a follow up to: Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Poor planning on my part — or not — but the long weekend played havoc with my running plans. Ideally, I should find myself running wherever I happen to wake up on any given morning. On this instance it happened to be in Red Deer for a missed Monday morning run. But a hectic morning schedule, a sudden drop in temperature, and a late night out the evening before made for a negative result in the motivation department. That, and I’d forgotten my gear back at home. As I said, poor planning. Week six is looking to be the turn towards dark and chilly as I aim to move steadily towards that five kilometer per session goal. Since it has been a good five days since the last session (oops!) I’m going to push the dog to go the distance this coming week. That, and it’s an optimistic goal that September will see us both out on the trails, particularly in this climate. The Plan for Week Six Run 6.1: Wednesday Morning, 2 sets of 10+1s + 6 mins, Estimated: 4.2 km New Considerations Cold and Dark: A few weeks ago I was running in the heat and pushing the morning routine o keep cool. These days, with the onset of cooler temperatures, we’re waking up to 4C-ish morning cool and my sad, short-haired puppy is not impressed. Hydration: Sparkle looks after herself fairly well, but I’m finding I need to top up the ol’water levels the night before scheduled runs. I know. I know. Common sense, right? But you’d be surprised how easy it is to forget. |
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