Day 39 of 84

6.4 + run scheduled for today. Woke up again feeling ill; mild cold like or allergies. Not sure which would be worse - allergies are going to last 6 months; cold could progress to something more serious again.

Did some warm up at home - Never Get Hurt exercises from Runners World videos - they arent hard but they do get you moving. Left home in rain and came home in rain.

Ran down Wilson Mountain Road. Wont run up it. Ran UP Greenfield road rather than down like I usually do. It was nice BUT really hilly. Seriously hilly. Ran 4 km then turned back to finish at the bottom of Wilson Mountain Road with 7.35 km in 48:44 minutes. The run back was awesome; felt like I could have gone on and on forever. I do wonder how far I would have gotten to if I had not reached the end of the road; to go on would have meant running back up hill; and if it had not been raining; was starting to feel pretty soggy; and if I had had more time. And my brain was prepared to go to the end of the road - might have completely lost it if I had tried to go further muhahaaha



Very good run today. Might get to gym for some strength training later but its looking seriously busy today.

Bluenose Run - 10 Km pre-half race

Hell. Look at those hills.

Day 38 of 84

Easy day; Ive been doing cross training for the past 2 weeks on this 2 mile or crosstrain day; today it was pouring like mad so I ran on the treadmill which was considerably easier than I remember it being and a little less boring; I walked .25 miles (5 minutes) then ran for 7 minutes then every minute I jumped the speed way up; ran at about 11 minutes per mile then jumped to 10; then every time I sped up I increased it a bit til I was about 9:30 per mile; then back to 11. Varied the inclines a little too. Made it more interesting. While I was cooling out I accidently stopped the treadmill so I dont have accurate times and distances lol.

Worked out arms and back and shoulders for a bit then stretched and picked up kids.

Day 37 of 84

Today was a really nice running day; not too hot, not tooooo windy. Scheduled a 6.4 km run today and did some of it on the TCT so added a bit and ended up running 7.31 km in about 49:45 minutes. Should have checked the 6.4 km time for a time for comparison. I think I am feeling better. Ive left a few hills out and rested more. I am working on going to bed earlier. And eating better. Sorta. lol This run didnt kill me. I did feel more tired when I rounded the bend and hit more wind, but it wasnt undoable.

Day 36 of 84

Stretch and Strengthen day; Managed the strengthen but didnt do much stretch. Gonna regret this.

Day 35 of 84

The 10 km is done. Ugh. Thought those first 2 km and last 2 km were going to do me in. Legs are so weirded. Tired. Did the Cobequid Trail from Willow Street to Old Barns; had to go a little ways past where my inlaws live to get the whole 10 in. Its nice and flat out there; a really nice place to run BUT not very realistic; no other run Ive ever done has been that flat, unfortunately. The scenery sure was nice; very little road, very few people to spoil it :) Took water because the run was 2.5 hours later than I had planned it to be and it was hot; besides who knows what you are going to run into out there; so also took a phone.
Glad to have that over with for another week.

Gotta wonder if the training has been too much, too soon. After doing little on Friday and Saturday, the Sunday run was better than the past 2 weeks have been; maybe that's why the runs during the week have been such a struggle.

Day 33/34 of 84

Friday is Rest Day on this program; rested lots lol but had a ball hockey game at night and did have that hour of crosstraining.

Saturday (Day 4) was crosstrain/strength train day; but woke up with a very sore back. Very sore. Shocking sore. So did attend the Hub Town Fun Run and ran/walked with Holly over laps around the track for 2 km. Then spent the rest of the day laying down with a heating pad and some good meds that made me forget that I was supposed to head to the gym.

UGH which leads to Sunday and the long run. 10 km planned on a flat trail path.