Training has begun!
First up: a confession. I miscalculated my dates and thought that my training plan was meant to start last Sunday on 29 May. When I went to write out my plan at the weekend I realised that it was actually meant to start the week before and I was already a week behind! Bad start. Luckily week one was very low mileage and wasn’t actually too far off what I had actually run that week, so limited damage done. Annoying though!
My week in training looked like this:
Sunday: Rest
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 2 easy mile
Wednesday: Rest (but I did a Rumble class at 1Rebel)
Thursday: 3 easy miles
Friday: 3 easy miles
Saturday: 3 easy miles
Total mileage: 11 miles
When I say “easy miles” I mean easy miles
This week was easy and manageable, but it did feel good to make running a priority again. Without a training plan I find it very easy to convince myself that I am too busy/too tired to find time to exercise, and having a plan helps to bring it to the forefront of my mind. I also forgot how amazing running is for my mood, and I am feeling so positive after just one week of running regularly again. That is a huge motivator.
I’ve been getting up early to fit my runs in before work, with the exception of Friday where I ended up squeezing it in at 10:30pm at the end of a busy day. I think morning workouts are going to be key to making sure I fit in my training around my work commitments, especially as my mileage increases, and this week had been good for adjusting to earlier alarms! Now if I could also adjust to earlier bedtimes, that would be great…!
So that’s week one done! I am documenting the journey mainly on instagram, so make sure you follow me there for (almost) daily updates!
Hope your training all goes to plan